CAFS???? August 7, 2012
Posted by Jim Silvernail in Combat Ready for Suburbia, Water Supply.trackback
ok here is the thought of the day/week…Lets talk CAFS! I do not have much experience with it; however, I understand the fundamental theory behind it. In my estimation, for every 10 people I find who love it, I find 10 that hate it and have removed it from their apparatus. Please voice in with your experience and pros and cons. If you do have it, what is your maintenance plan for the apparatus and secondly, have you altered your operating guidelines to accomodate its use? Your info and point of view is greatly NEEDED……..
I also have a love hate relationship with it. When it works, I love it. When it doesnt, I hate it.
For me the pro’s are having lighter hoses, puts fire out faster.
The cons are its to expensive, to many moving parts to fail, it can be tempermental. I think I would stick with water and foam if I had a choice.
Mike,
Thanks for the comment. I received a ton of feedback on this same post on FB. Basically, I have heard exactly what you said. It sounds like it requires a lot of training and a learning curve. Please feel free to also chime in on my FB page if you have an account.
Thanks,
Jim
Reblogged this on Bootsnbunkerpants and commented:
We have CAFS…it usually doesn’t work. What are your thoughts?
I have no experience with CAFS whatsoever, and am not trying to be a naysayer, but I’m skeptical…
My question is, does it really put out fire faster? How well does fire in the gaseous phase respond to it? If I can’t get six people to manage a water hose line with kinks in it, how can I expect two people to do the same with a line filled with air? What happens if the hoseline breaks? What is the equivalent GPM flow? What is the reach and penetration?