Fire Foam and Bucket Trials with PLM
The photograph is courtesy of the family of George Dey. George took many forestry photographs in his forestry career and many are now shown on this web site. Check under ‘Groups’ and George Dey Collection.
Another interesting development in the use of Fire Foam in helicopter water buckets. Perhaps limitations on flexibility and speed with John Martin’s bucket idea, PLM and the Northern Area Fire Service have come up with the idea of again pouring the foam straight into the bucket and letting the mixture drop onto the fire hoping that as it streams out of the bottom valve and down through the air it creates a foamy mixture.
In the PDFs the mixture looks spectacular coming out of the bucket but the trail of foam on the ground is perhaps marginally effective at this stage.
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Groups: Aircraft in Forestry Work, Forestry in Action, George Dey Forestry Collection