The Development and Design of a Prototype Ultra High Pressure P-19 Firefighting Vehicle

Abstract

The specification for future deployable aircraft rescue fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles demand a smaller, lighter, and more agile vehicle compared to the capabilities of the currently deployed P-19 fire truck. Through testing in recent years, research has led to revolutionary concepts of fire fighting equipment, technique, and strategy, including Ultra High Pressure (UHP) and combined agent firefighting using compressed air foam (CAF) and dry chemical. The latest demonstrator uniquely incorporating both UHP and combined agent firefighting capability is a retrofitted P-19 (referred to hereafter as the UHP P-19). Through test and evaluation, both UHP and combined agent firefighting technologies aboard the UHP P-19 have shown consistent improvement over older technologies, paving the way for the ARFF vehicle designs of the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 2007
Accession Number
ADA467084

Entities

People

  • Adriana Casarez
  • Christopher P. Menchini
  • Douglas Dierdorf
  • Jennifer L. Kalberer
  • Kristofor S. Cozart
  • Michael J. Mcdonald
  • Virgil J. Carr Jr.

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Compressors
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Combustion
  • Compressed Air
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Systems Analysis and Design