System consists of piped installation using water from fire mains of ship; water passes through 1000-gpm positive displacement water-motor proportioner where correct amount of foam forming concentrate or liquid stabilizer is added from 300-gal reservoir; solution is piped to hazardous areas where portable nozzles produce large " snowstorms"; on carrier near Korea theater fire involving crashed aircraft loaded with jellied gasoline bombs was extinguished in 9 min.
Aircraft carrier pushbutton fire fighting
Nat Fire Protection Assn -- Quarterly
1951
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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