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

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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

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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.