The Impulse Fire Extinguishing System (abbreviated IFEX) is a series of
firefighting
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing or preventing the spread of unwanted fires from threatening human lives and destroying property and the environment. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter.
Firefighters typically ...
equipment that uses small amounts of water fired in high-velocity bursts to put out fires. Engineer
Frans Steur began IFEX
GmbH in 1994. Water droplets are shot in vaporous bursts that can travel up to 120 metres per second,
Fire Fighting Technologies
(See “4. Technical Specifications...”) causing a strong cooling effect that is responsible for much of this system's success. Handheld, backpack, motorcycle, ATV
ATV may refer to:
Broadcasting
* Amateur television
*Analog television
Television stations and companies
* Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra
* ATV (Armenia)
* ATV (Aruba), NBC affiliate
* ATV (Australian TV station), Melbourne
* ATV (Austria)
* AT ...
, tractor, helicopter, and other applications are available.
See also
*Fog nozzle
A fog nozzle is a firefighting hose spray nozzle that breaks its stream into small droplets. By doing so, its stream achieves a greater surface area, and thus a greater rate of heat absorption, which, when compared to that of a smoothbore nozzle ...
References
External links
IFEX Technologies website
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Firefighting equipment