ISUZU CAFS Fire Truck

The CSC5180GXF model compressed air foam fire truck produced by CS TRUCKS is modified from the QL1180EQFRY Isuzu FVR fire truck chassis. The vehicle is crewed by firefighters It is composed of two parts: the cabin and the body. The passenger cabin is an original row and a half cab, which can accommodate 2+4 people. The ISUZU CAFS Fire Truck has a built-in vanadium structure. The front of the body is an equipment box, the middle is a water tank, and the water cone is on both sides. Equipment box, the rear is the pump room. carrier fluid The vanadium body is made of 304 stainless steel and is elastically connected to the chassis. The total volume of the tanker body is 5,400 cubic meters, the water cone volume: 4.500 cubic meters, the water tanker is a "T" shaped cone, front end size: 1900x1530x1510mm, rear end size: 4500x1530x760mm, Class A foam liquid tank volume: 0.350 cubic meters, Class A foam liquid negative size: 845x570x760mm, Class B foam liquid tank volume: 0.550 cubic meters, Class B foam liquid tank size: 795x950x760m m. Equipped with the DC-CAFS60/45M compressed air foam system for fire trucks produced in China, the rated compressed air foam flow rate is 950L/S3, and can support 8 CAFS foams with a flow rate of 400LV/min for six simultaneous operations way; lay a 380M water belt up the fire stairway to support two 400LMVmin water-like CAFS firefighting operations at the same time, and the end gate pressure is 5bar. Widely used in underground, petroleum, chemical industry, large-scale construction, high-tech high-rise residential buildings, customs cultural relics, stations and docks, etc. It especially saves water and foam liquid, is efficient and environmentally friendly, and will not cause secondary damage.

The system is simple to operate and maintenance-free. CAFS can be released with one click. There is no need to clean the foam after use. Pump is cleaned. The car has the following superior performance:

1. The single truck supplies compressed air foam vertically to a 100-meter-high floor. The pressure at the six terminal ports is not less than 6 bar, the flow rate is > 1000 liters/minute, and the supply arrival time is not more than 10 minutes;

2. The truck can pump out 8,400 liters/minute fire-fighting six-jet compressed air foam;

3. Lay a 500-meter mainline water belt horizontally on a bicycle, and use 1000 liters/minute fire flash spray CAFS at the end to ensure that the gate pressure is not less than 6 bar;

4. A bicycle can extinguish > 600 fully burned rubber tire fires in no more than 5 minutes.

CAFS is an acronym for "Compressed Air Foam System" and is a system used in ISUZU CAFS Fire Truck to deliver fire retardant foam onto a fire. A Compressed Air Foam System uses a chemical foam concentrate, combined with water and compressed air to form a fire extinguishing foam that has greater fire fighting ability than the sum of its parts. The overall result is a fire-fighting solution with greatly reduced surface tension (compared to that of water), which enables the solution to penetrate carbon based combustible fuels much faster and more efficiently.

​When used as a fire-fighting agent, a steady stream of Compressed Air Foam has a very high heat absorption quality (almost ten times that of water) that will suppress a fire in a fraction of the time when compared to conventional fire-fighting tactics, using plain water only. This is due to the fact that CAFS attacks and works on all three elements of the fire-triangle: Fuel / Oxygen / Heat. CAFS is one of the most effective methods to suppress fires and has been in use for many years in fighting virtually all types of fires and is considered an excellent force multiplier in fire-fighting situations.

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Benefits of CAFS unit for Isuzu Fire Truck?​

1. Very low water consumption (compared to conventional water methods)

2. Excellent knock-down capabilities. CAFS has more than 7 times the fire extinguishing properties compared to water (independant studies)

3. Water expansion – effectively expands water capacity up to 10 times

4. CAFS can be successfully delivered at head heights exceeding 70m (own studies has confirmed)

5. Compact design – equipment occupies less space on fire fighting vehicles due to compact designs and the ability to retro-fit a system onto existing fire fighting trucks and on multiple vehicle platforms

6. Due to significant reduction in weight (foam is much lighter than water) hoses are easier to handle reducing fatigue and effort

7. Virtually no friction loss (foam bubbles moves easier through a hose compared to water) allows longer hose to be used compared to conventional water-based systems.

8. Increased ability to put down a highly visible, longer lasting protection barrier for protecting vegetation and structures

CAFS significantly reduces water damage in fire-fighting operations