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The resource material is contained in two volumes. Volume 1 has material most often related to planning and preparedness, response, data, software, case studies and links. Volume 2 contains reference material from a variety of sources.
The material has been indexed by primary author, a single topic listing for each item, and all references for each author. The items overlap with the categories in Volume 1. The user should check both volumes for information on a particular topic.
The editor, William Walton of NIST, recommends the 13 minute video developed by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and Alaska Clean Seas in Volume 1 under the Planning category if you are new to the topic of in situ burning.
A limited number of the CD sets is available from NIST. Contact William Walton directly by e-mail: william.walton@nist.gov providing your name, complete mailing address (including the country), and e-mail address.
The National Research Council Canada (NRCC) has developed and successfully tested a prototype compressed air foam (CAF) fire suppression system to provide fire safety protection to aircraft and aircraft hangars. Earlier research indicated that the fire suppression system must control 90% of the fire within the first 30 seconds and extinguish it within 60 seconds.
Fire tests of the prototype CAF protection system were carried out.
Three simulated aircraft hangar fire scenarios were used to provide technical data that the prototype CAF system (made up of overhead CAF nozzles and portable low-level nozzles) could provide the necessary fire protection in the aircraft hangar. The low-level nozzles were located near each aircraft to suppress any fire that could be concealed from the overhead nozzles.
The prototype system produces uniform foams with
expansion ratios ranging form 1:4 to 1:20. Special nozzle designs permit the smooth discharge of foam. To prevent foam breakdown, the CAF nozzles have no sharp bends and contain no impact points, that are normally present in sprinklers and in fixed aspirated nozzles.
The NRCC tested CAF system satisfies the 30 second control/60 second extinguishment requirement for Group II aircraft hangars
in National Fire Protection Association Standard 409.
The complete paper is available on the NRCC site: http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/fulltext/nrcc44514.
For additional information contract Dr. Andrew K. Kim, telephone (1) + 613-993-9555, e-mail: Andrew.Kim@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca or George Crampton, telephone (1) + 613-256-4464, e-mail: George.Crampton@nrc-cnrc.gr.ca.
2.4 m diameter gasoline fire with 7 m tall flame at the time of CAF activation.
Gasoline fire at 15 s after CAF activation (2.5 m flame height).
Gasoline fire at 30 s after CAF activation (fire controlled).
Gasoline fire at 45 s after CAF activation (fire extinguished).
Do you want to check on the wildland fires burning today in the United States? Then you should look at GeoMAC (Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group) at, http://www.geomac.gov. It is an internet-based mapping tool originally designed for fire managers to get an overview of
current wildland fires and see details of those fires. Now, GeoMAC’s information and capabilities are available to the public. Information about previous fires also is documented. The area covered is the contiguous 48 States and Alaska.
The fire perimeter data is updated daily based upon input from incident intelligence resources, GPS (Global Positioning System) data, infrared (IR) imagery from fixed wing aircraft and satellites. GeoMAC contains relational databases to display information on individual
fires such as the name of the fire, current acreage and other fire status information or the user can link to remote automated weather station data near the wildfire. Users can easily link from GeoMAC to incident web sites via the link to the National Fire News page.
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