HEN 160gpm@50psi Application Blade Vertical vs Horizontal

Short video describing the Coverage advantages of a Bladed Pattern in Structural Fire Suppression. Items, pointed out around the vast Placement Enhancements of large size droplets during room suppression with a Bladed Pattern.
The Blade application leads to greater Coverage with a concentrated/saturated water's edge, Rapid Cooling with more surfaces (fuel/structural/room) and gas layers interacted/captured quicker / safely, plus gas Contraction that is superior based on those accumulative synergistic actions.
The Blade pattern is a game changer for IDLH compartment fire suppression ‪@HenNozzles‬

[@justinnewquist6111]

Do you think overall gallons used will be less than what was documented by UL in their interior and exterior hose stream study? You discuss the overall gallons used on 1 and 2 room compartment fires being pretty much less than 200 gallons while flowing and moving. All things being equal with a smooth bore vs blade at 160gpm, do you think that the coverage provided by the blade would reduce water usage and increase effectiveness? Really awesome to see history in the making.

[@dennislegear8690]

The easy at which the pattern is applied, with the down stream coverage enhancements, picking more fuel simultaneously with a still concentrated GPS per sq foot in the 80 oz or greater sweeps, plus the already large droplet storm front of the nozzle in the gas column pre object impact. This creates a proximal cooling by the nozzle immediately, allowing a better advancing path for the nozzle team, plus a most like a higher rate of change with gas being contracted and with better make up air, proper amounts of air entrainment with less work. You add this up all together and equal nozzle men / women 7/8 vs 160 Blade will do better quicker suppression with the blade. Often that will lead to less water use, the more important item is it helps the nozzle position perform better at their key functions.. Its a extremely good equipment enhancement in mission both life and property. I have produced a series of articles here traying to explain it.. www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-legear-54659140/

[@Rescue-mt7fl]

This is simply a modified fog nozzle. Droplets of water move air. A line moving 150-180 gpm covers an entire room quite well with little movement simply based on velocity alone. Look at the water mapping studies done by FSRI. a solid bore will move closer to 200 gpm at 50psi and so sheer volume and limited velocity will overcome the fire without need to cover an area with a modified fog line. I look at this line as simply an attempt to decrease the amount of air entrainment for fog nozzle adherents. There is little to no explanation of what issue is this nozzle attempting to solve that isn’t being done with our current lines.