Thursday, 17 May 2018

Fire Suppression Systems And Feeling The Burn

By Brian Robinson


Most people have an optimistic outlook on life. No one goes about the day worrying about being hit by a catastrophe. But, whether through unfortunate circumstance or through the deliberate actions of another, bad things, like a fire, still occur. Which is why fire suppression systems NYC are a sensible choice, jut to be prepared.

People can die and suffer grievous bodily harm in a fire. A building can go up in flames, taking a business and several livelihoods with it. In a dense, urban environment, having a mechanism in place to deal with one is a social responsibility. Large sections of cities have gone up in smoke because an inferno could not be controlled.

But beyond the social responsibility, there is the task of preserving culture and knowledge. In the past, libraries have burned down and the books and scrolls inside, made of highly flammable paper, burned as well. The knowledge contained in those books and scrolls was lost forever.

Prevention is the first line of defense. As such, stopping a calamity before it starts is always better than having to deal with it. Be careful when storing volatile or flammable chemicals. Take care that all electrical wiring is up to safety standards. Having a suppression system is prudent, but taking care to never need to use it is even better.

A fire suppression system is a system put in place in order to put out a blaze and stop the spread of flames. There are different kinds and use many different methods. But they were also designed with the task of insuring the safety to life and property in mind.

The most basic form device is the extinguisher, generally required by law to be present in many times over in most commercial buildings. There are many different kinds of extinguisher, each with unique chemical mixtures suited to different fuel or heat sources. The extinguisher spews foam to snuff out flames.

Most building come equipped with sprinklers. Sprinklers become aware of a fire by detecting smoke or by sensing if the temperature gets too high. Once the inferno has been detected, sprinklers rain water down on it to put it out. When maintained and fitted in the correct manner, a sprinkler system is effective at dealing with most fires.

But there are areas in which water may not be a viable means of fire prevention, like a server room. In places such as those, chemicals are instead released to douse the whole area and react with the fire. Such a method can cause serious harm or injury however, as a common means of doing so is change barometric pressure or deplete the oxygen supply, neither of which is suitable for a human body.

The choice to have a suppression system or not is an easy one to make, most cities actually require one to be installed by law. But the choice of which to have can be somewhat more complex. Water works best for most places, but grease or electrical fires can require foam or inert gases to put out. Some places can be outfitted with different types of systems. Getting hit by a blaze is bad enough, getting hit by one with a system in place could be potentially catastrophic.




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