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Stopping The Spread And Staying Safe, Fire Suppression Systems

By Brian Robinson


Accidents can happen to anyone. Bad luck does not discriminate between people, places, or things. Sometimes, accidents do not need to happen or happen at all. Sometimes, things are done deliberately, like in cases of arson. As such, there are few places in a city that is exempt from a fire. Which is why fire suppression systems NYC are necessary.

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.

Fires have ruined entire cities throughout history. Knowledge has been lost to the flames, the heat turning irreplaceable texts and tomes to ash. Beyond the practical reasons for having the means to prevent the spread of a fire, there is the social and historical responsibility. Culturally relevant relics can become tinder and be turned to cinders.

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 part of most commercial buildings. There are many different kinds, using different agents. But the main focus of them is that they put the flames out and isolate a blaze in a certain area and keep it from spreading.

The most fundamental system in place is to have multiple fire extinguishers on hand, as some cities require a commercial building to have by law, typically one for each level. The extinguisher releases foam to combat a blaze. This foam can be comprised of different chemical concoctions, each concoction suited to different types of flame based on fuel source.

Another common means of dealing with smaller scale infernos are sprinklers. Once one is detected, a sprinkler goes off, spraying water everywhere. Most sprinklers can detect flames either by detecting smoke or if the temperature goes above a certain level. When outfitted a properly, a sprinkler is more than capable of dealing with smaller blazes.

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.

Choosing the right means of containment can take a lot of forethought and deliberation. Some systems will work better than others depending on the area in question and fuel source. A commercial building can be fitted with multiple types of systems for the many different areas that is has. Having the wrong one in place is bad enough, not having one is even worse.




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