New fire fighting Machine A fire -fighting machine - called the high-sped f~am generator - was yesterday put through its paces. The machine filled a dockside shed with 6ft. of smothering fame. The bubbles crept over barriers and spilled along the floor towards test fires lit in the shed. Within 15 minutes the fires, of wood, paraffin and rags, were a mothered. The demonstration, at Glasgow, was matched by Councillors and members of the fire brigade co mitten. Perched on a platform in the shed, they watched fire-master George Cooper give the order to switch at on the generator. In a few minutes costs machine running at one-third speed, covered a mock-up area of a house with bubbles. The generator costs $450 and can produce 31,150 gallons of bubbles a minute. It consists of a petrol engine driving a fan which draws in a mixture of water and liquid detergent. The mixture is passed through a fin nylon mesh and emerges as a flower of White bubbles which can be led through canvas tubes into any structure on fire. Mr. Cooper explained, It wool be used to principally for tackling blazes in basements and ships holds. "In a smoke -filled blazes in basements and ships holds, "In a smoke-filled basement a direct jet of water can be blocked by pillars and packing cases and never reach the seat of the fire. 'Our river of bubbles flows round every obstacle and rovers the whole area. "The foam is harmless and non-staining and a person can breathe quite comfortably in the middle of it. "And When it subsides it leaves virtually no water damage to property. Photo shows The F~am Fireman... Assistant Chief Fire-master, John Watt, wades through a sea of foam, during the demonstration of the new revolution in fire-fighting.
Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.
Photo is dated 05-05-1966.
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