Presenter: Thomas Korman and Daniel Madrzykowski

Many fire departments throughout the U.S. have acquired and deployed Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS) for use in structural firefighting, but they have since decommissioned CAFS units due to safety concerns in recent years. This session summaries the results of a two-year study conducted by Fire Protection Engineering Program at Cal Poly in partnership with NIST and the Fire Protection Research Foundation to study the application, safety, and effectiveness of CAFS for structural firefighting.