Evaluation of Quad-Agent Small Firefighting System

Bagot, Keith; Subbotin, Nicholas

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Evaluation of Quad-Agent Small Firefighting System

2006-05-01
By Bagot, Keith ; Subbotin, Nicholas

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Creators:

Bagot, Keith ; Subbotin, Nicholas
Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center. Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division.
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research and Development
Subject/TRT Terms:

Air Transportation Crashes Evaluation Fire Extinguishing Agents Fire Fighting Foaming Agents
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FAA/AR-TN06/13
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Technical Note
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
Abstract:

Technological advances and firefighting research have helped improve new firefighting systems on large and small aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles at airports. One such technology is a quad-agent firefighting system that has the capability to discharge four firefighting agents, i.e., water, foam, dry chemical (potassium bicarbonate (PK)), and clean agent (Halotron), individually or simultaneously. Water by itself is typically not used for aviation fuel firefighting. The water in the quad-agent system is used to mix with foam concentrate solution to create firefighting foam. The quad-agent firefighting system attempts to advance the concept of multiple agents simultaneously applied to the fire to affect a more rapid extinguishment of pool and flowing fuel fires, and maximize fire fighter safety by extending the distance needed to properly apply agent to the fire using its pulse delivery technology.
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FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
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