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Fire service measures Case study – Gaskells, Liverpool
THE RESEARCH that resulted from the NFCC testing was put into practical application earlier this year, when MFRS crews received reports of a large fire in a recycling warehouse in Kirkdale, Liverpool, involving a significant amount of commercial waste. This fire broke out on the afternoon of
Tuesday 17 July, and at its height saw eight fire appliances, the combined platform ladder and support vehicles attend. Several multi agency meetings took place with site owners Gaskells Waste, Network Rail, Merseyside Police, the EA and MFRS to establish firefighting tactics and to discuss any concerns. Area manager Guy Keen, who was the incident commander, stated: ‘From the NFCC research and practical tests, we now know that different types of fire respond better to different surfactants. CAFS (compressed air foam system) has a much better effect on waste fires, and this certainly proved to be the case at this incident, where the CAFS was notably more effective than water alone. ‘The practical tests have shown that the
only way to extinguish the fire is to pull out the waste, rake it out and drench it in a muddy puddle, so a mechanical digger was used to assist in the firefighting, helping to remove affected waste from the warehouse and out into the open, where it was then spread out and doused to fully extinguish the burning material.’
18 NOVEMBER 2018
www.frmjournal.com
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