Halon 1301 The Instant Firefighter

In the older DuPont produced video, we are introduced to the fire extinguishing benefits of Halon 1301 for fixed facilities and other applications. Educationally, we learn how Halon 1301 as an extinguishing agent accomplishes its mission.

[@MatthewKelly-r3f]

Literally the best thing I ever saw !!! A genuine informational masterpiece delivered with all the precision of the 8 track and the technological wonder you would only expect from 1970s dupont , the same people who brought you lead gas and ddt pesticide , the narrator should get the Nobel price for killing it !!!!!!

[@abapical]

This is such an awesome video!! Thank you so much for uploading this! So cool to see how this stuff was marketed, and to learn more about early forms of Halon.

[@kesslerfox9858]

Thank you for posting this, I love vintage fire videos like this and it’s a treat to see one that survived once the world banned halon and CFCS from production in Jan 1, 1994 due to stratospheric Ozone Depletion or whatever the lobbyists and EPA say it does to it.

[@darksilence6930]

Basically, one of the elements (chlorine) is released when touched by the sun. It reacts with ozone (O3) to form other things (chlorine monoxide etc.). This takes away from the Ozone. Just some basic chem for ya!

[@gideon7212]

@@darksilence6930 more specifically, the chlorine and bromine break off into radical forms that then act as catalysts to destroy ozone, meaning that one chlorine radical is reused many times to cause damage. Ex+F has a great video on how to dispose of an extinguisher and at about 11:10 it has a through analysis of the chemistry.

[@luisgustavosoaresdasilva5243]

@@gideon7212 link?

[@gideon7212]

@@luisgustavosoaresdasilva5243 kzbin.info/www/bejne/opWvfoOghZWfiqc

[@garynagy6479]

This was more helpful than you know... thank you

[@malibustacy3606]

Only "Workplace Health and Safety" could concieve of a device that not only effectively extinguishes fires but is also a "Certified Panty Remover" that carries "First Date Recommendation Status."

[@trentdabs5245]

4:50 I said get in the booth Jerry 😁😂🤣

[@441rider]

Would stop flame on a lithium battery and the oxygen fed flame does the most damage.

[@JuneNafziger]

The big problem with lithium (iirc) is that when an extinguishing agent is taken away after putting out the fire the battery is still in an unsustainable state and can catch fire again.

[@jdp..1716]

Sad to see such a greatly useful and protective chemical banned and increasingly replaced with inferior alternatives

[@MatthewHolevinski]

Dude right! Halon is Gangster AF, the montreal protocol was stupid. We still have a hole in the ozone, so what was the point. I wonder how many people are alive today, or rather lived out normal lives because of this stuff that otherwise wouldn't be. Or better yet how many people this could have saved.

[@gunsho11b]

@@MatthewHolevinski I could not agree with you more. What the idiots at the EPA fail to realize is that what ever smoke from the burning material (plastic, rubber, trash, chemical, you name it etc.) that is on fire, is going to pollute the air way more than the Halon agent being used to extinguisher that fire. One of the most effective and versatile fire fighting agents ever made and they ban the production of it. Fast forward to today and they have yet to come up with a practacle alternative. Halotron, FM 200, Novec, do not even come close. I can tell you that if I encounter a fire, during which property and lives are at stake, I want that fire to be extinguished as quickly and effectively as possible. The last thing I am worried about is the G#$ D@%n Ozone layer being damaged from what is coming out of my extinguisher. The folks at the EPA and those whoever drafted that so called Montreal Protocol should be locked up and thrown in prison!

[@hckyplyr9285]

This along with a thousand other beneficial and cheap technologies, like CFC refrigerants and incandescent light bulbs, now banned, and the internal combustion engine, soon to be banned. It's a deliberate technological and economic regression designed to impoverish and kill many of us.

[@WhatALoadOfTosca]

Why was it banned?

[@ianmorales2960]

@@WhatALoadOfTosca It's ozone depleting.

[@djband3679]

That’s awesome.

[@nintendoeats]

My partner (who is a doctor) was sitting nearby when I watched this. She heard the word "Bromotrifluromethane" and just said "HOLY SHIT". We concluded it was "nastiness, glued to 3 more nastinesses, plus some additional nastiness".

[@redslate]

Nasty to the Ozone. It's otherwise one of the safer compounds used.

[@HalonPoisoning]

I'll be coming for you!!!!!

[@JuneNafziger]

Yeah it’s not *great* (definitely not the “totally unharmed” of the video) but it’s safe enough to allow evacuation *after* deployment rather than before.

[@FlatEarthDisciple]

I'm here because of Terminator 2. I'm a tech nerd.

[@abapical]

What's the correlation?

[@dezeeeb]

@@abapical kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXq9d5yjoc6cfbM

[@tankingbeast1132]

@@abapical the seen where the terminator shoots the door with a grenade launcher and sets off the Halon system. Look up the "let me try mine scene" from terminator 2

[@djk1288]

I forgot about it being in Terminator 2, I'm here cuz it was mentioned in Breaking Bad lol. Different kinda tech nerd I guess.

[@FlatEarthDisciple]

@@djk1288 Nice. I loved that show.

[@WILLZE]

5:14 hold ur breath

[@HalonPoisoning]

I have come to possess your body!!!!!

[@zeroeffortmemes]

What year is this from?

[@shayeikonyak5064]

Yet, it depletes the ozone layer and it's the greatest disadvantage 😶

[@Samlol23_drrich]

The best part is you can buy and wear two hats at the same time when you begin to grow that second head on your back.

[@redslate]

WTF? You're full of shit.

[@nukeboy27]

Maybe its time to fix the title to 1301 instead of 1031? he only said it every 5 seconds

[@BionicBrady]

Nice hair

[@aug-pahunters51]

The music is real happening stuff man. Olives and a good scotch. Puts hair on your chest dang gummit!!

[@Sinjinator]

So it’s costs roughly $10000 to recharge?? No way…

[@conorkennedy3304]

My shop reclaims it and repurposes it all of the time. It's expensive. You can get a brand new (reclaimed) Halon 2.5 pound for like $450 to give you an idea of it's cost.

[@ferrocene2427]

Yo

[@moisesaguirre515]

That hyperthyroidism tho

[@Haocot37M1]

Plane fire engine

[@femebelle5781]

Who is here because of CISSP? 😄

[@planetx1595]

Just you apparently

[@StoicMaverick]

I heard there was an open bar.

[@Truck_Company_84]

Montreal Protocol was and still is a joke. 😒 I want my 1301 back 😢

[@ferrocene2427]

I'm better

[@HalonPoisoning]

But you're also more toxic!

[@sparrow9990]

5:22 in a real scenario where ur not bullshitting or holding ur breath ud pass out within a couple seconds due to it removing all but 12 percent of the original oxygen contents. Ud likely get killed by it after a little while of sleeping on the floor

[@redslate]

It's *1301* _not_ 1211. You'd be fine.

[@HalonPoisoning]

​@@redslate1211 is the reason for my existence!

[@imsakoala8015]

Rusia use this to counter the javelin

[@conorkennedy3304]

You have to drink everytime he says 1301.