Possibly provide extra foam, a tote near the Helipad?

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Colin Carew (Cambridge) <
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> I was just asked this question by the fire dept at a project where we
> designed a helipad foam system .
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> “A question has come up regarding the new helipad at the MRH.  We know
> there is a foam system installed that should provide approx. 10 minutes of
> foam mixture to the helipad upon activation of the system.  If foam is
> required for a longer period of time *or *if for some reason foam isn’t
> being produced in the discharge from the monitors the question was asked
> would it be possible to supply a foam/water solution into the FDC on the
> building?  I realize this would probably not produce very nice foam but I
> would just like to know if there is any reason why a person could not
> attempt this if they felt it was required?  “
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> My  first response would be no , based on NFPA 16 2011  6.2.5 alone ,  any
> one else ran into this situation or offer any comments ?
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> Thanks  !
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> *Colin Carew*
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