November 3 – November 6, 2008“New Slate for 08 –
Know your Codes” Crowne Plaza, Fort Myers
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NO-BURN SE Booth Day 1 |
NO-BURN SE Booth Day 1 |
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NO-BURN SE Booth - Kelly Pitcher |
NO-BURN SE Booth - Kelly Pitcher and Chris Birchfield |
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Opening ceremony with bagpipes playing |
Opening ceremony with Color Guard |
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The conference begins - Kelly Pitcher and Jack Stevenson |
Craig Brotheim assisting Chris Birchfield with set up |
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No-Burn treated and untreated dog houses filled with newspaper for rapid heat acceleration |
Burn demonstration ready to go |
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South Trail Fire Protection & Rescue Service District Fire Fighters |
Officials gathering for the burn demonstration |
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Chris Birchfield talking about the No-Burn products |
David Bivens trying to determine which piece of material is treated with No-Burn Fabric Fire Gard |
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Bart Wright trying to dertermine which side of the newspaper is treated with No-Burn Fabric Fire Gard |
The newspaper stopped burning when it reached the No-Burn treated side |
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After 1 minute, equal amounts of newspaper burning in both dog houses |
After 3 minutes, untreated dog house is moved next to No-Burn treated dog house - Notice that fire is already out in the No-Burn treated dog house |
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After 5 minutes, untreated dog house engulfed but not harming the No-Burn treated dog house |
After 7 minutes, |
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Firefighter extinguishing the untreated dog house |
Lifting the lid to show the No-Burn intumescent char barrier |
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Chris Birchfield scraping the intumescent char off to show the unharmed wood |
Fire Officials, Wes Hayes and David Cloud, reviewing the unharmed
No-Burn treated |
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Remains of untreated dog house |
Showing intumescent char that protected the wood from the fire |
