action to take when there is a breach of health, safety or other policy key features of legislation, regulations and codes applicable to inspecting and maintaining portable foam-generating equipment, including: implications of not applying legislative requirements to job functions purpose of the Building Code of Australia (BCA) characteristics of effective foam classification and purpose of each type of foam difference between portable and fixed foam storage environmental considerations relating to foams foam suitability for different fire types and typical uses how foam is generated and can be used to extinguish a fire how to determine amount of foam concentrate required to be added to a tank for correct mix, given volume of water in a tank and foam concentrate percentage how to determine storage requirements, shelf life and storage temperature range from a given foam concentrate material safety data sheet (MSDS) features and function of major items of foam-generating equipment meaning of foam percentages principles of operation of: portable foam-generating equipment portable foam proportioning equipment and in-line proportioning equipment, such as: in-line inductors inflatable bladder proportioning positive displacement pump proportioning around-the-pump proportioning purpose of inductors reason and methodology for collecting foam concentrate samples from a concentrate storage container |