Crystal Police Receive New Fire Suppression Tool
The Crystal Police Department has a new device that can help fight fires and save lives.
The department was donated a FireTKO FST, an aerosol fire suppression tool built by Illinois-based W.S. Darley & Company.
Police say the device can help keep fires manageable if they arrive on-scene before firefighters.
“We are first on the scene usually, and we’re able to use a tool like this in the meantime between us getting there and the fire department getting there,” said Crystal Police Lt. Justin Tourville.
The Crystal Police Department was donated a new fire suppression tool.
It’s designed to “hopefully either help someone get out [of the burning building] or … start to reduce the property damage that can occur from a fire,” Tourville said.
The Cass Lodge Masonic Lodge in Minneapolis and Minnesota Masonic Charities donated the tool to the Crystal Police Department on Jan. 31.
The device, which costs about $1,000, operates similar to a grenade.
“They would just find an access point — a window, a door,” Tourville said. “[They] pull the pins … throw it into the room and let it do its job.”
According to the manufacturer, the device can lower the temperature in a burning room by up to 1,000 degrees.
