Citation

FITTES DW, GRIFFITHS DJ, Nash P. Fire Technol. 1969; 5(4): 284-298.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1969, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

An experimental program was conducted at the Fire Service Central Training Estab to compare, on a realistic scale, the performance of light water and protein foam. Some experiments with a fluorinated protein foam were also performed. The experimental fires were conducted in three confined areas bounded by low, firebrick walls. A cylindrical steel tube represented the aircraft fuselage, and steel drums at each side represented the mainplane/ nacelle configuration. Foaming solution application rates varied between 30 and 400 gpm. In comparison with regular protein foam, light water foam was generally up to twice as effective in controlling major aircraft fires.