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DELAYED AERIAL IGNITION DEVICE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

An incendiary device producing a chemical reaction which, when dropped from a flying aircraft, will ignite after a predetermined elapsed time.

CONT

Delayed aerial ignition devices (DAIDs) ... are 1.25- in (3.2-cm) diameter polystyrene balls containing potassium permanganate; the balls are fed into a dispenser, generally mounted in a helicopter where they are injected with a water-glycol solution and then dropped through a chute leading out of the helicopter, the chemicals react thermally and ignite in 25 to 30 sec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Dispositif utilisant une combinaison de substances chimiques qui s'enflamment dans un délai prédéterminé.

OBS

Ce dispositif comprend des petites boules de polystyrène contenant du permanganate de potassium, logées dans un distributeur fixé à l'intérieur d'un hélicoptère ou d'un aéronef d'où elles sont lâchées sur des cibles forestières.

Spanish

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