Fixed fire-fighting equipment

Gas systems contain an extinguishant gas at high pressure supplied from gas cylinders. 

Fixed fire fighting systems have the advantages that they can  

In the UK, sprinkler systems are installed in accordance with the Loss Prevention Council (LPC) Rules which incorporate Part 2 of BS 5306 °. Further requirements are contained in Part 1 of BS EN 12259. The Fire Protection Association has produced new guidance for the installation and use of sprinkler systems as a section of the LPC Library of Fire . The LPC Rules together with the Comite Europeen des Assurances (CEA) Rules are now being considered with a view to producing a European standard for sprinkler installations. This may become a requirement of the Construction Products Directive, Interpretative Document for Safety in Case ofFire.  

In the USA the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has revised its sprinkler rules and produced the new NFPA 13 Sprinkler Code.  

Fire prevention arrangements in buildings include a requirement to compartmentise the building with at least one hour fire separation between compartments. In buildings fitted with sprinklers an Approved Document B allows some relaxations of this requirement. For example, office, shop, commercial, assembly, recreation, industrial, storage and 

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Those that reduce the scale of a potential incident such as measures for fire protection, and fixed fire fighting equipment. 

Fixed fire-fighting equipment can be split into two main categories ... 

Evacuafion exercises Fixed fire fighting equipment/installations... 

Figure 8.14 Gas cooking installation showing fixed fire fighting equipment...

Fire-fighting equipment can be portable, mobile, or fixed, and may be manual or automatic. Because of the prime importance of operational fire-fighting equipment, strict equipment inspection schedules are adhered to and recorded. Defective equipment is immediately replaced. Inspection of fire and safety equipment is normally carried out by process employees as part of their scheduled routines. Firefighting equipment that would be on their checklist include ... 

Fires in or on offshore wind turbines and substations 33 CER Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Part 145, Fire-Fighting Equipment NEPA, Codes and Standards (e.g., NFPA 12—Standard on Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems) NFPA 850 RP for Fire Protection for Electric Generating Plants DNV-OS-J201(2009)—Offshore Substations for Wind Farms (Section 6) Safety of Life at Sea Provisions GL Wind Technical Note Certification of Fire Protection Systems for Wind Turbines, Rev. 2,2009 ed. BS EN 13565-2 2009—Fixed Firefighting Systems... 

The RP must provide appropriate fire fighting equipment [4.(1 )(d), 13(1)(a), 13(1)(b) and 13(3)(a)j. In general this means portable extinguishers but may include hose reels, sprinklers and other types of fixed installations where appropriate. 

Fire fighting is the process of extinguishing a fire once it has started. The equipment used for this purpose falls into two types portable and fixed. 

If equipment and procedures work as intended, fire fighting is a rather short process, because the compartment where the fire is assumed to occur is equipped with a fixed fire extinguishing system which suppresses the fire with a sufficiently large amount of water after actuation by the fire detection and alarm system. However, one major assumption of the andysis presented here was the failure of the automatic actuation of the fixed fire extinguishing system. This implies that the fire has to be extinguished by manual fire fighting means performed by the plant personnel in charge. 

This subsection covers the basic type of equipment used to fight and control fires. The first type of equipment, known as a fixed system, includes automatic sprinklers, standpipe hoses, and various pipe systems. Supplement fixed systems by providing appropriate types and sizes of portable extinguishers. Train personnel expected to use portable fire extinguishers on their operation and safe use. 

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