

| Subject: | types of fire extinguishing agents: |
| From: | Bill Davidson |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:27:59 -0800 |
From the West Marine Catalogue: (p.718 of 2000 master catalogue) "Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - good for Class B and Class C fires. No clean up. Easy to use. Useful only in confined interior spaces. Does not cool fire. Halon - no longer produced as a result of the environmentally hazardous CFCs (chloroflourocarbons) it produces. FE-241, FM-200 - relatively non-toxic Halon replacements are effective on all fire classes. Not as effective as Halon. Expensive. [on page 719: successors to Halon 1211 and 1301 which were effective, but too damaging to the ozone layer. The FE-241 agent is for use only in unoccupied areas due to its toxicity, but it is marginally more effective per pound than FM-200 and has an ozone-depletion impact that is less than 1% of Halon 1211's. The FM-200 agent is OK for occupied areas, but is slightly less effective and inflicts no ozone depletion.] Halotron 1- Newly EPA approved. Safe for computers, electronics, even clean rooms, and requires no cleanup after use. Dry Chemical - Low toxicity. Inexpensive. Effective on Class B and Class C fires. Not effective on Class A fires. Difficult to clean up. Tri-Class Dry Chemical - low toxicity. Inexpensive. Effective on Class B and Class C fires. Moderately effective on Class A fires. Difficult to clean up. Corrosive. Not a good choice for helm or nav station. Aqueous Foam - this relatively new technology is extremely easy to use effectively on Class A, B, and C fires. Avoid excessive skin or eye contact." Anybody have experience or know anything about this Aqueous Foam stuff? Clean up? Bill
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