@@henrylo6773if a plane catches fire, even with a fire suppression system, it is a write-off. No. This is to make sure it doesn't kill people and set the entire airport on fire.
In case anyone is wondering it takes two flame detectors to set off the foam. The men you see running set off one on the far end of the hangar then set off one on the near side. That is why it takes so long.
@@jessicahelther99 In an actual fire they probably go off automatically and more or less simultaneously when they both sense above a certain temperature, manual activation during a test generally takes longer for most systems and has more steps to keep idiots from accidentally setting it off.
About 35 years ago I was working in a hangar at a UK airport when the foam system suddenly deployed accidentally. In a few minutes we had 6 feet of foam on the floor before someone hit the override switch to shut it off. The problem was we had a B747 in there undergoing very heavy maintenance. The foam system included foam canons that shot the foam up into the air right over the aircraft parked in the hangar. The foam got in everywhere, it took ages to clean it out. It happened again at another company I works for, but this time I was off shift and only saw a video. But there was an Airbus A320 in the hangar with all the doors open at the time. Again it took ages to clean it out! Quite spectacular when it goes off.
Ckc dillpickle The point of foam is to suppress the fire. Water will not work on chemical nor aircraft fires and will actually make the fire worse. In firefighting foam The surfactants used must produce foam in concentration of less than 1%. Other components of fire-retardant foams are organic solvents (e.g., trimethyl-trimethylene glycol and hexylene glycol), foam stabilizers (e.g., lauryl alcohol), and corrosion inhibitors. Using water or water based products will worsen a chemical fire Edit: i took out the joke because people thought i was being serious but it all good Edit: btw i took that from google so... stop with the replied
BigJaZz Music ok edgelord calm down. He said probably, he didn’t exactly know and just thought that it’s water based, which it is. Nobody cares about what you stated but at the very least don’t ‘casually’ insult someone.
For anyone who doesn't know that is AFFF (aqueous film-forming foam) 94% water 6% concentrated soap. It main purpose is putting out class B fires (jet fuel and other flammable liquids. Edit: Yes the term "soap" is a touch misleading (years ago that was how it was explained to me) I am not that familiar with the science of how AFFF works just the concept and components of the system. Also yes AFFF is corrosive however it is not going to be used unless there is a lot of fire in saying this a circuit board on the fritz or rust is going to be the least of someone's problems.
@@howardsimpson489yeah from what I've heard not only is this stuff kinda toxic but it also corrodes the aircraft components making and any airframe smothered in the stuff either a total loss or at best very expensive to repair?
I'm installing one for Gulfstream in Arizona right now. They are no longer using AFFF foam. To many cancer causing agents were found in that stuff. I have a battalion chief firefighter dead because of it and another fire truck engineer going through cancer from it
@@ahmaddanielazmi1339 it's not that corrosive however in it's concentrated form for long-term storage it does have to be stored in a copper nickel container and also a little bit of Rusty nuts and bolts is way better than a plane or multiple planes burning down.
Me: Never ever ever ever searched for anything Aircraft hanger related. TH-cam: This guy looks like he needs a 2 year old video on Aircraft hangers. Update: This is the second time i got this in my recommended even after i watched it. TH-cam really has a thing for Aircraft hangers.
That's because TH-cam is changing their system to reccomend things that are 'clickbaity' like this as opposed to videos that provide information that goes against the establishment narrative. Basically they're dumbing it down.... and dumbing the users down.
I work in a airplane hangar where we get C-17s , C-130s, and C-5s and we have this as well. It takes 5 minutes to fill up the entire hangar from floor to roof, wall to wall.
If it’s anything like what’s in a fire extinguisher I’m pretty sure it would make you suffocate to death, tho I could be entirely off on this and I’m too lazy to fact check but whatever
@@lonelegend4845 I gas mask only works when areas are ventilated meaning theres air. Wearing that will kill you even faster. It doesnt just filter air through the foam if that's what you're thinking
Dealt with similar systems while I was in the navy. We were going through an inspection cycle and part of the inspection was to properly tag out or secure certain portions of the system so it would not actually release and then go and push the activation buttons to make sure that the system started properly but since we secured the system to recirculate it would not dump. The chief in charge of the inspection wasn’t happy when the inspector said, it isn’t tagged out properly, tag it out properly and after lunch we will resume. After the inspector left for lunch the chief to prove they were right went and pushed the button and from what I heard said “don’t tell me I don’t know what I’m doing” while pushing the button. Well the inspector was correct and it released all over like 3 super hornets all with their cockpits open and 1 of which was fully opened up for an inspection and like 2 sea hawks. So the aviation maintenance has to basically go through and completely recertify all those birds for flight from my understanding. But hey. Don’t tell them they don’t know how to do their job…
Militious Compliance, the armed forces version of malicious compliance. Also known as "don't push your CO out of the way to fall on a sword on their behalf".
Reminds me of when I worked in a place with a server room. That same alarm tone, but if you heard it and you were inside, you had 30 seconds to exit before the doors locked and the Halon displaced all the breathable atmosphere in the room.
That’s not how Halon works, it breaks the chemical reaction of a fire. You can easily look it up. The amazing part is that it stops the thermal energy, a cool surface remains.
@@nearbygamerfanable it is corrosive though. Any aircraft caught in it would have to be immediately cleaned thuroughly and most of the sensitive components would have to be replaced.
Worth noting is the contractors deliver the foam in very useful blue poly barrels they don't need afterwards so if you ask nicely and offer to take them all they may give them to you. If you slice off the bottom of one and the top from another (a cutting disk on an angle grinder, a recip saw or circular saw works well) you now have a handy container that seals so well against moisture you may have to pry it apart. Rinse out the foam residue of course but that's biodegradable. I used mine for outdoor parts storage and I've left engine parts outdoors for over fifteen years without moisture intrusion. They're great for livestock feed and much more.
You leave the hanger , mission impossible music begins to play, The Roomba sends a distress signal thousands of Roomba’s appear jumping out the back of a cargo plane with tiny Roomba sized parachutes, they’re lined in formation they go in.. some have their sensors blinded, others get their brushes clogged, but they solider on cleaning with robotic efficacy. In minutes the foam is cleaned up. The mopping Roomba’s are sent in the floor sparklers, Winbots rappel from the ceiling and clean the windows satisfied in there cleaning job the Roomba’s beep in delight. The celebratory beeps gets your attention. Mission impossible music stops You open the door as you do the Roomba’s have disappeared like ninjas. You look in awe as the only Roomba left goes back to its charger.
I’m in the USAF and they warn us about these as we have one in each of our hangers. That foam is deadly to us. It sucks the oxygen out of the air and if you get caught in it your done for. So we ever hear those sirens, drop everything and run
The fun part is that without the active ingredient (the foam mixture) you would be standing under a misting rain wondering how it could ever put out a fire.
I'm not sure what kind of foam that is, but I am impressed by the rate of expansion, force through pipes, and the ability to fill about one third one of third of the contained space in 2 and a half minutes. Good stuff.
Older types of high-expansion foam used perfluorooctane sulfate and perfluorooctanoic acid as key components in the AAAF fire suppression systems. These are both types of polyfluoroalkyls, or PFAs, which are the stuff we make nonstick pans out of. They can certainly be environmentally hazardous, so the air force has developed more environmentally friendly alternatives and has so far gradually been replacing them since 2015. As to whether it's carcinogenic or not I'm not sure, but I think some studies from fairly recently seem to point to that being true. I can't tell what foam they're using here though
@@inverse2k1 Not only is it toxic but is known as a permanent toxin. It does not break down in nature and ends up too diluted to be detoxed. In NZ we have ground water and runoff streams so contaminated after runway fire foam drills that the surrounding houses have had to be evacuated. Not quite as bad as agent orange.
@@inverse2k1I would take an increased risk of cancer or a few tens of thousands of dollars in cleanup, over burning to death horribly or potentially losing hundreds of thousands to literal MILLIONS of dollars by having my plane and hangar involuntarily reforged into a giant piece of slag.
@@windy8872 it's not just foam, this stuff sucks oxygen out of the air to kill the fires. We had two people die once because they accidentally set the alarm off for the suppression system
They actually silence themselves in favor of those faint “hangar doors are in motion” alarms you can hear while the doors are closing. Then they start blasting again once the doors close, and when they do, that’s your final 60-second warning to run like hell if you haven’t already, ‘cause the Foampocalypse is coming…
@Daniel Hollingsworth Daniel I meant nothing disrespectful but the "I mean ok👌" I fully agree it is factual I guess I should have clarified I have much love for you as a fellow human and I wish the best for you peace and love dawg I ain't trying to get in no pity youtube comment beef✌❤
We have these huge annual drum and base party where they flood the dancefloor wit this stuff, I can tell you its huge fun, but diving head first into this wouldn't end well xp
One of the biggest reasons I won't join the military is the sheer amount of random hazardous chemicals you're forced to be exposed to weather you know it or not.
One of these systems went off accidentally near where I live. The foam spilled into an intersection, reaching such a height that the drivers who dared to go through were completely submerged. It was pretty crazy.
@@Chris_ofln This isn't even a big reservoir for this size hangar, so it could happen, in theory. That foam will continue to expand for several minutes, as well. In a hangar with manual doors, it wouldn't surprise me to submerge a nearby street, but your car isn't going through it. This stuff pulls the oxygen from the air. On another note, an intersection directly in front of hangar doors is unlikely. Lol
Can you not lie to get likes this wouldn't even happen unless the hanging was right by the side of the road, and even at that it would only make it past a few feet.
"Alright, now that the test is done, can you just sign right here, verifying that you witnessed a successful discharge, and that you'd like to refill all of the tanks?" *looks at refill charge* *burns down hanger*
I got to experience this first hand when I was in the Air Force, something malfunctioned and the system went off, foam was everywhere covering roads hundreds of feet away from the hangar
Me: watches music videos, interviews, videography, finance, photoshop tutorials car videos, hip hop news TH-cam: *here, a airplane hangar fire safety demonstration.*
I used to work in suppression. I remember having to clean up after an actual discharge of this stuff in a fuel pump room... It took 2 hours of flushing the sprinkler lines to get all of the foam out. 😭
@@lula-kesterLula I have a question if I may? Ask your dad “if someone were to accidentally fall in after it was partially filled, not enough to submerge him, - Could he the Walk out ? Or would it restrict any movement? .. thanks DB Ohio
@@marylandsirensfirebuff9664 i doubt it they probably use somthing that isnt that bad cus if a stray bubbly of foam came and hit them it would be bad (if it were to be corrosive)
Fun fact, to date hangar foam systems have yet to save any property in a real emergency. But accidental discharges have cost hundreds of millions worth of damages. Fun times.
I installed the fire alarm and releasing system for a high ex foam system in Georgia a few years ago. I recorded it but lost the video. It is definitely cool to see in person
Imagine a guy was there, and at the very last second realizes "oh my god, I just realized I had all of my shit down there, and now I can't get it back", or something like that.
One minute I’m checking my emails. The next minute I’m looking at how a fire system works in a hanger. This internet thing is really consuming my life.
You should see what one of these hangars look like when it’s full of newly assembled multi million jets and it accidentally trips. Just glad it wasn’t me lol.
Saw that myself multiple times in ‘70’s at one base. New (Ultra Violet Light) Flame Flicker Fire Detectors were susceptible to Lightning and in summer rain storms, accidentally soaked a buncha B52’s, their mechanics, tools, everything, in AFFF. But that system in 70’s was MUCH quicker. It would put 10,000 gallons of foam/water mix out under the wings, in the air, everywhere...in just a handful of seconds. Boy were the Jet Macs mad at us!
@@45auto82 yeah we had those flame detectors at Lockheed Martin where they where assembling the grenades that were in missiles which exploded above the ground. It’s been some years and can’t remember the armaments name. Never had an accident there though lol.
Yes, they are required to do this, one time, after the system is installed and before the hangar is used. And yes, it's EXPENSIVE.
Better then having a fucking 777 exploding killing a ton of people.
Cheaper than buying new planes.
@@henrylo6773if a plane catches fire, even with a fire suppression system, it is a write-off.
No. This is to make sure it doesn't kill people and set the entire airport on fire.
It's just soap and water.. I bet after a day or 2 its nothing more than a big soapy puddle you can sweep into the drain or vacuum up
And after refilling the system... how do you know you did it right? Do you test it!??!?!
In case anyone is wondering it takes two flame detectors to set off the foam. The men you see running set off one on the far end of the hangar then set off one on the near side. That is why it takes so long.
Wait, so if it detects people running in different areas, it sets off, like a “making sure” test?
@@jessicahelther99 In an actual fire they probably go off automatically and more or less simultaneously when they both sense above a certain temperature, manual activation during a test generally takes longer for most systems and has more steps to keep idiots from accidentally setting it off.
That hangar full of planes and a fire starts. That place will be gone before the foam even hits the floor.
My favorite part is where the foam falls on the floor. Would do nothing to an engine fire.
It's good to know the entire hangar will burn down before the sprinklers actually get activated.
I put this video up just to show my co-workers. I never thought it would get this many views.
Clay Jenkins Great video !!
The almighty algorithm has chosen you for big things.
The algorithm doesn't care why you put it up, it just wants everyone to see it
Clay Jenkins you can thank TH-cam recommendation system
Did you guys ever find that ladder? I swear it was around here somewhere
Legend says they are still cleaning up today
Of all the places I’d never of thought I’d find you in the comment section of an airport suppression test video.
@@daily_dragon_ wow freshest comment here.
Legend says you're still not funny.
It would be easier just to build a new hangar. And to sell the old building as is.
Won't this suffocate anyone on the floor level?
Me: No interest in Aircraft hangars, fire safety or expanding foam.
TH-cam: You sure bout that?
You clicked on the video, so youtube must have done something right 🤔
it isn't a period, it's a colon. What are you, in first grade?
@@sam-yx8fr Don't be that guy. You're better than that.
You put period in wrong place you dumb everyone look how smart I am
Kick Back shame on you
"My friend died in an airplane accident "
"That's so sad, what happened?"
"He drowned in a fire"
'Drowned in fire' 😂
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LOL
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My friend burned in a pool
Most people die from suffocation in fires because fire uses oxygen to burn and creates smoke to boot so I guess people do drown in fire.
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About 35 years ago I was working in a hangar at a UK airport when the foam system suddenly deployed accidentally. In a few minutes we had 6 feet of foam on the floor before someone hit the override switch to shut it off. The problem was we had a B747 in there undergoing very heavy maintenance. The foam system included foam canons that shot the foam up into the air right over the aircraft parked in the hangar. The foam got in everywhere, it took ages to clean it out.
It happened again at another company I works for, but this time I was off shift and only saw a video. But there was an Airbus A320 in the hangar with all the doors open at the time. Again it took ages to clean it out! Quite spectacular when it goes off.
And that's why I don't fly. Putting an aircraft back into service after electrical components get doused with corrosive fluid.
I know there's an alarm to warn you a few minutes before, but if for whatever reason you can't get away, would you be able to breathe in it?
@@destituteanddecadent9106i don’t think you can breathe that substance in? i think it’s toxic
Really hope there were no lasting effects from cleaning it away, loads of people say that stuff is carcinogenic.
Where is this club?
Looks fun but the music sounds kinda lame
EEEHH EEEHH EEEHH is my favorite song
MoizZz 406 what do you mean!? This is the best music ever created in the history of mankind. Don’t your dare call it lame
Pratham Bhosale I don’t no man, my fire alarm shaped radio makes a good sound.
LMFAO
The beat in coming in fast! Lets dance ppl
Wonder how much it costs to recharge that system
Probably more than a new hanger
It's probably a water based solution
Ckc dillpickle
The point of foam is to suppress the fire. Water will not work on chemical nor aircraft fires and will actually make the fire worse. In firefighting foam The surfactants used must produce foam in concentration of less than 1%. Other components of fire-retardant foams are organic solvents (e.g., trimethyl-trimethylene glycol and hexylene glycol), foam stabilizers (e.g., lauryl alcohol), and corrosion inhibitors.
Using water or water based products will worsen a chemical fire
Edit: i took out the joke because people thought i was being serious but it all good
Edit: btw i took that from google so... stop with the replied
BigJaZz Music ok edgelord calm down. He said probably, he didn’t exactly know and just thought that it’s water based, which it is. Nobody cares about what you stated but at the very least don’t ‘casually’ insult someone.
@@lukejackson7149 No, you are not a nice person
For anyone who doesn't know that is AFFF (aqueous film-forming foam) 94% water 6% concentrated soap. It main purpose is putting out class B fires (jet fuel and other flammable liquids.
Edit:
Yes the term "soap" is a touch misleading (years ago that was how it was explained to me) I am not that familiar with the science of how AFFF works just the concept and components of the system.
Also yes AFFF is corrosive however it is not going to be used unless there is a lot of fire in saying this a circuit board on the fritz or rust is going to be the least of someone's problems.
So the airforce in NZ had been told. Eventually tests were done on it and it was nasty.
@@howardsimpson489yeah from what I've heard not only is this stuff kinda toxic but it also corrodes the aircraft components making and any airframe smothered in the stuff either a total loss or at best very expensive to repair?
Appreciate it, that under every video someone explaines the details👍
I'm installing one for Gulfstream in Arizona right now. They are no longer using AFFF foam. To many cancer causing agents were found in that stuff. I have a battalion chief firefighter dead because of it and another fire truck engineer going through cancer from it
@@ahmaddanielazmi1339 it's not that corrosive however in it's concentrated form for long-term storage it does have to be stored in a copper nickel container and also a little bit of Rusty nuts and bolts is way better than a plane or multiple planes burning down.
“Get ready for a fire alarm test”
Janitor: 👁👄👁
"Alright, good test! Time to clean up!"
I think that is what that clear net thing is for
Me: 🏃💨
Doffa great observation
TheFalloutHandbook I’m calling in sick.
Open up the doors and taxi your c-130 straight through
Me: Never ever ever ever searched for anything Aircraft hanger related.
TH-cam: This guy looks like he needs a 2 year old video on Aircraft hangers.
Update: This is the second time i got this in my recommended even after i watched it. TH-cam really has a thing for Aircraft hangers.
No prize for second. You fuck wit
That's because TH-cam is changing their system to reccomend things that are 'clickbaity' like this as opposed to videos that provide information that goes against the establishment narrative.
Basically they're dumbing it down.... and dumbing the users down.
Yeah I don't know how this was recommended to me
hangars*
Same
I work in a airplane hangar where we get C-17s , C-130s, and C-5s and we have this as well. It takes 5 minutes to fill up the entire hangar from floor to roof, wall to wall.
Wow
Have you tried swimming in it?
@@RAMROD1847you would not want to do that. The chemicals are extremely toxic and carcinogenic and very bad for the environment
I've heard it takes 5 weeks to clean it all up properly!
Are aircraft able to be put back into service after use?
Is it just me but I kinda want to go in the foam
Aight, we all do but good chance you will get diseases rashes and fuck it, herpes if you get in that foam
Lone Legend ye
If it’s anything like what’s in a fire extinguisher I’m pretty sure it would make you suffocate to death, tho I could be entirely off on this and I’m too lazy to fact check but whatever
Lone Legend lmao
@@lonelegend4845 I gas mask only works when areas are ventilated meaning theres air. Wearing that will kill you even faster. It doesnt just filter air through the foam if that's what you're thinking
Hey ricky what are you doing
Just smoking a cigarette
Uh oh
trailer park boys?
TrackFocused Yh
2 minutes later the fire is out
I love Trailerpark boys
when he says that? what minute?
Dealt with similar systems while I was in the navy. We were going through an inspection cycle and part of the inspection was to properly tag out or secure certain portions of the system so it would not actually release and then go and push the activation buttons to make sure that the system started properly but since we secured the system to recirculate it would not dump. The chief in charge of the inspection wasn’t happy when the inspector said, it isn’t tagged out properly, tag it out properly and after lunch we will resume. After the inspector left for lunch the chief to prove they were right went and pushed the button and from what I heard said “don’t tell me I don’t know what I’m doing” while pushing the button. Well the inspector was correct and it released all over like 3 super hornets all with their cockpits open and 1 of which was fully opened up for an inspection and like 2 sea hawks. So the aviation maintenance has to basically go through and completely recertify all those birds for flight from my understanding. But hey. Don’t tell them they don’t know how to do their job…
Militious Compliance, the armed forces version of malicious compliance. Also known as "don't push your CO out of the way to fall on a sword on their behalf".
Reminds me of when I worked in a place with a server room. That same alarm tone, but if you heard it and you were inside, you had 30 seconds to exit before the doors locked and the Halon displaced all the breathable atmosphere in the room.
Love you all 7002t you
Yikes, that's spooky
@@errnimationsI know right, I would be scared to go in
@@Blobby-obbyI may be making this up, but from my memory these rooms also had emergency breathing equipment of some kind.
That’s not how Halon works, it breaks the chemical reaction of a fire. You can easily look it up. The amazing part is that it stops the thermal energy, a cool surface remains.
Child: Ceiling snow!
Me: chemically dangerous snow.
Both: let’s play in it.
Not poison, just will suffocate you
Never said poison lol
@@nearbygamerfanable it is corrosive though. Any aircraft caught in it would have to be immediately cleaned thuroughly and most of the sensitive components would have to be replaced.
kirknay if it goes off I think some corrosion won’t be the worst thing happening to plane 😂
@@ewanbigmac I'm not talking about the plane on fire, I'm talking about literally EVERY OTHER CRAFT IN THERE!
My wife: can you put the washing machine on, don’t use to much washing up powder
Me: yes
Slot-You wtf is washing up powder?
@@derricklyons580 See he's never done it, so he wouldn't know it is called laundry detergent.
W A S H I N G U P P O W D E R
@@ironladle1734 washing up powder is the name of the compound in the UK and they call it washing not laundry so in a way nobody is wrong
Michael Hilley lol I was about to say that
Worth noting is the contractors deliver the foam in very useful blue poly barrels they don't need afterwards so if you ask nicely and offer to take them all they may give them to you. If you slice off the bottom of one and the top from another (a cutting disk on an angle grinder, a recip saw or circular saw works well) you now have a handy container that seals so well against moisture you may have to pry it apart. Rinse out the foam residue of course but that's biodegradable. I used mine for outdoor parts storage and I've left engine parts outdoors for over fifteen years without moisture intrusion. They're great for livestock feed and much more.
**gets Roomba and puts it in front of the foam pile**
"Well go on, clean it up"
**Roomba starts crying**
*robotic crying*
*ROOMBA HAS LEFT THE CHAT*
You leave the hanger , mission impossible music begins to play, The Roomba sends a distress signal thousands of Roomba’s appear jumping out the back of a cargo plane with tiny Roomba sized parachutes, they’re lined in formation they go in.. some have their sensors blinded, others get their brushes clogged, but they solider on cleaning with robotic efficacy. In minutes the foam is cleaned up. The mopping Roomba’s are sent in the floor sparklers, Winbots rappel from the ceiling and clean the windows satisfied in there cleaning job the Roomba’s beep in delight. The celebratory beeps gets your attention. Mission impossible music stops You open the door as you do the Roomba’s have disappeared like ninjas. You look in awe as the only Roomba left goes back to its charger.
Pt. 2 of the video is a ton of Roombas dropping from other ceiling ducts to go into Tactical Aeronautical Cleanup for Hangars (TACH) mode.
johnbay123 OH MY GOD YES! Make it a movie
I like how they just left that 6 foot ladder in the center and it still got engulfed.
I believe it was for scale. It helps to see just how much that gets put out.
That’s where they stood when lightning the fire alarm...
@@Knightwolf1875 Exactly.
Rip ladder
They had a torch or something on it that's what triggered the foam alarm
Imagine being that bloke who has to clean it up
FIXXER 1001 they probably just open the hanger doors and spray it down with a giant hose
Tf is a bloke
@@moxiejava6773 a man
@@moxiejava6773 .... Guessing you are American..?
The foam has a low density so it will dissolve after a short time
Awesome! We use to have similar systems in the merchant navy, I was on oil carriers these and CO2 systems stop fire in there tracks
Good!
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But the correct wording would be 'it would stop fire in its tracks'
@@loganatori6117 who the fuck are you grammar queen,do you not have anything better to do than correct grammar you salad
@@loganatori6117 I posted that comment 3 years ago so your a tad late
@@dannyg2922 A tad late at heading you off in elementary school. It's not his fault you waited so long to learn your own language.
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Brendan Adair 2 years later lol
This is great lol
Ur so funny and original
I’m stupid, but Thank you :)
Brendan Adair its pretty cool doe you didnt enjoy even a lil?
I’m in the USAF and they warn us about these as we have one in each of our hangers. That foam is deadly to us. It sucks the oxygen out of the air and if you get caught in it your done for. So we ever hear those sirens, drop everything and run
Isn't most of the procedures for anything going wrong in the military when alarms go off is to run the f*** away and don't look back tho?
In 2014 at Eglin AFB 3 contractors died from suffocation when they entered the building to see the foam
Guy a few comments up said it was just soap and water.
@logann7942 nooooope. Special formula to make it fill that much space that quick
@@Shinzon23 I figured
The fun part is that without the active ingredient (the foam mixture) you would be standing under a misting rain wondering how it could ever put out a fire.
This is why you don't put dish soap in a dishwasher.
I did this today for a laugh... Oh how I fuckin regretted it.... 😂
@@jasecee8992 Rip
@WhoStoleMahEggro Big yes!
But it’s called a dishwasher and that soap has the word dish in it
@@simpleasf9857 Well you see. If life were that easy to understand, I wouldn't have to be suffering from chronic depression now.
I'm not sure what kind of foam that is, but I am impressed by the rate of expansion, force through pipes, and the ability to fill about one third one of third of the contained space in 2 and a half minutes. Good stuff.
Isn't it extremely carcinogenic and environmentally toxic tho
Older types of high-expansion foam used perfluorooctane sulfate and perfluorooctanoic acid as key components in the AAAF fire suppression systems. These are both types of polyfluoroalkyls, or PFAs, which are the stuff we make nonstick pans out of.
They can certainly be environmentally hazardous, so the air force has developed more environmentally friendly alternatives and has so far gradually been replacing them since 2015.
As to whether it's carcinogenic or not I'm not sure, but I think some studies from fairly recently seem to point to that being true. I can't tell what foam they're using here though
@@honeybadger6330 it is, and there's nothing to be amazed about, unlinke most viewers here.
@@inverse2k1 Not only is it toxic but is known as a permanent toxin. It does not break down in nature and ends up too diluted to be detoxed. In NZ we have ground water and runoff streams so contaminated after runway fire foam drills that the surrounding houses have had to be evacuated. Not quite as bad as agent orange.
@@inverse2k1I would take an increased risk of cancer or a few tens of thousands of dollars in cleanup, over burning to death horribly or potentially losing hundreds of thousands to literal MILLIONS of dollars by having my plane and hangar involuntarily reforged into a giant piece of slag.
Fire: (exists)
Aircraft hangars: "release the *COOM"*
Imagine accidentally starting the fire alarm and getting stuck inside lmao.
That happened here at Tinker and someone died because of it
You would immediately stop the fire alarm.
Katariah Fierson hey another Oklahoman here nice keep doing the good work
@@yourmom5218 sweet!!! And always.
There is an abort button for that reason, at least on the systems i work with
Ah, I recall feasting my senses on this visual spectacle in the past. A delightful revisit, indeed.
Why did i suddenly become interested in fire extinguishing systems
after watching this I had to watch more and this is that random video in your recommended
Same 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Same dude this is weird.
The janitor walks in... oh wtf did mythbusters do now????
I have 2 questions...
1. Why was this in my recommended?
2. Why did I stay and watch the whole thing?
1. Because TH-cam is on drugs again.
2. And becuase you have nothing better to do.
I don’t know
@@theweirdone4794 good joke
Duane Clarence same
TheWeird One you got it backwards.. TH-cam is bored , he’s doing the drugs
Everyone: wow that’s pretty cool
Me: that ladder must be having the time of its life
Ladder: *Help...*
Das a nice ware house you got there, would be a shame if some foamy BOi came by and
E X P A N D
My fucking ribs hurt dude 🤣
**hangar*
Me: that building doesn’t seem that big.
Also me: *see’s the two guys running at the beginning* nevermind, much bigger then I thought it was
Johnathon Lee thats exactly what i was thinking lolll
its pretty big, but probably never as big as looking straight up to the ceiling in the waterpark area of great wolf lodge
lol same
The ladder in the middle is 6ft tall for scale
@@bugbaby2077 bit specific but okay
Help there's a fire in the hangar!
(1 min later)
Help everyone's drowning!
Esse nome é tuga haha
Its foam like bubbles
No r/ woosh needed because this man dont know what foam is
@@windy8872 it's not just foam, this stuff sucks oxygen out of the air to kill the fires. We had two people die once because they accidentally set the alarm off for the suppression system
@@smackmybones1371 I was legit wondering what the material was and why people wernt playing in it.
That would be why.
xD
I love how the alarms sound when the doors close...
They actually silence themselves in favor of those faint “hangar doors are in motion” alarms you can hear while the doors are closing. Then they start blasting again once the doors close, and when they do, that’s your final 60-second warning to run like hell if you haven’t already, ‘cause the Foampocalypse is coming…
the hanger looks quite small until you see the 2 men running at the right of the screen lmao
EXACTLY lmao
@@CookieJan D-... Dad? I thought you were buying cigarettes where'd you go?
oisin mcgovern frrrrr though😂😂
@@user-wq9mw2xz3j *confused grunting*
Not to say that isnt a big hanger but the ones I work in you could definitely fit that hanger into. Curious to see how the fss works in mine🤔😂
Someone, please, for the love of God run through it. Frolic, I beg of you.
Plot twist: It melts off there skin.
@Daniel Hollingsworth now theres a plot twist😂😂
@Daniel Hollingsworth I mean ok👌
@Daniel Hollingsworth Daniel I meant nothing disrespectful but the "I mean ok👌" I fully agree it is factual I guess I should have clarified I have much love for you as a fellow human and I wish the best for you peace and love dawg I ain't trying to get in no pity youtube comment beef✌❤
Most wholesome conversation on TH-cam.
The foam looks like it would be really fun to play in like a shaving cream fight you had when you were 11 years old!
Anyone else just want to dive headfirst into that stuff
Me
We have these huge annual drum and base party where they flood the dancefloor wit this stuff, I can tell you its huge fun, but diving head first into this wouldn't end well xp
Definitely
The main purpose of the foam is to deprive the fire if oxygen so if you did you’d have a hard time breathing
I bet it's all soft like a heaven's cloud.
Fire: Exists
Foam: I'm about to end this mans whole career.
a classic one
😂
One of the biggest reasons I won't join the military is the sheer amount of random hazardous chemicals you're forced to be exposed to weather you know it or not.
Legend has it that this video was recorded in 2003 and they're still cleaning up the aftermath
Well "Jet fuel can melt steel beams" gotta play it safe.
How did TH-cam now about my passion for fire alarm test with expansion foam?
2017 TH-cam: Dont recommend it yet...
2018 TH-cam: Dont recommend it just yet...
2019 TH-cam: *PERFECT*
Faxxxx
Copy
Hahah for real though
Congratufuckinglations, you copied a comment from another 50,000 videos. Want a cookie?
@@jesuschrist9881 damn dude whats your problem
"Hey, im missing my ladder. Anybody seen it?" 😂😂😂
Hahaha lol
Well, wenn cleaned it.
Where is this at
05:04 haha
Dad joke
Boss: We have a gift for you! (Opens door). Janitor: I quit
Lol
One of these systems went off accidentally near where I live. The foam spilled into an intersection, reaching such a height that the drivers who dared to go through were completely submerged. It was pretty crazy.
@@Chris_ofln This isn't even a big reservoir for this size hangar, so it could happen, in theory. That foam will continue to expand for several minutes, as well. In a hangar with manual doors, it wouldn't surprise me to submerge a nearby street, but your car isn't going through it. This stuff pulls the oxygen from the air. On another note, an intersection directly in front of hangar doors is unlikely. Lol
r/thatHappened
r/thathappened
OneDog
That one guy on the bike 😭😂😂😂
Can you not lie to get likes this wouldn't even happen unless the hanging was right by the side of the road, and even at that it would only make it past a few feet.
"Alright, now that the test is done, can you just sign right here, verifying that you witnessed a successful discharge, and that you'd like to refill all of the tanks?"
*looks at refill charge*
*burns down hanger*
So, your 747 catches on fire and triggers the alarm, and an hour later they bury your charred remains in a billion cubic feet of soothing foam...
@@art1c894 r/wooooosh
It takes less than hour.
Don't wooooosh me I'm just stating facts for those who don't know
@@Jaketheaxman True. Those are 2 really long minutes in a fire situation though.
Callgon take me away
Or you could just use an emergency exit door to escape...
I got to experience this first hand when I was in the Air Force, something malfunctioned and the system went off, foam was everywhere covering roads hundreds of feet away from the hangar
Me: watches music videos, interviews, videography, finance, photoshop tutorials car videos, hip hop news
TH-cam: *here, a airplane hangar fire safety demonstration.*
RIGHT?!?!?
Yet you clicked on it. They know what you want to watch before you want to watch it.
@@broskiezISMYGAMERTAG ...wait....ure right..
Matt Drees 😂😂
An* airplane hanger
Forget the aircraft hangar. This could be a new hot club.
Yeah. I also like that chirping song
You was at da clu-
Hangar?
Afterwards:
"Man, what are we going to do with all this foam?"
"Hmm...what's the record for the world's largest pillow?"
-Where should we go skiing?
-Lets go in a hangar
I was waiting for this type of comment!
Legend says that ladder is still missing.
Rip ladder
Lmao 😆
I love how the guy asked about the ladder at the end
That's a damn long time just to close the hangar doors. Plane's gonna blow up before the extinguishers turn on.
EDIT: I KNOW. STOP.
I'm hoping they just did It for the test. I hope they can do it with the doors open.
Yes they can do it with the doors open, they just wanted to do the test in an enclosed area. Otherwise the foam would be going outside.
@@Enivri If that wasn't obvious.
@@TheRocketJumperOfficial i mean sarcasm doesn't really work that well over the internet if you type normally
@@joelmarsman9871 :(
No One:
TH-cam Algorithm: This seems good
Hanger owner: So, how much foam does it need?
Fire Department: Yes.
Fax
SSG: I loved you like a brother!
Ladder: I HATE YOU!
TH-cam: “It clicks the video we recommend or else it gets the hose again.”
Haha
Sam and cat lol
It clicks the notification button.
This cracked me up
Mom:just put a little bit of soap in
6 year old me’s mind:*ok mom whatever you say*
A few minutes later:2:09
Lame.
*2:09
*3:20
*4:20 heh
“Hey we’re missing a ladder has anybody seen it?” 😂
"alright the foam works turn it off...
Turn it off!
I SAID TURN IT O----FBFLUBDBLUBD.....*DROWNS IN FOAM.*
Lol thx for making me laugh
Lmao 🤣
To all the people complaining about this being recommended: wouldn’t you rather have something interesting like this rather than cringy “influencers”?
This video right here is what TH-cam was for
@Sherman Firefly you play war thunder?
@@mashedpotato238 i do, my tag is PippozziSlayer
Thomas Ward no I don’t actually. I’ve heard a lot about it. Think I should give it a shot?
@@shermanfirefly4343 yeah give it a go. The british tree has the Sherman Firefly in it so why not?
You don't have any idea just how desperate I am to go running into all that.. 😁😁👍🏼👍🏼
I used to work in suppression. I remember having to clean up after an actual discharge of this stuff in a fuel pump room... It took 2 hours of flushing the sprinkler lines to get all of the foam out. 😭
My dad does the same sort of work. Someone accidentally set one of these off at an Air Force base. He happened to be the one on call at the time...
@@lula-kesterLula I have a question if I may? Ask your dad “if someone were to accidentally fall in after it was partially filled, not enough to submerge him, - Could he the Walk out ? Or would it restrict any movement? .. thanks DB Ohio
I like how by the time the foam could have done something the entire building would have been up in flames
Me: mom can we get snow
Mom: we have snow at home
Snow at home:
This shit is waaay better
Why do u have snow at home
Nobody:
Cave Johnson: Welcome to Aperture Laboratories
OMG best memories
yes
@@WheatleyOS Oi Wheatley, how's floating around space been?
5 seconds after the video ends:
*Jumps in the foam*
A part of me wants to do exactly that.
MagnaCarge
SAME
It’s way taller than it looks
its chemical which would make it extremely dangeroius to swim but cool
@@marylandsirensfirebuff9664 i doubt it they probably use somthing that isnt that bad cus if a stray bubbly of foam came and hit them it would be bad (if it were to be corrosive)
Fun fact, to date hangar foam systems have yet to save any property in a real emergency. But accidental discharges have cost hundreds of millions worth of damages. Fun times.
let’s have a moment of blaring sirens for that stepladder that drowned in the middle...
Cleaner: Right so who's cleaning again?
Boss: You.
Cleaner I'm quitting.
I would actually want to clean that because i can JUMP INTO FLOOF
Hunny,? I over filled the washer again 🤪😮
Dat nigga Roger are you calling him a beta male?
@Dat nigga Roger how is he a beta? Because he helps with chores?
Thomas Burke cringe af
@Dat nigga Roger 😆 If being a BETA means I help my beautiful wife. Whare does it say I over soaped the washer. Or that she did. 😋🖕
@@MyHMMWVaddiction You're not being a beta bro that dumbass is just a troll
Part of my brain worries and imagines a fire being completely untouched in between the foam dispensers or on the walls 😂
I need this feature in my GTA online hangar.
True
Trap people when they walk in 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I would have activated that bitch so many times.
Right below this comment, is a person who commented named Richard *LESTER*
I am Richard Lester
The janitor is going to be working overtime.
Ryan Garces All fifty of them.
After they did the test they realized all the janitors quit yesterday
@@michaelsletten7833 lol
*custodians
@@fluffernutter0923 *moppy bois
I installed the fire alarm and releasing system for a high ex foam system in Georgia a few years ago. I recorded it but lost the video. It is definitely cool to see in person
I just keep thinking how cool it would be to throw a rave in this hanger for the ultimate foam party
Cleaner walks in room.
*sees foam*
Cleaner walks out room.
Ayee dylan
*CLEANING TEAM HAS LEFT THE CHAT*
ItzDylzzz 😂😂😂😂😂
Get a roomba!
*Cleaner has left the chat*
2:08 when she asks "Cash or credit?"
Imagine a guy was there, and at the very last second realizes "oh my god, I just realized I had all of my shit down there, and now I can't get it back", or something like that.
it took me a couple minutes to realize the beeping won't stop
One minute I’m checking my emails. The next minute I’m looking at how a fire system works in a hanger. This internet thing is really consuming my life.
You should see what one of these hangars look like when it’s full of newly assembled multi million jets and it accidentally trips. Just glad it wasn’t me lol.
Saw that myself multiple times in ‘70’s at one base. New (Ultra Violet Light) Flame Flicker Fire Detectors were susceptible to Lightning and in summer rain storms, accidentally soaked a buncha B52’s, their mechanics, tools, everything, in AFFF. But that system in 70’s was MUCH quicker. It would put 10,000 gallons of foam/water mix out under the wings, in the air, everywhere...in just a handful of seconds. Boy were the Jet Macs mad at us!
@@45auto82 yeah we had those flame detectors at Lockheed Martin where they where assembling the grenades that were in missiles which exploded above the ground. It’s been some years and can’t remember the armaments name. Never had an accident there though lol.
Omg I would scream and run into the foam haha
Pingu45 Rocks I It is also cold isn’t it?
It's probably class B foam which causes cancer
Trust me, if you ever smell AFFF (the agent used in this video) you will want to be nowhere close. It's such a god-awful smell.
I wouldn’t. That stuff takes away oxygen
@@mine098able :(
Just think if this was monetized you’d be owning that hangar lol
Me when a girl touches my shoulders
*2:15*
Sweaty spaghetti o
Lol
Do you make the sounds too as a defense mechanism to keep her away from your virginity?
C creative
Sweaty spaghetti me when a boy smiles at me
What engineers see:
Fire alarm test high expansion foam
What I see:
EPIC FOAM PARTY 🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊
_unts unts unts unts unts_
What engineers *pretend* to see
I WANNA HUG IT
Abdul Sabur I'm an engineer, I still want to jump in it and have a epic foam party.
4:14 you can see the janitor contemplating if he should quit yet
Even tho the foam is extremely toxic and dangerous for human contact. If it was normal soap foam it would be the best foam party ever. Lol