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Our system can be
used on compartment, container, silo, thatched roof, sandwich panel,
difficult access, ducting, barn, peat, vehicle, skip, aircraft,
train, tree stump, warehouse, supermarket and ship fires all become
very easily manageable.
Since 2005, PLI,
Shropshire Ambulance Service, West Midlands Fire Service and others
have been supporting the Salvation Army Disabled Children's Home in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - the work today is continuing and you can
view some of the events on the PINK PIG page (click the badge).
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The Process
Fire fighting
has always had an element of risk attached to it, but never more so than
today. The amount of plastics and their derivatives within households
and commercial premises, coupled with advanced insulation methods, makes
the cocktail even more lethal.
Our system
has been developed to enable an early and effective attack on a fire. With our system fire fighters
need not initially enter the danger zone as, by cutting though a wall,
door, roof or window and spraying a fine but powerful mist of water,
within seconds the fire can be
cooled and contained. Conventional fire fighting techniques may
then be employed.
The
system produces
a working pressure of 300bar and uses only 30 litres of water per
minute. An abrasive within the water cuts through any material
extremely quickly. After cutting, the abrasive can be turned off by the
operator, enabling a fine water mist to be immediately projected up to
eighty metres into the affected area.
Hot gases
produced in a fire can reach temperatures of 900°C + and
with the use of the NIMBUS systerm, that temperature can be reduced to 90°C in
approx twenty five
seconds without opening the building and risking a lethal backdraft or flashover.
The system has been proved to be effective on fires with all types of risk:
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With
grass fires the ground may be penetrated with water to a depth
of five metres
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Where
there is difficult access as with ships and warehouses
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Where
there is flashover potential
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Where
there is offensive ventilation
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Where
there are compressed gas cylinder risks
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With
thermal imaging equipment identifying hot spots in, for example,
sandwich panels, chimney fires and old buildings
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In situations
where forensic evidence needs to be preserved
This is a
fairly new concept which has the potential to revolutionise the approach
to fire fighting. It drastically improves the safety of fire
fighters and when its capabilities are fully explored it will be
recognised for its contribution to safety, its effectiveness in dealing
with difficult fire situations and its environmental benefits.
Please
contact
us for a
demonstration
BBC Tomorrows' World Film
Derelict House Fire Demonstration Liverpool
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2009
Vehicle Fire demonstration Liverpool
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2009
Blow Torch tactical approach -
Sept 09
Hospital corridor ventilation and cooling
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Sept 09
Water jet 300 bar -v- UK Fire Kit
Large bale straw
- 2009 (Thatch,
Barn, Peat, etc.)
Cutting straw bale - 2009 (Thatch
Fires)
Cutting through block at Emergency Services
Show
Security gates stopping effective
fire fighting?
Nothing stops us working
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