[chucksnee]

Yep, foam...we had one of our C-12s get loaded up with the stuff during a storm....the ACFT door was open and a nozzle just happened to be pointed straight at the open door....This acft was at Ft. Rucker and a special test acft....alot of money was wasted that day...

[Big Dog]

Once when my frigate was in drydock, we had the firemain "Christmas Tree" let go at night, just outside the CIC bulkhead - with big cutouts for gear replacement. Soaked every piece of electronics with salt water!
Big surprise being rolled out of your rack on the barracks barge at zero-dark-thirty for "FLOODING" aboard ship - and knowing she isn't in the water!

So we pulled every piece of gear out of it's rack and put them in the shower to hose the salt water off - it was already soaked....... What a mess!

[captsquirrel]

I remember that story. It was the fire supression system. I can't find the news article but here's a video of a system test. And before anyone says anything I already know they spelled hangar wrong at the beginning of the video.

YouTube - Aircraft Hangar High Expansion Foam System Test

YouTube - Aircraft Hangar High Expansion Foam System Test

[sea_chicken1]

I cant put into words how much I hate that stuff. It would go off at random in my last hanger and I got blasted in the eyes with it once.

[rondog]

Quote:       Originally Posted by captsquirrel

I remember that story. It was the fire supression system. I can't find the news article but here's a video of a system test. And before anyone says anything I already know they spelled hangar wrong at the beginning of the video. YouTube - Aircraft Hangar High Expansion Foam System Test

An impressive mess, "OK Bob, get the ShopVac and clean this up", but I'd say you could have a HELL of a fire going before that foam got to the point of stopping it. Not very impressive IMO. Maybe if all planes were parked directly under the nozzles.....

I'd much rather see a pressurized Halon discharge that would have sent the looky-loos scattering. I work in telecom, and our remote sites are all protected with FM-2000 Halon systems. When one of those goes off, you WILL leave the building!