A Look into the Modern Fire Stopping NSW Services

Fire protection is an essential aspect of modern day construction. Today, the stress is

more on passive fire protection methods such as duct spray NSW which will delay the

spread of fire and give the occupants of a building sufficient time to vacate and let the

firemen do their job in preventing or extinguishing the flames.

Notable Features of modern Day fire stopping NSW Services

Today, governments all over the world are creating awareness and want the construction

industry to integrate a healthy mix of active as well as passive fire protection such as

duct spray NSW in their projects.

Uncontrolled fire has the capacity to destroy hundreds of lives, several acres of forests or

fields, millions of dollars worth of assets in a few minutes. Time is a factor that

determines how much of the loss has occurred.

1. Today there are skyscrapers in modern cities and passive fire protection helps

delay the time of the fire spreading so that the occupants can come out. These are

fire retardants in the form of paint or spray that delay the spread of fire, giving

rescuers as well as victims the most precious thing of all, time! These retardants

can be applied on curtains, carpets, all types of furniture, equipments, etc. This

serves as an extra protection or an addition to existing methods such as sprinklers

or smoke alarms

2. Fire rated glazed material is one of the various innovative ideas too. This allows

more natural lighting to enter through building spaces such as stairways, medical

labs and corridors etc. It reduces the use of artificial lighting to a greater extent.

How effective a certain kind of protection has been can be valued only post the incident

of fire by analysing the damage done to structures, etc. A healthy mix of active and

passive method is thus advised that works and protects 24 x7.

A Look into Active fire stopping NSW

Traditional fire extinguishers have saved hundreds of lives, but times are changing and

you must stop relying on only the traditional products and start broadening your horizon.

There are plenty of new extinguishers that have plenty of new benefits such as they are

non-irritant, not toxic and are more eco-friendly.

Look for products that are:

rated

freeze resistant

effective fire class A-B-C-D-L

non-corrosive

pH neutral

it is also great if they come in liquid form

There are talks about water based technology that are believed to fight transformer fires

more effectively. They also possess resistance to fire temperatures even in excess of

5400 Fahrenheits if it is a magnesium fire. These are quite new and you must do some

thorough research before completely relying on them alone. Hence, a healthy mix of all

the above mentioned methods is the most practical way to be safe.

You are most effectively protected when various systems such as sprinklers, fire

retardants, fire extinguishers and others are integrated into the building’s fire safety

plan in a strategic manner.

Other approaches to safety against fire include:

Compartmentalization - Where a building is divided into several fires tight cells

using material that is fire resistant. So if there was a fire in one section, this

technique would prevent spread of fire to other areas of the building.

Suppression

Detection (DSC)

So find out more about the latest in 21st century fire protection and stay safe.