WHAT IS FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM

Fire suppression systems are engineered group of units that are built to extinguish fires through the application of a substance. Most commonly, a fire suppression system has built-in components that detect fires at the beginning stages through heat, smoke, and other warning signals. These are attached to an alarm system that will alert you when the fire has been detected and initiate steps for action to further suppress the fire. The majority of fire suppression systems will automatically release the application of an external substance to extinguish the fire after the detection and/or alert. However, some fire suppression systems have a manual application release.

Clean Agent: a clean agent is discharged in gas form and leaves no residue, requiring no cleanup (thus “clean”). These gases are safe for use in human occupancies. They are favored wherever sensitive equipment or materials are kept, such as server rooms, telecommunications rooms, marine applications, critical military operations, rooms with medical equipment, museums, and any other enclosures that could be deemed of high-value assets.

There are chemical foam systems which are specifically designed for suppressing fires in kitchens. These systems work by quickly emitting a water-based chemical foam agent directly into a small, localised area. They are usually placed under the canopies of cookers and are activated by either a manual switch or a heat link (a link attached to a wire that breaks when exposed to heat, triggering the foam release valve).

One of the biggest challenges in fire suppression is effectively safeguarding areas which contain flammable liquids. Foam deluge systems are the most effective means of controlling the spread of these environments. For this reason, they are commonly installed in refineries, aircraft hangers and industrial warehouses. A fire in these types of environments can accelerate tremendously quickly. Therefore, foam deluge systems are designed for the quick widespread application of suppressive materials. Foam deluge systems use a mixture of foam and water to quickly control burning flammable liquids, cooling the surface area. The consistency of the foam causes a thick blanket to starve fires of oxygen and inhibit the release of flammable gases, effectively smothering the blaze. In this sense, they are not unlike conventional fire extinguishers.