Ads
related to: fire suppression methods
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
A wildfire suppression operation in Washington, United States in 2002. Methods here include fire retardant drops and the bulldozing of firebreaks. Wildfire suppression is a range of firefighting tactics used to suppress wildfires. Firefighting efforts depend on many factors such as the available fuel, the local atmospheric conditions, the ...
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. [1] [2] It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of mitigating systems.
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 applications, server rooms, public and private buildings, industrial paint lines, dip tanks and electrical switch rooms.
The most common method to control a Class-A fire is to remove heat by spraying the burning solid fuels with water. Another control method for most class types of fires would be to reduce the oxygen content in the immediate vicinity of the fire (i.e., "smother" the fire), by, simply, covering it with the natural ground soil or mud.
It is a highly effective fire suppression method for class A, B, C, E and F (as is the case for most fire-extinguishing agents, it is not applicable to metal fires – class D). [1] Some aerosol-generating compounds (e.g., potassium nitrate -based) produce a corrosive by-product that may damage electronic equipment, although later generations ...
Ads
related to: fire suppression methods