If someone out there still has 30-year old PFOS, though it put out fires, I am not loving that foam at all.
While Solberg promises a green future with its Class B foam, and there is EVERY reason to embrace AFFF for its fire suppression capability (when applied in ways *demonstrated to put out fires in the field*), there are some water-quality and environmental reasons to not be loving AFFF. A good FPE analyses would address this with more than cursory lip service. If I was a lawyer responsible for protecting a client's environmental interests, I would expect the FEED design fire professional to make their case (a not too high obstacle to hurdle for large fire hazards) for releasing AFFF into the environment. Justifying use of AFFF should be part of the stewardship and custodial oversight included in the designer's due diligence. EPC engineers should not simply accept current and past AFFF specifications, but question the judgment used in AFFF approval. Scot Deal Excelsior Risk/Fire Engineering On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you mean AR-AFFF? > > Yes to the question. Spray application booth using Heptane for degreasing > with potential for accumulation. > > AFFF for non-miscible hydrocarbons, AR-AFFF for miscible polar solvents. > Then there are some universal foams when you have combinations of bad stuff > under the same roof. > > Got a big foam-deluge system pushing about 7500 gpm flow rate on the table > right now. > > We love foam! > > Craig L. Prahl > Fire Protection Group Lead > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > Spartanburg, SC 29303 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > CH2MHILL Extension 74102 > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sprinklerforum [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Vince Sabolik > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: AFFF??? > > Hey Forum! > > A question for all of you, but most likely for some of the "older" guys.... > > Has anyone here ever sprinklered a spray booth using AFFF or AFFFR? > > I don't think many have. But just so jI know that everyone wasn't out > goofing off and didn't read this, I'd like it you could say "no" in a > response > - either here > or to my email, [email protected] > > ON THE OTHER HAND ... > > if you have done one of these, please let me know what drove the > requirement. > > > thanks, Vince > West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. > > 11351 Pearl Road > > Suite 102 > Strongsville, Ohio 44136 > > > T 440 238-4800 F 440 238-4876C 440 724-7601 > > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
