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Industrial Fire & Safety
Protecting Vital Sites With New Clean Fire Extinguishing Systems By Barry Lee, Chairman, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) The new ISO/FDIS 14520 contains comprehensive up-to-date data on 'clean agent' extinguishing concentrations currently available - once again developed through a global inter-laboratory cooperative effort.
Fire Response Preparedness for Underground Mines By Ronald S. Conti, Linda L. Chasko, William J. Wiehagen, and Charles P. Lazzara, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Aiding the mining industry in understanding the various roles of emergency responders and the training techniques used to increase their skill levels.
How to Design an Effective Fire Safety Program for Industrial Manufacturing Facilities By Craig Voelkert, Vice President of Sales, Special Hazards, Amerex Corporation This article outlines a range of resources that offer guidance in fire safety as well as pertinent safety practices.
By Ming He, Group Manager, Vision Systems Fire & Security, Australia This article presents the design of a fire detection system using advanced Air-sampling Smoke Detection (ASD) technology.
Implementing Optical Flame Detection Technologies in Special Industrial Applications By Ms. Estee Jacobson, Vice President of Science & Technology, Spectrex Inc. The article surveys fire detection technologies and addresses some special industrial hazards where the implementation of advanced optical flame detection technologies have proven themselves as an essential tool to maximize the industry's safety.
The Emergence of CAF Fixed-Pipe Fire Suppression Systems By Raymond Quenneville, Director of Sales & Marketing, FireFlex Systems inc., Canada Having emerged only in the past 5 years, CAF Systems have been demonstrated to successfully extinguish challenging fires with less water and less foam than current fire suppression systems using foam and water.
A Life Safety Guide: 7 Simple Steps to Saving Lives and Protecting Property By Pat Jaugstetter, President, Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA, The Life Safety) A Life Safety Plan designed to increase the chances of saving lives and protecting property in the building or facility.
Sandia, FAA, NASA Create Computer Model for Fire Detection in Airliner Cargo Compartments By Michael Padilla, Media Relations Team Lead, Sandia National Laboratories The computational model is an aspect of a project to improve the false alarm rate and to standardize the certification of fire detection systems in cargo compartments of commercial aircraft.
Performance of Steel Doors When Exposed to Fire By Hans van de Weijgert and Peter E. Jackman, International Fire Consultants Ltd. (IFC) The objective of this article is to establish whether a method can be developed which would initially predict the performance of a steel door construction being designed for test.
Fire Detection Technology in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries By K.P.Dominic, Business Development Manager, System Sensor, India Applying advanced technology enables manufacturers to produce different types of detectors to provide optimized detection for the markedly different fire hazards to be found throughout a modern oil and gas plant.
Waterless Fire Protection Prevents Industrial Downtime By Al Thornton, Regional Manager, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Waterless fire protection systems can keep plant fires from becoming major disasters so that the risk management strategy shifts from disaster recovery to business continuity.
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