Fire fighting with flexibility

Backpack sprayers are a useful tool for controlling small scale fires or those occurring in confined spaces. BETE is a leading supplier of backpack sprayers and following successful trials in early 2006, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS), invested in 150 flexible backpack sprayers.

Sprayers consist of a lightweight, thermo-welded flexible tank, a manually operated pump and a soft bag design which provides comfort and manoeuvrability in confined spaces, as well as convenient storage.

The non-pressurised backpack delivers a throw range equivalent to that of a pressurised vessel (a 3m spray and up to a 12m jet).However, as a non-pressurised unit it does not require the costly equipment checks required on pressurised vessels.