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High Expansion Foam (HEF) by Alison Control Inc. totally extinguishes the two major classes of fire. Class A Fire paper, wood, cloth, etc., where quenching by water is effective. Class B Fire gasoline, oils, paints, burning liquids, cooking fats, etc., where smothering action is required.

• HEF provides total system reliability that insures system operation whenever it is called upon to work... all solid-state supervision makes system totally self-monitoring including motor windings.
• HEF reduces total site fire protection costs.
• HEF systems are water-saving systems... they use a minimum amount of water (small volume and very low pressure) to do a maximum job-any water used is used more efficiently.
• HEF does not destroy product (primarily because of lower water content).
• HEF does limit smoke damage, and because of the detergent properties of the foaming agent, it provides a self-cleaning effect.
• HEF, itself, due to its non-corrosive nature, is easy to clean up... leaves no messy, sticking residue.
• HEF, also, provides a thermal insulating barrier for personnel and product protection.
• HEF is a volumetric, 3 dimensional fire fighter... it can get around all obstacles and lends itself easily to total flooding or local application.

Application Features

On local application, a couple of feet of HEF will extinguish a 2 dimensional fire.

• HEF is as effective on alcohol and LNG as it is on hydrocarbons such as gasoline, kerosene, JP-4, etc.
• HEF can extinguish flaming liquid 3D fires.
• HEF extinguishes fire as well inside as outside, in subzero or tropical climates, and at high or low altitudes.

Applications

The all new high expansion foam by ACI can be used for truly modern fire protection in warehouses and high rack storage areas, for commodities such as rubber tires, rolled paper, plastics, paints, etc....in bulk storage areas...in conveyor tunnels, coal mines, and diked areas...in electric power plants for protection on gas turbine peak loading stations, coal handling equipment tunnels, auxiliary warehouses, etc... and in aircraft hangars, process plants of all types, and in shipboard use.

The fire hazards posed by Group II Aircraft Hangars are addressed by NFPA 409. The standard defines a Group II hangar as one with an aircraft access door height of 28 feet or less and a single fire area no greater than 40,000 square feet.

The most cost effective and efficient way to protect these hangars is through the installation of a High Expansion Foam (HEF) System as described in chapter 4 of the standard. Despite the fact that Group II hangars are typically located in rural areas with inadequate water supplies to support most types of systems, the water pressure and supply can usually support a HEF system.

In addition to the economic advantages of using less water and foam concentrate, a HEF system offers distinct fire fighting advantages over low expansion foam. Aircraft maintenance hangars are usually cluttered with rolling tool kits, work stands and nested aircraft, making it very difficult for a Low Expansion Foam system to be deployed rapidly. Alison Control's HEF system offers the most efficient way to extinguish fuel spill blazes, the worst potential fire scenario for hangars and their contents.