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Our system can be
used on compartment, container, silo, thatched roof, sandwich panel,
difficult access, ducting, barn, peat, vehicle, skip, aircraft,
train, tree stump, warehouse, supermarket and ship fires all become
very easily manageable.
Through 20mm hull on
decommissioned warship in 25 seconds
www.firephotos.co.uk
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Thatch - COBRA works
Blowtorch effect - COBRA works
protecting Fire-fighters
Ship fires - COBRA reduces risks
and saves damage
Container fires in port or on
ship - COBRA works
Aircraft fires
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Fire fighting
has always had an element of risk attached to it, but never more so than
today. The amount of plastics and their derivatives within households
and commercial premises, coupled with advanced insulation methods, makes
the cocktail even more lethal.
Our system
was developed to enable an early attack on a fire. With our system fire fighters
need not initially enter the danger zone as, by cutting though a wall,
door, roof or window and spraying a fine mist of water, the fire is
cooled and contained. Conventional fire fighting techniques may
then be employed.
It produces
a working pressure 300bar and uses up to just 50 litres of water per
minute. It uses an abrasive with the water to cut through any material
extremely quickly. After the cutting the abrasive is turned off by the
operator, enabling a fine water mist to be immediately projected up to
eighty metres into the affected area.
Hot gases
produced in a fire can reach a temperature of around 900°C quickly and
with the use of COBRA that temperature can be reduced to 90°C in
something like twenty five
seconds without opening the building and risking backdraft or flashover
Cobra has been proved to be effective on fires with all types of risk
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With
grass fires the ground may be penetrated with water to a depth
of five metres
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Where
there is difficult access as with ships and warehouses
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Where
there is flashover potential
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Where
there is offensive ventilation
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Where
there are compressed gas cylinder risks
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With
thermal imaging equipment identifying hot spots in, for example,
sandwich panels, chimney fires and old buildings
COBRA is a
fairly new concept which has the potential to revolutionise the approach
to fire fighting in the UK. It drastically improves the safety of fire
fighters and when its capabilities are fully understood it will be
recognised for its contribution to safety, its effectiveness in dealing
with difficult fire situations and its environmental benefits
Please make contact for a
demonstration
Links to FILM page (YouTube films):
BBC Tomorrows' World Film
Derelict House Fire Demonstration Liverpool
2009
Vehicle Fire demonstration Liverpool
2009
Blow Torch tactical approach using COBRA -
Sept 09
Hospital corridor ventilation and cooling
Sept 09
COBRA -v- UK Fire Kit
COBRA used on large bale straw 2009 (Thatch,
Barn, Peat, etc.)
Cutting straw bale with COBRA 2009 (Thatch
Fires)
COBRA fitted to airport fire truck - Cologne
Airport
Temperature in Fire House with COBRA
2009
Cutting through block at Emergency Services
Show
Can be fitted to conventional fire trucks, CARP, Sprinter or Crafter
type vans and 4x4 Sprinter
Petrol unit can be fitted to most 4x4 pick ups and able to be
airlifted to ship's deck or remote location
Sprinter or Crafter can have COBRA + CAF or COBRA + 40bar 380lpm
pump and 50m hose reel
Security gates stopping effective
fire fighting?
Nothing stops COBRA working
Learn first aid for children and babies at
home
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