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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.