Foam 161 Fire Truck

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Foam 161 fire truck.

Foam 161 the pentagon 9 11 fire truck at the patton museum of leadership. Page 1 of 8. Whether you are fighting a wildland or structure fire with class a foam or fighting a flammable liquid fire with class b foam the hale foamlogix is up to the task. The only other firefighting apparatus he saw on the west side was arlington county s engine and truck 105 on the far north end.

Foam 161 is the designation of the fire truck that was stationed at the pentagon helipad on 9 11 2001. The foam truck a sidelight in the history of motorized fire apparatus foam had already made its entrance into the fire fighting field when motorized apparatus began to come into its own. The surfactants used must produce foam in concentration of less than 1. Other components of fire retardant foams are.

This truck although relatively simple to operate and understand has some unusual design features not always seen in industrial foam apparatus. By doug kelley recently kme fire apparatus constructed an unusual foam truck for the city of long beach california. Pentagon helipad still parked next to the helipad the heavily damaged foam truck 161 sits abandoned while firefighters attend to fires in the pentagon. Foam truck 161 on fire pentagon firefighters battle a fire on foam truck 161 caused by the crash of the airplane.

The digital foam system removes the traditional pressure restrictions of other foam systems so it is unaffected by hose length flow rate or pressures. Firefighting foam is a foam used for fire suppression its role is to cool the fire and to coat the fuel preventing its contact with oxygen resulting in suppression of the combustion fire fighting foam was invented by the russian engineer and chemist aleksandr loran in 1902. The city of long beach has a mandate to provide fire protection for some of the nation s most critical infrastructure.