Compartmental Fire Behaviour Training was introduced in the 1980’s and has been increasingly used by Fire & Rescue Services in the UK and abroad to train firefighters by replicating as realistically as possible the behaviour of fire gases within a compartment. This allows firefighters to experience the different effects of well-ventilated and under-ventilated fire development conditions, sudden increases in burn rate and phenomena such as ‘flashover’ and ‘backdraft’.
Our Attack Box Units provide fire crews with ability to initiate and sustain a carbonaceous fire and facilitate the release or containment of fire gases in a safe, controlled environment. They provide access to and from the fire compartment enabling practical instruction of appropriate firefighting techniques.
Students in teams of two, learn to recognise the hazards and risks associated with a compartment fire and to apply the necessary techniques to bring the fire under control. The simulator also enables them to practice external door entry techniques and control conditions within the compartment prior to entry and gas cooling techniques.
Features include:
New 12m ISO shipping container.
Vented door frames fabricated from 100mm x 50mm RHS.
Vented doors from 50 x 50 x 3mm RHS.
Door skins fabricated from 3mm steel sheet with overlap to seal doors to frame.
Weatherstrip above doors to prevent water ingress.
Heavy duty rising butt hinges on doors.
Hold backs on all doors.
Roof strengthening over burn end with 60 x 60mm RHS and 6mm roof sheets.
Total sheeting of roof with box profile steel sheets and folded flashings to ensure fully water-tight roof.
Roof trusses and purlins from 50mm x 50mm x 3mm RSA.
Minerva Fuel Loading System.
Minerva Filtration System.