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| This is the Brayton Firemen Training Field at Texas A&M University. It is a large amount of acreage set up to train people to fight fires in all sorts of conditions. From houses to ships to industrial and commercial situations. There is also rescue training facilites as well. |
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| In the series of five photos below is a demonstration of the application of foam to putting out a liquid fire. There are two tanks side by side that are on fire. The trick is to put the second one out without it reigniting the first one. Foam make that easy by floating on top of the liquid and cutting off the fuel from the air. The application if fairly easy once everything is ready to go. Just stand back and hose on the foam. |
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| The next three photos are showing the propane "tree." You can get an idea of one important technique of handling the fire stream, that is the stream of water coming out of the nozzle. The stream is long and narrow when we first start advancing onto the fire as shown in the photo below left. The stream is enlarged relative to distance until it is a full fogging cone when we have pushed back the flame and gotten in close. The instructor then reached through the stream and fire and closed of the gas supply valve. We back away in the reverse manner until once again we were a safe distance away with the stream long and narrow. This is done to keep us safe if the fire should reignite. |