Ilovethebomb comments on Even F-16s enjoy a good bubble bath 😊

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Yep. It's to fight fuel fires, fuel floats on water, so you can't just put it out with water, you need foam.

A lot of aircraft hangars have an automated foam system, like this.

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[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Datacenters too.

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I did training in a data center with this stuff (I think) once. They said if there is a fire hit the button then you have like ten seconds to leave the room before the oxygen goes bye bye.

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I remember touring a Strategic Air Command base and someone describing a Halon fire suppressant system as "for when the data is more important than any people in the room".

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

That's inert gas, not foam.

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