Foam Extinguishers

[ltjay157 10]

I was just wondering how many of you carry foam extinguishers on your apparattus and what you think of them? We have one on every truck next to the water can. I haven't gotten to use one on a fire yet and was wondering how well they work.

[res6cue 67]

We have them on most of our apparatus. Really they're just water cans with the foam cartridge holder/aerator as part of the hose. They work relatively well for a quick fix. I much prefer the TFT FoamPaks we have. Might not be as quickly deployed as a can, but you get much more bang for the buck with them, especially with the medium expansion nozzle.

[tbendick 27]

We have them. Just a water can with some AFFF added into. FDNY calls for yo to bring it with you anytime you go into a basement fire, in case it's the oil burner.

[Ladder44 73]

we got one on each truck (2 total)

[IzzyEng4 427]

We run two AFFF / water extinguishers and have had possivite results.