FireFive®: 5 products in 1

FireFive® is an additive that, when mixed with water in very small percentages, increases extinguishing performance on class A, B (polar and non-polar), D, F fires and is particularly effective on three-dimensional fires, i.e. on structures developed in height, even in the most extreme weather conditions.

Numerous laboratory tests and real fire tests, carried out in cooperation with the fire brigade, have proven its effectiveness and it is UL certified according to NFPA 18 and RINA for use on board ship.

Compliant with the European REACH regulation for the classification of chemical agents, FireFive® is eco-friendly, non-toxic, non-corrosive and biodegradable.

Compliant with the European REACH regulation for the classification of chemical agents, FireFive® is eco-friendly, non-toxic, non-corrosive and biodegradable.

Simple to use, it can be used with any system and equipment: fire extinguishers, mobile media, hydrants, monitors, lances, cooling systems, sprinklers, medium and low pressure water mist, deluge systems.

It can be used either with mixers or as a pre-mixed solution, diluted in fresh or sea water.

ITS ADVANTAGES – Why choose FireFive®

FireFive® is a cost saving fire fighting choice. With a very low percentage of additive, FireFive® is able to enhance about three fold the extinguishing power of water with immediate suppression of fire.

FireFive® minimizes operation costs thanks to:

Saving of water used to extinguish the fire
Less damaged caused by the fire and the agent
Lowest quantity of additive needed
Business down time reduction
Business down time reduction
No expiry date of the product

MULTI-PURPOSE AGENT FOR CALASSE A, B, D, F FIRES

MICELLAR ENCAPSULATOR

COOLING AGENT

GAS AND SMOKE INHIBITOR

EFFECTIVE AGENT DOWN TO -28° C

HOW IT WORKS

The extinguishing power of FireFive® comes from the combination of two different fire-fighting technologies: wetting action and micellar encapsulation.

WETTING AGENT

Thanks to its wetting technology, FireFive® is able to maximise the power of the water, decreasing its surface tension by about 3 times, thus favouring greater penetration of the extinguishing agent into the fire.

The reduction in surface tension leads to a reduction in the size of the water droplets, which lose their characteristic spherical shape as they become fragmented. In addition, FireFive® performs an action of heat removal from the fire, drastically lowering the temperature of both the treated area and its surroundings, inhibiting flashbacks, radiation and spontaneous re-ignition.

MICELLAR ENCAPSULATOR

The most striking extinguishing effect of FireFive® is that resulting from micellar encapsulation, the action of isolating hydrocarbon molecules in both liquid and gaseous states.

The chemical structure of FireFive® is composed of amphiphilic surfactant molecules, i.e. they simultaneously have both a hydrophilic (polar) and a hydrophobic (non-polar) group. This characteristic allows the molecules to act independently of each other. When FireFive® molecules are placed in water, they arrange themselves to form a spherical 'chemical cocoon' (the micelle) around the hydrocarbon molecules, preventing them from coming into contact with the combustion agent and the resulting combustion reaction. The micelles formed have a negative external charge so they are induced to repel each other and disperse the hydrocarbons in the water, in such concentrations that they are too low to support the combustion process.

FireFive® can be used down to very low temperatures (-28°C, as certified by UL), even with normal fire hardware, as it retains its viscosity characteristics.

Packaging

20/25 LITRE JERRY CAN

200-LITRE DRUM

1000 LITRE TANK