Fire Protection

Aspirating smoke detectors deliver highly accurate standard detection, early warning fire detection, and very early warning fire detection for a variety of applications including mission-critical facilities such as data centers

They work by constantly drawing air through a network of pipes, sampling the air for smoke particles. This makes them able to detect fires at a very early stage – often even faster than point or beam detectors – and giving the building’s occupants valuable time to evacuate the premises.

This system can be installed to run pipes wherever they are required, whether that’s on the ceiling or inside server racks.

A fire alarm system has a number of devices working together to detect and warn people through visual and audio appliances when smoke, fire, carbon monoxide or other emergencies are present.

These alarms may be activated automatically from smoke detectors, and heat detectors or may also be activated via manual fire alarm activation devices such as manual call points or pull stations.

Alarms can be either motorized bells or wall mountable sounders or horns. They can also be [(speaker strobes]) which sound an alarm, followed by a voice evacuation message which warns people inside the building not to use the elevators.

Fire suppression is a critical infrastructure system within a server room and data center environment. A fire suppression system is an automatic system that controls and extinguishes fires without human intervention.

Server rooms and data centers provide an environment containing both combustible materials in the form of electrical wiring, network cabling, UPS systems, IT servers and peripherals, and an ignition source in the form of the local electricity supply.

Type of fire suppression systems ideal for server rooms and data centers use are Clean Agents; Halocarbon agents (including FM200 and Novec1230), Inert gases (including Inergen and Argonite) and Water mist.

Fire extinguishers are a crucial element of comprehensive fire safety and, in commercial and industrial properties, are often required by legal health and safety regulations.

However, fire extinguishers come in a range of types and, according to the kind of environment you live or work within, a particular model of fire extinguisher, or combination of fire extinguishers, will be necessary.

There are a variety of fire extinguisher types, all uniquely designed to combat different types of fire. The different types of fires caused by different fuels are classified as different classes of fire. As far as the type of fire extinguisher needed at your business premises is concerned, it depends on the fire risk from various classes of fire.

A fire-rated wall is an assembly of materials designed to contain fire and smoke for a predetermined amount of time, fire-rated walls are part of a building’s passive fire protection system.

The wall must be tested by NFPA 101, the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard for Fire Testing of Building Construction and Materials.

Whether permanent or temporary, these walls are inspected against applicable code by the appropriate regulatory authorities, with the goal of preventing fire from spreading from one part of a building to another. The wall’s rating indicates how long it can contain the fire – typically 45 or 90 minutes, or 1-, 2- or 4-hours

Fire-rated doors are constructed of materials that work together to slow or stop the spread of flames, smoke and, in certain applications, radiant and conductive heat transfer.

Common materials include wood, steel, fiberglass and fire-rated glass – or a combination of these materials.

In application, fire-rated doors work in conjunction with surrounding passive fire protection systems to provide around-the-clock defense against fire and enable safe and unobstructed passage out of a building. Standard fire ratings vary, typically ranging from 20 to 180 minutes depending on code criteria.

Fire rated glass, is a specially laminated glass that has been proven to provide a period protection against fire and smoke. Fire rated glass is used as a part of transparent passive fire protection system as a barrier to smoke, hot gases and flame, as well as effective insulation from the heart of a blaze.

Fire-rated glass is divided into two distinct categories: Fire-Protective glass and Fire-Resistive glass. To effectively protect occupants and the structural integrity of buildings, it is vital that glass specifiers, designers and other building professionals understand the performance and tolerances specified within each category and, even more important, the key differences between the two types.

Fireproofing, a passive fire protection measure refers to the process of making a material or structure resistance to fire so that critical structures remain standing and critical control systems continue to operate until the fire is brought under control.

This can be done by applying a fire-resistant material, such as mortar, cement, or fireproof paint. Fireproofing is often used on steel structures and concrete to make them more resistant to fire. Typically, the fire-resistance rating is 1- 4 hours.

There are two popular types of fireproofing available on the market today: Intumescent Fireproofing and Cementitious Fireproofing.