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| 2006-04-16 |
| How do you figure out whether a foam firefighting system in an air force hangar is set up correctly and works? Well you turn it on for a few seconds, to make sure it's got pressure and everything. First you set up a scaffolding so you can record the event and show the flow coming out of all nozzles. And then you let 'er rip. After 15 seconds you can see foam is covering all areas it has to, so the test is successful. Shut 'er off. Uh, guys? Shut 'er off? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #8 6, I had to deal with a Halon system in a missile (AGM-69 and -86) assembly building - we figure we had just enough time to say "Oh, sh*t" before we suffocated. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-04-16 22:38 |
| #7 Used to mind a Cyber 73/74 deep in the bowels of the Love Building (really) at FSU. The halon system was so fast I figured I only had a 50/50 chance to get out before I succumbed to oxygen starvation. Of course I was easily replaceable. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-04-16 22:09 |
| #6 Got that, but there are many different, directionalized systems, that will not kill the maintenance crews if there is a fire. The reason to stop it asap is to limit death, not induce it. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-04-16 22:05 |
| #5 Aircraft have lots of flammable fuel, and military aircraft can also have big explosive things hanging off of them. Fire is a very, very bad thing in that situation, so the goal is to stop it ASAP. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-04-16 21:08 |
| #4 The aircraft. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-04-16 20:01 |
| #3 Oh my god, can you imagine the smell. (If that foam is what I think it is) |
| Posted by: Fleager Thrulet2653 2006-04-16 20:01 |
| #2 So some poor troop back in the tail of an aricraft pounding rivets will drown before he could get out of the aircraft and to an exit. Just what is it they are trying to save? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-04-16 17:41 |
| #1 happened to me once when put dish soap in the dishwasher. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-04-16 13:55 |