Fighting a Fire
There are different types of fire extinguishers at home, office, workplace, warehouses and industries or manufacturing units. Controlling and extinguishing military fire has become
The standard water extinguisher referred to as Stored-Pressure Water Extinguisher contains 2 ½ gallons of water with a discharge time of 30–60 sec and the stream reaches 15–30 feet. This fire extinguisher is suitable for Class A fire only.
FFFP Foam Extinguisher is designed for Class A and Class B fires. They contain 2 ½ gallons of water with FFFP foam additive which has the characteristic of making water float on fuel.
Bromochlorodifluromethane Extinguisher is hand held fire extinguishers designed for Class B and Class C fires. This fire extinguisher is also called as Halon 1211 fire extinguisher and is available in different sizes. The discharge time depends on the capacity.
Dry chemical extinguisher is of two types, available for Class A, B, C fires and those available for Class B and C fires. These also come in various sizes and range with discharge time 10–25 seconds.
Types of Fires
Fires are of different types which have to be effectively and efficiently controlled as well as to prevento re-combustion which causes more damage.
Class A: Solid combustibles like wood, paper, embers, rubbers and plastics
Class B: Liquid combustibles like diesel, oils, kerosene, and benzene
Class C: Gaseous combustibles like propane, butane, natural gas, acetylene, and methane
Class F: Animal fat and vegetable oils like dripping lard, rapeseed, palm, peanut, sunflower and coconut oil
Class D: Metallic combustibles like aluminum, titanium
All fires can be classified under some class of a fire and it has to be extinguished by using the right fire extinguisher. A wrong fire extinguisher will create havoc
Fires cause great damage to property and the environment. Heat, fuel, oxygen and a chain reaction are present, a fire happens. The only way to extinguish a fire is to remove one of these factors and the fire ceases. Prevento is one such additive that can be added to any fire extinguisher and can be used on different combustibles. Prevento is an extinguishing agent which is a combination of Super Absorb Polymer gelling agent. Prevento is a product developed and manufactured by Febbex, Germany.
Application of Prevento Fire Extinguisher Additive
Home and Building Fires
Prevento can be used with traditional extinguishers for Class A, B and C fires. When used at home, it minimizes the losses by stopping the fire from spreading. It can be used in deep fryer fires in the kitchen, engine fires in boats and automobiles and transformers,
Forest Fires
A burning cigarette, a campfire or a bolt of lightning that strikes the ground may cause a forest fire. The fire spreads rapidly when the forest is dry and worsens when a wind is blowing which spreads the fire in all directions. The forest fire causes tremendous loss. Most of the time enough water is not available to douse the fire which is used with or without a foaming agent. Up on cooling, the extreme heat and wind can ignite the area again.
Adding Prevento, combats the extreme forest fires efficiently, which saves the natural forests as well as reduces loss of property and in some cases life too. Whether you are trying to fight the forest fire terrestrially or aerial, simply add Prevento to effectively control and extinguish the forest fire. Prevento can be
· sprayed from the air
· applied to normal fire extinguishers
· applied outside hazardous zones
Benefits of using Prevento Forest
· creates an almost impregnable coating
· retains hot and inflammable gases/vapors
· creates a cooling surface
· prevents re-ignition
· uses 20 times less water
· readily bio-degradable
· non-toxic
Military Fires
Vehicle tire on US military vehicles catch fire very often, this is one of the biggest hazard faced by military personnel. The fire on the tires of transportation vehicle or armored personnel carriers in difficult terrain/environment is known to generate unmanageable fires with intense heat. The fire can burn for hours, which slow down the movement of the military convoy and causes material damage too.
Prevento can effectively extinguish the tire fires rapidly and stop re-ignition as it has a cooling effect on the tires and extinguishes the intense fires. Dekamax spraying appliance is made of stainless steel and has a capacity of 2.64 gallons. The use of the special Pyro Nozzle which is made of stainless steel and attached to a long hose makes it easy to reach and extinguish the fire that is inside the tire.
Benefits of using Prevento for Military Fires
· converts combustible into flame retardant material
· cools down the hot inflammables
· creates a compact separating layer
· has a cooling effect
Oil, Rubber and Plastic industry fires
Oil, rubber and plastic are difficult flammable materials. Plastics include polypropylene PP, polyacrylate, polyethylene PE, polyamides or plastic crap. Oils include thermo-oils, marlotherm, diephyl oil, lubricants, hardening oils, heavy oils and paraffin’s. With a proper concentration of Prevento added to the plain water, the extinguishing capabilities are significantly improved. Prevento also increases of resistance and impregnation properties of the fire extinguisher.
Benefits of using Prevento in Oil, Rubber and Plastic industry fires
· forms a coating on liquids and solid materials
· creates a compact separating layer
· cools down the inflammable gases to temperatures below ignition point
· non-toxic
· easily bio-degradable
· saves water as water required is almost 20 times lesser extinguishing water
Adding Prevento to fire extinguishers thickens the water, which enables the gel to stay longer on the burn material, the organic salts offer excellent impregnable properties while the hydrocolloid stabilizer prevents separation.