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HCT F-500 Promotional Video
This video showcases F-500 Multipurpose Encapsulator Agent in various
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HCT Highlight Videos
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Australia Video Clip Highlights
This clip shows a compilation of four fire scenarios; pallets, tires, fuel pit with 20 gallons of jet
fuel, and a car fire. The scenarios demonstrate the versatility of F-500 on a wide range of materials
and applications. All fires are fought with a 1-3/4" handline and a 95-gpm nozzle utilizing a 1%
F-500 solution. Note how fast all of the fires are extinguished.
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Broward County Fire Training Grounds, Florida (Fuel Fire)
This scenario is 30 gallons of diesel fuel extinguished with a 1% F-500 solution. This clip demonstrates the
sweeping motion needed for extinguishing fuel fires. Note the ease with which F-500 extinguishes the 30
gallons of fuel. Also note in the foreground how the laser pyrometer goes from 1599º F to 95º F in seconds,
demonstrating F-500's rapid heat reduction capabilities. |
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Broward County Fire Training Grounds, Florida (Tire Fire)
In this clip 22 burning tires at 1600º F are extinguished and cooled to 150º F in less than six seconds. Note
that due to the removal of heat the firefighter does not have to move any tires for overhaul. Also note the
black smoke turn white indicating F-500's ability to form micelles (i.e., "chemical cocoons") around the
hydrocarbon molecules, essentially washing them out of the smoke. This clip demonstrates three key features
of F-500: rapid extinguishment, rapid heat reduction, and micelle formation. These key features provide
tremendous benefits on larger tire fire scenarios by gaining control of the fire before it becomes a disaster,
minimizing overhaul and reignition, and minimizing the environmental impact of polluting the atmosphere with
toxic smoke. |
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Chinese Ship) This film was made to honour the firefighters involved as an official internal documentry After 80 hours of trying to extinguish the fire on the ship an additional fire fighting ship came along using F500 the fire was extinguished almost immediately |
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Coffey County, Kansas
This video clip shows a side-by-side performance comparison of F-500 vs. Class A foam. Each agent
is used to attack a pile of burning tires using the same control conditions (40 tires/pile,
identical preburn time, identical flows). F-500 takes only 17 seconds to extinguish the tires,
reduce the heat, and minimize overhaul time; whereas, the Class A foam takes over two minutes and
still does not totally extinguish the tires. In fact, the Class A foam tire pile reignited twice
(mainly due to the foam blanketing and retaining the heat within the pile) and had to finally be
extinguished with F-500. It is interesting to note that the Class A foam is being used through a
Compressed Air Foam (CAF) System, a piece of equipment which costs approximately $40,000.00
and is designed to enhance the firefighting performance of Class A foam.
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River Tyre Fire 1997)
Tyre piles – each being 175 ft long, 60 ft wide and 60 ft tall. After 3 hours 16 piles of tyres were burning. 48 hours later and no real progress with water and foam, 12,000 gallons of F-500 were flown in and the fire was quickly brought under control. All black smoke turned to white. Encapsulation in progress. Mitigation of Free Radicals! |
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FAA Testing Grounds, Ocala, Florida
This clip shows a Three-Dimensional Cascade Flowing Fuel Fire. In this scenario fuel is continually
fed to the top of a metal tower and it flows down cascading falls in the front of the tower into a
fuel-in-depth pit. This scenario is extremely challenging as it represents a flowing fuel fire,
fuel-in-depth fire, and the metal tower retains heat. This test fire was extinguished with 1% F-500
in less than six seconds while rapidly reducing the heat in the tower eliminating potential
flashovers and reignitions. This type of fire is difficult, if not impossible, for AFFF to extinguish.
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This video clip includes a car fire, a house fire, a running fuel fire, a 13,000 ft² fuel fire. The purpose of this video is to demonstrate the performance effectiveness of F-500 encapsulator technology on a wide variety of class A, B and D fires. |
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F-500 Tank Fire Comparison with AFFF-AR Foam in China |
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Lexington, Kentucky
This clip not only shows fast extinguishment of Class A material (wood) with 1% F-500, minimal
overhaul, minimal water usage, rapid heat reduction, cooling the material to the touch with a bare
hand within seconds, it shows how F-500 penetrates deeply into the Class A material providing superior
burnback resistance |
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Memphis Fire Grounds, Tennessee (Car Fire)
This clip shows a car fire being knocked down from a safe distance using a 1% F-500 solution and a
straight stream pattern. The fact that F-500 does not form foam bubbles allows it to be applied to
a fire from greater distances than foam, keeping personnel away and safe from the hazard until the
initial knockdown and heat reduction are accomplished. In this scenario the heat was reduced from
1600º F to less than 200º F within six seconds of the initial attack allowing the firefighter to
approach the car under safer conditions.
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Memphis Fire Grounds, Tennessee (Fuel Fire)
This video clip shows 150 gallons of diesel fuel in a 15-foot diameter steel pit. The fire is quickly
extinguished using a 3% F-500 solution through a 95-gpm nozzle set at a 30º fog pattern. The technique
used is a sweeping pattern across the surface of the fuel, extinguishing the fire while cooling the
steel pit structure below the autoignition point of the fuel, eliminating potential flashover thus
providing for a safer scene. Note: Watch as the firefighter places his hand on the outside of the
steel pit indicating it is cool. |
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Memphis Fire Grounds, Tennessee (Fuel Neutralization)
This clip demonstrates two key features of F-500. First, using the appropriate ratio of 1 pint of F-500,
to 1 gallon of fuel, to 4 gallons of water the gas is rendered nonflammable (i.e., neutralized) due to
F-500's ability to form and maintain micelles (i.e., "chemical cocoons") around the hydrocarbon fuel
molecules. (Note: reduced to the lowest common denominator the fuel neutralization ratio equates to 1
part F-500: 8 parts fuel: 32 parts water). Second, even with the fuel encapsulated within the F-500
micelle, F-500 can still extinguish the burning tires. If the fuel were not neutralized, the gasoline
would ignite resulting in a flare up. Note: The safest and recommended way to check that the fuel is
neutralized is with an LEL meter. In addition, even though F-500 extinguished the tires, it is more
effective on extinguishing rubber tires without the fuel. |
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Ontario Power Generation, Wesleyville, Canada (Propane)
In this clip F-500 is applied at a 1% solution on a propane pipe rupture fire utilizing a 95-gpm nozzle.
Due to F-500's ability to form and maintain micelles (i.e., "chemical cocoons") around the hydrocarbon
fuel molecules, the propane fuel is encapsulated rendering it nonflammable. The fire is extinguished
within one second. |
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For aggressive coals such as PRB, Indonesian coal and cheaper varieties.With F-500 no flash back, hence safe. |
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Same fire situation. Water or foam will cause huge flashback. If this happens within the plant |
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Another comparison of water or foam causing flashback and a dangerous situation. |
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Another comparison of F500 making coal fires safer to extinguish, Protecting life and plant. |
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Schenley Distillery, Canada (Ethanol)
In this clip the firefighter pours five gallons of ethanol onto a paved area and ignites the ethanol fuel.
This represents a flat spill fire scenario. Notice how quickly the fire is extinguished by simply
misting the 1% F-500 solution over the fire using a fog pattern. The firefighter flushes the spill with
the F-500 solution neutralizing the remaining spilled fuel. Fuel neutralization is verified using a
standard LEL meter. This clip also demonstrates F-500's effectiveness on polar substances. |
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Schenley Distillery, Canada (Magnesium)
This clip demonstrates extinguishment of five pounds of burning magnesium utilizing a 1%
F-500 solution
applied using a fog pattern. Typically, water is not a medium that is used to extinguish molten metal
fires as the heat is so high that it breaks apart the water molecule to hydrogen and oxygen which both add
to propagating the fire. Due to F-500's high heat reduction capabilities, the heat is quickly reduced
to a level where the water molecule does not separate, thus allowing F-500 to be an effective agent on
molten metal fires. Note how within the first 10-15 seconds the main block of magnesium is cooled and
extinguished.
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Philidelphia electric company fire training grounds
where youll see F500
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Tyre
Fire Comparison F500 vs CAFS)
This video clip shows a side-by-side performance comparison
of F-500 vs. Class A foam. Each agent is used to attack
a pile of burning tires using the same control conditions
(40 tires/pile, identical preburn time, identical flows).
F-500 takes only 17 seconds to extinguish the tires,
reduce the heat, and minimize overhaul time; whereas,
the Class A foam takes over two minutes and still does
not totally extinguish the tires. In fact, the Class
A foam tire pile reignited twice (mainly due to the
foam blanketing and retaining the heat within the pile)
and had to finally be extinguished with F-500. It is
interesting to note that the Class A foam is being used
through a Compressed Air Foam (CAF) System, a piece
of equipment which costs approximately $40,000.00 and
is designed to enhance the firefighting performance
of Class A foam. ( Watch video to end!! ) |
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Warrick Alcoa Plant, Indiana
This industrial training scenario consists of a metal catwalk over the top of a pit containing 200
gallons of burning diesel. On the catwalk is a flange spewing liquid propane (LP) gas under pressure,
making this a very difficult fire. Normally three handlines would be used to extinguish the fuel and
then the gas would be shut off. With F-500 it only takes one handline with a 3% F-500 solution
to accomplish the task.
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Western Resources, Plant Jefferies, Kansas (HCT Piercing Rod)
This video clip demonstrates HCT's Piercing Rod. The piercing rod is designed to apply F-500 to
deep-seated fire such as coal and grain silos, wood chip or sawdust piles, landfills or deep-seated
peat fires, where penetration to the seat of the fire is virtually impossible from the surface.
While each piercing rod is supplied with a combination driving / pulling head to facilitate
positioning the rod directly above the deep-seated fire, notice how the spray pattern at the tip
helps the piercing rod easily move through the coal. |
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Western Resources, Plant Jefferies, Kansas (Insulation Fire)
This clip demonstrates two different types of HCT fire extinguisher nozzles on hydraulic oil-soaked
insulation. The first insulation pad is easily extinguished with a 3% F-500 solution using a 2-1/2
gallon pressurized water extinguisher fitted with HCT's 4A nozzle (nozzle designed and sold by HCT
and has successfully passed ULC 4A crib test as defined in ULC CAN/ULC-S508-M90, Standard for
Rating and Fire Testing of Fire Extinguishers and Class D Extinguishing Media). The second
insulation pad is also easily extinguished with a 3% F-500 solution using a 2-1/2 gallon
pressurized water extinguisher fitted with a K-type nozzle (water mist nozzle). Note: It should
be mentioned that due to F-500's micelle encapsulation ability, which allows
F-500 to neutralize
hydraulic oil (i.e., render it nonflammable), these fire extinguisher units can be used in a
maintenance operation on hydraulic oil-soaked insulation to neutralize the hydraulic oil as a
fire preventive measure.
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