Future ARFF with CAFS Compressed Air Foam System
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Future ARFF with CAFS Compressed Air Foam System
Aircraft Rescue Working Group Dallas, Texas 2005
Crash Rescue Equipment & Bob Releay
Rosenbauer Leonding, Austria 2007
Rosenbauer Panther CA5 CAFS testing
Rosenbauer Panther CA5 CAFS testing
Rosenbauer Panther CA5 CAFS testing
Rosenbauer Panther CA5 CAFS testing
Rosenbauer Panther CA5 CAFS testing
Rosenbauer Panther CA5 CAFS testing
CPH Rosenbauer Panther CA5 CAFS on the main turret
August 2007
FLASH CAFS – construction of admixing chamber
Admixing
chamber
Pressure regulating valve
Inlet
Outlet
Pressure translator
Expansion ratio-controller
Differential pressure gauge
8 x 50 litter, 300 bar air bottles
Mixing chamber
Testing in Copenhagen CAFS and new foam – Solberg ReHealing Foam
The Institution of Fire Engineers Australia & New Zealand
Compressed Air Foam Systems for ARFF, Wildland and Urban Environments
CAFS Road Show Sydney
CAFS Road Show Perth
CAFS Road Show Brisbane Shan Raffel
CAFS Road Show Brisbane
Day of from the ”roadshow” in Brisbane
CAFS Road Show Wellington NZ
CAFS i Australien
Compressed Air Foam Queensland FD
Brisbane Regional Development Team
Brisbane Regional Training
Wildfires / iZone
Time To Knockdown
0:00
0:07
0:14
0:21
0:28
0:36
0:43
0:50
0:57
Extinguishment Medium
Tim
e (
se
c.)
Water
Foam
CAFS
Water: 50 seconds
Foam: 25 seconds
50% better than water
CAFS: 11 seconds
78% better than water
66% better than foam
Liters Required For Knockdown
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Extinguishment Medium
Ga
llo
ns
Water
Foam
CAFS
Water: 292 Lts
Foam: 170 Lts
40% better than water
CAFS: 64 Lts
79% better than water
64% better than foam
Why bother Build stage to engine bay and end user
• Cost 50 K addition to appliance Scania appliance $ 620,000
• CAFS components 15 – 20 K $ Engine builders approx same to fit out
• Engine builder issues
• Union: Industrial relation issues
• More maintenance required
Does it work, to good to be true
• Water works why change
• Traditionalists Water water and more water
Training
• Construct training team extra work load
• More SOP’s
• Where can you train
• Does CAF really work
Public
• Environmental issues concentrates many and varied
Why aren’t more people using
CAFS?
• CAFS is often misunderstood and expectations are beyond capability
• It’s expensive (up to $50,000)
• Change is hard: Water is in fire-fighters’ DNA
• People wonder, “Does it really work?”
• My comment - in regards to ARFF: Awareness, regulations, legislation and tradition?
UK CAA and ICAO CAFS testing
Simon Webb
UK Civil Aviation Authority
Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS)
Aviation specific performance test for fire fighting foam
and produced by a CAFS and future implementation in
Aviation Fire Protection.
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