NASA STI Program and NASA Spinoff: High-Pressure Systems Suppress Fires in Seconds

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Posted on Aug 08, 2012 07:27:03 AM | Gerald Steeman | 0 Comments |

By applying principles from a new kind of rocket engine, under SBIR contracts with Marshall Space Flight Center, to fire hose nozzles, company subsidiary HMA Fire improved the performance of its ultrahigh pressure fire suppression systems, which extinguish many fires in significantly less time and using less water than traditional systems.

Read the full story from the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) here: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120001879; for more NASA documents on firefighting technologies, visit http://go.usa.gov/GcP.

To learn more about the NASA Spinoff publication, visit http://spinoff.nasa.gov.

Firefighters hose down flames. Quote reads: "We were trying to make something more effective and safer for firefighters to use." -- Rory Groonwald, HMA Fire

Firefighters hose down flames. Quote reads: "We were trying to make something more effective and safer for firefighters to use." -- Rory Groonwald, HMA Fire

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