Harness the Typhoon’s power
Published: 11 May, 2009
In many emergency response agencies, the number of qualified personnel responding on first alarm assignments is all too often limited, yet the demands placed on these responders are increasing. As a part of the solution, TFT has introduced the Typhoon water monitor – a 6,000 l/min (1500 gpm) workhorse that provides a consistently hard-hitting and far reaching stream, either manually or with TFT’s watertight remote control system.
Monitors like TFT’s Typhoon offer firefighting crews the precious minutes desperately needed to size up a situation, immediately providing big water suppression as teams don breathing apparatus and strategise. More and more firefighters are using high-volume monitors to slow a potentially lethal fire’s advance.
This powerhouse, with only 1.3 bar (19 psi) friction loss at 6,000 l/min (1,500 gpm), is constructed of hard coated anodised aluminum alloy, and has a silver powder coat finish both inside and out for corrosion resistance. It’s ideal for truck-mounted deluge devices, fire boats, and industrial applications.
Like TFT’s bestselling 7,600 l/min (2,000 gpm) Monsoon, the Typhoon is designed for pumper, as well as aerial ladder and tower applications. Both monitors are factory ready for direct connection to TFT’s manual or remote controlled Extend-A-Gun allowing up to 18 inches extension on the fire ground.
The Typhoon RC (remote control) comes with a factory-installed operations panel mounted directly to the monitor allowing push-button control of horizontal rotation, elevation, nozzle pattern, and programmable PARK and Oscillate operations. The RC monitor is delivered with wireless antenna installed.
The Typhoon isn’t just a “big water” answer, though. Firefighters have begun to rely on monitors in garage fires, where exploding fuels increase the risk of using handlines. Likewise, the relatively new hybrid autos elevate the dangers of everyday car fires with exploding fuels, leaking battery casements, toxic smoke, and fully charged air bags. A well placed, controlled 6,000 l/min (1,500 gpm) Typhoon blast from 100 ft away can save more than just time.
Wildland fires and urban interface challenges are also seeing monitors being used more often to aid heat drained crews, as well as to help spread fire retardant gels or compressed-air foam to homes or structures that are in immanent danger.
Typhoon represents just one of the many monitors that Task Force Tips offers. The Blitzfire (2,000 l/min or 500 gpm) and Crossfire (4,500 l/min or 1,250 gpm) are lightweight choices for firefighters who prefer the ease, versatility, and compact design of portable monitors.
In addition, portable monitors can provide unparalleled safety in hazmat and vapour mitigation procedures, exposure protection, and high flow foam applications with a self-educting master stream nozzle.
