USNRET Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 after 5 feet is drained away by opening the hanger doors. It was up to the bottom of the wings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2015 That looks like a mess, even though I have no idea what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) Our fire suppression system suffered a fault and discharged into the hanger bay on Thursday; still cleaning up the mess of tool boxes, aircraft parts, engines metal working brakes, shears, lockers, etc, etc. Now we have 3 days of flushing the piping so it will not corroded out. Edited November 9, 2015 by USNRET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Our fire suppression system suffered a fault and discharged into the hanger bay on Thursday; still cleaning up the mess of tool boxes, aircraft parts, engines metal working brakes, shears, lockers, etc, etc. Now we have 3 days of flushing the piping so it will not corroded out. so what's gone RIGHT for you lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Is that stuff up in the rafters or is that something else? I'd say that easily qualifies as a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 What is AFFF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 What is AFFF? Alota Friggin Fire Foam. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Or maybe THIS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) it gets deep Edited November 9, 2015 by USNRET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) What is AFFF? Alota Friggin Fire Foam. LOL Sorry for having a laugh at your expense Mike. Edited November 9, 2015 by babadono 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Good grief, what a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS121996 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Or maybe THIS. I prefer this explanation Alota Friggin Fire Foam. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS121996 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I use the expression "Up to my *** in sh*t" but in this case it actually applies That should keep you busy and out of trouble for a while Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 9, 2015 I see the whole problem, there needs to be a bunch of women in bikinis and music ! Foam party..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swapface Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 That's just crazy. Curious, what would be the process of removing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS121996 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I see the whole problem, there needs to be a bunch of women in bikinis and music ! Foam party..... Clothing optional! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) That's just crazy. Curious, what would be the process of removing? Seal off all drains to prevent intrusion into bay, treatment plant, etc. Contractor came in and vacuums it up into trailer mounted storage vessels for transfer to hazmat site. This stuff is mixed as at 3:1 water to AFFF concentrate as it dispenses so we used 200,000+ gallons of water. We have on site water storage, pumps, generators etc for instances when we are off the grid plus the municipal water supply could never deliver the volume required. With the IR sensors you get warning of first detection and then horns / strobes for second sensor and you have 10 seconds to reach an ABORT station. In this case a short in the pull handle (immediate discharge) rendered the Abort commands to be overridden. Unfortunately a few cars go flooded in the parking lot; this stuff is corrosive. edit: The silver lining for us is that it was a malfunction of the customer's fire protection system and we didn't do something stupid like turning on the aircraft's strobe lights in the hanger else I would be looking for a new job at WalMart. Edited November 9, 2015 by USNRET 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Geez, that's only about half of the amount of Rogaine foam I put on my head every day....big deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I see the whole problem, there needs to be a bunch of women in bikinis and music ! Foam party..... I always knew you were a party animal, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 10, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) That's not me, he's to young and in to good of shape, but I can dream about his friend ! Never tried a foam party, but I think i would rather a non toxic foam rather than what was in that hanger. If that was the AFFF foam as USNRET described that dude would come out looking worse than I do now ! That looks like one expensive mess, the cost of the foam plus cleanup is not going to be cheap. Is corrosion to the plane a problem or is it just hosed/cleaned off somehow ? Edited November 10, 2015 by dtel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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