ARFF Ultra High Pressure Fire Fighting Systems (Briefing Charts)

Abstract

The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed Ultra High Pressure (UHP) fire fighting as a method to reduce the amount of agent and extinguishment time required for fuel fires. Initial work was conducted on a 14 gpm system, but has been scaled up to 300 gpm. The effort included large scale experiments to demonstrate an overall reduction of agent usage to 28% of the amount required using conventional technology. UHP fire fighting is now fully developed and five trucks are being deployed to Air Force fire fighters for familiarization and operational verification. The first production buy is expected to occur in 2010.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480607

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Mcdonald

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Centrifugal Pumps
  • Compressed Air
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineers
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fire Hazards
  • Fire Protection
  • High Pressure
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Safety
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional
  • Vehicles

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  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design