Most Common Types of Fire Fighting Systems

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Most Common Types of Fire Fighting Systems

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• An essential part of building a security system
  is the fire fightingsystem and neglecting to
  install it may lead to fatal consequences. There
  is a wide range of fire fighting system available
  in the market. Some of those fire fighting
  systems are listed below with a brief
  explanation.
• Fire Extinguisher
• It is an active fire protection device filled
  mostly with compressed carbon dioxide.It is used
  to avoid small fire. The fire extinguisher must
  be identified. Extinguishers are color coded
  according to their agent. Automatic gaseous fire
  suppressing system This kind of fire suppressor
  uses a gaseous agent to combat the fire. The
  clean agents (gases that are a non supporter of
  combustion) are kept protected in cylinders.
  There is a network of pipes. Whenever the device
  detects smoke, it automatically comes into
  action.

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• Wet Pipe Systems
• It is the most widely used and cost efficient
  system of fire protection.it is filled with water
  and whenever the system detects smokes it
  automatically pours water to prevent the fire
  from spreading.
• Pre-Action Systems
• Pre-action fire protection systems are filled
  with air and require two triggers to activate, to
  prevent accidental or unnecessary sprinklings in
  case of false alarms. Once the smoke is detected,
  it allows water to pass through and downpour
  where the fire is detected.

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• Dry Pipe Systems
• Dry pipe systems use pressurized air it empties
  out of the pipe before water escapes. These types
  of fire protection systems are ideal for
  buildings with low temperatures since there is no
  risk of the pipes freezing the downside, there
  is a deal of around one minute between the
  detection of smoke and system to get into action.
• Deluge Systems
• This type of system is found in large industrial
  parks and factories. Its words like wet pipe
  system but going by the name it works on a flat
  surface, it floods the whole surface of the
  surrounding area to avoid the loss of industrial
  property.

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• Fire Hose Reels
• Fire hose reels are to be used by occupants as a
  first attack fire fighting measure. There may
  be instances where they can be used by
  firefighters too. Now a question arises how a
  fire hose reels work. Its mechanism is quite
  simple. When stowing a fire hose reel, its nozzle
  end has to be attached to the hose reel valve,
  then the hose reel valve should be closed, and
  the nozzle has to be opened to relieve any
  pressure in the wound hose, and then close the
  nozzle.

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• Fire Hydrant Systems
• Fire hydrant systems are installed in buildings
  to help firefighters quickly attack the fire.
  Essentially, a hydrant system is a water
  reticulation system used to transport water to
  limit the amount of hose that firefighters have
  to lay, thus speeding up the fire fighting
  process. Fire hydrants are for the sole use of
  trained firefighters (which includes factory fire
  fighting teams). The extremely high water
  pressure may cause serious injuries to untrained
  persons if they attempt to operate the equipment
  connected to such installations. Fire hydrant
  systems sometimes include ancillary parts
  essential to their effective operation such as
  pumps, tanks, and fire service booster
  connections. These systems have an intricate
  designing and need to be taken care of from time
  to time.

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