Compressed Air Foam Downloads

Background information and technical papers:

This page contains background information and technical papers available for the ICAF Compressed Air Foam technology.  Clicking on a document's name will display a "pdf" file of that document on your browser.  You can then view and / or print the document as you require.

- NFPA-11 Standard:

• NFPA-11 Tentative Interim Amendment:  TIA 05-1 - Pursuant to Section 5 of the NFPA Regulations Governing Committee Projects, the National Fire Protection Association has issued the following Tentative Interim Amendment to NFPA 11, Standard for Low-, Medium-, and High-Expansion Foam, 2005 edition to include Compressed Air Foam.  The TIA was processed by the Foam Committee, and was issued by the Standards Council on March 21, 2006 with an effective date of April 10, 2006.

- ICAF Design Manual: 

• The ICAF Design manual provides basic information for designing a Compressed Air Foam System and explores different applications and layouts.  Download your copy of the ICAF Design Manual by clicking here.

- Brochures:

• ICAF Compressed Air Foam colour brochure.

- Reports:

• NRC's Document IRC-RR-146: - A Comparison of the Fire Suppression Performance of Compressed Air Foam and Foam-Water Sprinkler Systems for Class B hazards.

• NRC's Document IRC-RR-174:  - The Comparison of the Fire Suppression Performance of Compressed Air Foam with Foam-Water Sprinklers on Free-Flowing Heptane Spill Fires.

• NRC's Document IRC-RR-237:  - Fire Extinguishing Performance of the ICAF System with Synchronous Operation of Sprinklers.

- Technical Articles:

• FS-World Magazine Article, The Emergence of CAF Compressed Air Foam Fixed-Pipe Fire Suppression Systems.

• NFPA News, Nov. 2005:  Fireflex submits a Proposed Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to the NFPA-11 Standard for the inclusion of Compressed Air Foam Systems.  Complete details are provided.

• White paper:  The Emergence of CAF Compressed Air Foam Fixed-Pipe Fire Suppression Systems.

• NFPA Journal's Article - A New Fire Suppression Technology.

• NRC's Announcement - NRC Licencee Set to Give Fire-Fighting a Boost.

• NRC's Web Site Extract - Discovery Channel Visits NRC

• NRC's Construction Innovation series article:  Compressed air foam, an IRC commercialization success story.

• NRC's Construction Innovation series article:  Compressed Air Foam Technology for Fire Protection of Housing Units in Remote Areas.

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