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There are several methods firefighters use to put out fires. Fire needs 3 things to survive, called "the triangle of fire", heat, oxygen, and fuel. All firefighting techniques remove one of those elements to put out the fire. The first is to spray water or fire retardant on the fire, either using a fire hose or a special aircraft. They smother the fire, removing oxygen, and water cools it. Another method is a fire break. A fire break is a space with no fuel. Therefore, the fire cannot burn past the fire break, and the fire eventually exhausts its fuel and burns out. Those are the two most common ways to put out a fire.
Recent thinking on fires treat them as a four legged stool, now including "chain reaction." Some newer firefighting methods simply break the chain reaction to stop the fire. Chemicals are often used on fires, but the best know way is to use a fine spray of water. Although the water cools the fire (and resulting steam remove oxygen), a spray or even foam can separate the fuel from the air, starving the fire as it rapidly cools.
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What do fire- fighters use to put out an aircraft fire?
Water and foam
What gas helps to make the foam that fire fighters use?
CO2
Why would you use foam to put out a fire?
Not normal foam but carbon dioxide foam from a fire extinguisher. This special foam covers the fire and takes all the oxygen out of it, and with no oxygen, no fire!!!
Why do you use foam to put out a fire?
The foam cuts the connection of fire with air (oxygen) & thus puts out fire.
Why do you use foam on a oil fire?
foam is used for fire suppression. what it does is it cools the fire and to coats the fuel, preventing its contact with oxygen, and then the fire is out.
How do you put out oven fire?
smother it or use a foam fire extinguisher
What type of mathematics does a fire fighter use?
Fire fighters use mostly arithmetic, but some algebra too.
How to use an apostrophe for fire fighters?
"My son liked to play with a fire-fighter's helmet" and "It was the fire-fighters' opinion that the fire could be put out" (several of them) and "it was the fire-fighter's opinion that the fire could be put out" (just one with an opinion).
What do the initials AFFF stand for?
AFFF stands for Aqueous Film-Forming Foam. It is used by fire fighters for the suppression of a fire where fuel is involved. It does this by coating the fuel and preventing oxygen enabling combustion.
When was The Fire Fighters Museum created?
The Fire Fighters Museum was created in 1904.
Where is the radar located in the appgear foam fighters screen?
appgear
How would you you use cumulative risk in a sentence?
Here is an example: Fire fighters face many hazards. Explosions, fire, toxic inhalations, etc. The cumulative risk of being a fire fighters is immense.
