Foam is a highly effective extinguishing agent consisting of water, foaming agent (concentrate) and air. The air content determines the foam type and changes its characteristics. Extinguishing foam uses different extinguishing effects and changes their characteristics: cooling, suffocating, separating, covering, restraining and displacing. Used alone or together they provide a quick extinguishing success. Foam extinguishing systems are used for fire classification A and B fires of solid and liquid substances and to a limited extent for fire classification C fires of gaseous substances. For the foam production a stable foaming agent percentage is added to the water flow with admixture devices. Generally the produced mixture of water and foaming agent is foamed with air in subsequent foam generators.

Foam/water gun

Foam/water guns are mainly used for fighting fires from a safe distance and for preventive cooling of objects in danger of fire. Depending on the type, the foam/water gun can be manually, electrically or hydraulically aimed at the corresponding target with a remote control. It can either be equipped with a water jet pipe for use with water only or with a foam/water jet pipe as well as multipurpose nozzles for the alternating use of foam and water.

Range of application

Hazardous material storages, petrol chemistry, aircraft hangars, chemical industry, oil refineries, laboratories, large garages etc.