Good Morning:

The original question, “What’s in water that puts out fire?” I think was answered by Jim Munger, especially if you read the word “in”. An interesting answer, “a Fire Boat” and I cannot think of anything additional unless an additive is put in the water such as; wet water, slippery water, class A foam, AFFF, etc.

I will admit, the discussion about the heat absorption capabilities of water was interesting and correct. The continued discussion about the use of high pressure, low volume, small drop fog stream (European) and the traditional US low pressure, high volume, large drop fog and solid stream also added to provide additional education. But, I do not think that that battle will ever be won by either side….. 100 plus years of tradition not to be impeded by education and technology.

Since I can only take the original posting “What’s in water that puts out fire?” for what it states, I think that we went off to the academic side and did not really address the question.

Great and interesting discussion with no jabs.

Cheers!

Ron