OTC: ILUS, ILUS International
(Ilustrato Pictures International Inc), announces the launch of the
world’s first all-in-one handheld firefighting nozzle with
integrated low-pressure water misting capability for electric
vehicle fires, flammable gas fires and more
NEW YORK, NY -- December 10, 2021 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire --
ILUS International Inc (OTC:
ILUS) is a public safety Mergers and Acquisitions company which
is in the process of acquiring and growing global technology
companies. The company has already completed 3 acquisitions in 2021
and is in the process of completing a further 4 which it has agreed
and signed terms with. Whilst the company is also conducting due
diligence on several additional acquisition targets, it is
simultaneously focused on the development and improvement of
further disruptive technology within the stable of its existing
acquisitions.
To this end, FireBug, which was acquired by ILUS in January
2021, which already sells its own patented water mist technology,
has now announced its launch of its Maxi A-1, the world’s first and
only all-in-one handheld firefighting nozzle with integrated water
misting capability. This nozzle can operate on most standard
firefighting vehicles globally and even from fire hydrants. It is
the only nozzle of its type globally which can provide several
selectable flow water jet streams of up to 160 GPM as well as a
“single click” 13 GPM water mist mode which can extinguish most
fire types including electric fires and fuel fires, and a fog
pattern mode.
Following months of testing by FireBug engineers, the Maxi A-1
has proved successful in the consistent extinguishing of multiple
classes of fires including flammable gas fires, electric fires, and
cooking oil/animal fat fires which standard firefighting nozzles
are not capable of efficiently extinguishing without the use of
added chemicals. The Maxi A-1 will be going into full scale
production at a UK manufacturing facility which ILUS is in the
process of acquiring and will announce soon. For the North and
South American markets, nozzle components for all FireBug nozzles,
once manufactured in the UK, will be assembled by Precision Powered
Products in Houston, Texas, which ILUS is in the process of
completing the agreed acquisition of. FireBug plans for the
full-scale UK production of the Maxi A-1 to commence from the
beginning of February 2022 and in the meantime, the company is
already producing some units for further testing, demonstrations,
and special orders at its Dubai, UAE facility.
Not only can the water mist technology offered by the Maxi A-1
nozzle extinguish electric vehicle (EV) fires and many other fire
types which firefighters struggle to extinguish without the use of
added chemicals, but it also uses 60-80% less water in doing so.
The availability of water mist in a nozzle that can be used on
every fire truck, on the most widely used firefighting pumps and
even from fire hydrants, means that firefighters can save up to 80%
of water when fighting conventional fires and not just some of the
less prevalent fire types. Consequently, fewer fire trucks are
required at a scene and smaller firefighting vehicles with smaller
water tanks can be used to achieve the same firefighting capability
as larger, more expensive, and less efficient fire trucks. As an
example, FireBug’s water mist nozzles have extinguished standard
car fires with as little as 1.5 gallons of water in less than 30
seconds and in most tests, its water mist is capable of
extinguishing car fires with less than 5 gallons of water in less
than 90 seconds.
One significant challenge faced by the first responders is the
increased prevalence of EV fires and related battery fires.
Although electric vehicles currently only make up 1% of vehicles on
the road, by 2035, this number is expected to increase to over 30%
of vehicles in the US and over 50% of vehicles in Europe. The use
of lithium-ion battery technology and solutions is rapidly
increasing, with firefighters being required to battle thousands of
lithium-ion battery related fires daily. These types of fires are a
major risk to life, assets and premises and present a major
challenge to first responders given that they are incredibly
difficult to extinguish with conventional technology. For example,
the First Responder's Guide from Tesla states that in the event of
a Tesla battery fire, 3,000 to 8,000 gallons of water need to go
directly onto the battery to extinguish the fire. The average fire
truck has a water tank size of 500-1500 gallons, meaning that
unless a fire hydrant is available, several fire trucks are
required to extinguish a Tesla fire. ILUS’ water mist technology
such as that delivered by the Maxi A-1 nozzle can extinguish such
fires with less than 220 gallons of water.
While it may seem counter intuitive to use water against
electrical fires, water mist systems remain highly recommended and
an effective method of suppressing such fires from thermal runaway.
Although some other water mist systems do exist for firefighting,
these are only high-pressure systems which are less effective at
fire extinguishing, thus often requiring foam or added chemicals to
extinguish fires. FireBug’s water mist is uniquely delivered at low
pressure through the specialized atomization of water droplets. In
addition to being considerably less effective than FireBug’s
low-pressure water mist technology, high-pressure water mist
systems cannot deliver a higher volume jet stream of water, or a
fog pattern to provide the complete solution as delivered by the
Maxi A-1 nozzle. As a result, there is currently no competitor
nozzle on the market which can deliver the all-round performance of
the Maxi A-1 nozzle.
The FireBug Maxi A-1 Nozzle is National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) compliant, and FireBug is in the process of
applying for a patent for the new technology, which will add to the
existing patents it already has for its Mongoose external
firefighting lance and its water mist rotor/spinning
regulator.
Managing Director for ILUS International, John-Paul Backwell,
commented: “In short, I believe this nozzle will save more lives
and within a couple of years every fire brigade will have it on
hand to fight a wider range of fires more efficiently and safely.
No longer are separate pumps and vehicles or added chemicals
required to extinguish a flammable gas fire or electric vehicle
fire efficiently. No longer are six fire trucks required to turn up
at the scene of a Tesla fire. Why should the fire services spend an
entire week and divert all their resources to extinguish an Energy
Storage System fire? This nozzle changes the game – period! Our
strategy of acquiring multiple distributors is increasingly
important; these distributors will already have the key
decision-making relationships with fire brigades in place. We
developed this “all-in-one” nozzle in response to requests by large
potential customers, and we are excited to now go back to these
well-known companies with the precise solution that they requested.
The Maxi A-1 nozzle will shift our disruptive water mist technology
for firefighting from being niche to mainstream. As a result, we
are confident that we will be able to exponentially increase our
nozzle sales without sacrificing the high margins we already make
on the products. The ILUS team remains hard at work on the
technology front and whilst acquisitions and deals are often what
gets talked about, there are many more amazing technology
developments going on under the hood of the company which we look
forward to announcing soon.”
Find out more about Water Mist Technology
here:
https://firebuggroup.com/how-does-watermist-work/
For further information on the companies please see the ILUS
communication channels.
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Email: IR@Ilus-Group.com
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