News
02.05.2012
New member of staff: Kay-Uwe Himstedt
As of 1st May 2012 the International Fire Academy has enlarged its staff again.
Kay-Uwe Himstedt is an experienced fire fighter who will complete the team of trainers at ifa. With immediate effect...
more03.10.2011
New member of staff: Wolfgang Jehle
With effect from today, Wolfgang Jehle strengthens the ifa team in the position of Project Manager.
From a very early age, Wolfgang Jehle has had the fire service in his blood and from 1982 to 2002...
moreFluid fires on the firefighting platform
Fluid fires are lit on the firefighting platform (dimensions 20 x 25 m) which then have to be extinguished. Various mock-ups can be integrated into the scenarios which can be set alight using the solvent heptane. Tanker vehicles (rail tank cars) in the immediate vicinity can also be integrated into the training exercises (e.g. for cooling).
Three-way extinguishing exercise
The firefighting platform can be used in particular for training in the use of foam and three-way firefighting. A special kind of training foam is used for this.









