Here is a link to a foam fire suppression test in hangar.
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You'd think some could find the off button a little quicker.Foam suppression testing
Apr 16, 2006
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Some of you are old enough to remember when detergent was deliberately made to maximize foam. A few of you might also remember the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations in Washington, DC.
Well, Washington has this lovely Bartholdi fountain in a park off Independence Ave... and there was this huge, "economy" size box of detergent in the supermarket... and then the idea just sort of came to someone that if a box of detergent happened to errrm, fall into the fountain and....
It's truly amazing how much soap suds you can get from one huge box of detergent. :^)
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