Author Topic: How to make an Airport Cannoli  (Read 618 times)

Offline FiLtH

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Re: How to make an Airport Cannoli
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2010, 11:06:53 AM »
     When I was at Dyess AFB back in about 1986  the deluge system tripped cranking up 6 deisel pumps emptying the 250,000 gallon water tank into the big hangar. In it were a bunch of C130s and other planes with open panels etc....what a mess that was.

      I had to go back and reset the alarm valve after, and hope I didnt screw it up.

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Offline Rino

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Re: How to make an Airport Cannoli
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2010, 12:52:09 PM »
     Believe it or not, it's not easy to move that much foam  :D  I sort or remember pumping alot of it into
a 40 yard cubic dumpster.   Then having to move it to a hangar to thaw out when the water in the foam
froze and we had a company come in to get rid of the remnants.

     The hangar across the street has a deluge system, we have a system connected to the water mains.
Since no one bothered giving the supervisors keys to the fire room, the system could only be turned off
after the fire department broke into the room and shut the valves off.

     I guess you don't give alot of thought to making sure you can turn off a fire suppression system, but
it sure would have been nice that day.

     I spent about 22 years at Morristown and have seen some wacky stuff.  Fortunately this I had
photographic evidence of  :D
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