FOAM TENDERS

FYS879C Offside lockers.                             From the Report of the Firemaster of the City of Glasgow 1965.

FYS879C Nearside lockers.                             From the Report of the Firemaster of the City of Glasgow 1965.

Two Foam Tenders were purchase in 1965.The above appliances were replacements for units which had outlived useful service. Equipment was fitted to all of the above appliances by Fire Service Workshops personnel.
The Foam Tenders which were designed by Glasgow Fire Service include the latest technique in foam production and were stated by the makers to be the most versatile of special foam tenders in use in the British Fire Service to-day.
Each Foam Tender carries 450 gallons of foam compound in an airtight tank and is capable of a Produced Foam discharge of 6,400 gallons per minute or 72,000 gallons in 11 minutes without replenishing the tank supply. The system is so designed that when the foam compound tank is empty further supplies can be drawn into the system without interrupting the continuity of foam discharge.

NGE656F Hi-Ex Foam Unit in Central yard?                                 Photo from unknown source

Portable Foam Generator Model PW650. The Hi-Ex Unit has been equipped with two of these water powered generators which have a combined output of 13,000 cubic ft/min. 1971.
The Hi-Ex Unit tows a Jet X-15 model with an output of 15,000 cubic ft/min.

SHS721M Paisley's Hose and Foam Tender. Greenock had a similar one.  Photo by Alistair McDonald.