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Kidde (/ ˈ k ɪ d ə / [2]) is an American multinational company that manufactures and distributes fire detection and suppression equipment, as well as smoke and CO alarm units. Kidde is one of America's largest manufacturers of smoke alarms [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and fire safety products. [ 5 ]
Walter Kidde & Company started out as a construction company, but slowly grew into a fire suppression company. In 1918 Walter Kidde & Company purchased the rights to the "Rich" system for on board fire detection and suppression. The problem with this system was steam was used to put out fire, which then caused considerable damage to the cargo ...
Kidde, a specialist in fire systems for detection, suppression and fire fighting; Lenel Systems International, a developer and provider of advanced electronic security systems, acquired in 2005; Marioff, a water mist fire suppression systems company acquired in 2007; NORESCO, a U.S.-based energy services company (Northeast Energy Services Company)
A carbon dioxide fire suppression system was built by the Kidde Company, which in addition to water hoses powered by a seven and a half horsepower electric motors composed the ships' fire suppression.
In July 1966 it won the contract to provide fire detection and suppression systems for Concorde. It also made fire detection systems for marine craft; it makes a well-known oil mist detector. In 1983 it provided the fire detection and suppression systems for the world land speed record car Thrust2. In 1984 it introduced the world's first ...
[4] [5] In general, however, automatic fire suppression systems fall into two categories: engineered and pre-engineered systems. [6] Engineered fire suppression systems are design specific and most commonly used for larger installations where the system is designed for a particular application. Examples include large marine and land vehicle ...
An Ansul fire suppression system in a hospital cafeteria. Fire suppression systems are used to extinguish, control, or in some cases, entirely prevent fires from spreading or occurring. Fire suppression systems have an incredibly large variety of applications, and as such, there are many different types of suppression systems for different ...
Ansul is a corporation headquartered in Marinette, Wisconsin that manufactures fire suppression systems, extinguishers, and administers fire training. Ansul's initial activities included production of cattle feed, refrigerants and selected specialty chemicals.