- Author
- Fiala, R.
- Title
- Aircraft Post-Crash Fire Fighting/Rescue.
- Coporate
- Institut fur Antriebstechnik, Kolon-Porz, Germany
- Report
- AGARD-LS-123,
- Book or Conf
- Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. Aicraft Fire Safety. AGARD Lecture Series 123. June 7-8, 1982, Oslo, Norway and June 10-11, 1982, London, England and June 15-16, 1982, Washington, DC, ['London, England', 'Washington, DC'], 8/1-27 p., 1982
- Keywords
- postcrash fires | fire fighting | rescue | halon 1211 | dry powders | foam extinguishing systems
- Identifiers
- fire extinguishing agents
- Abstract
- For postcrash fires, dry powders based on KHCO3, K2SO4 and Halon 1211 are of interest for fire fighting. Low expansion foams are recommended for crashfire extinguishment. The time for extinguishment also is influenced by the extinguishing technique.