Whether it’s a warehouse, data centre, or archive: For companies and institutions, reliable fire protection is crucial for maintaining operations, avoiding downtime, and protecting valuable assets. Fire prevention systems that operate on the principle of oxygen reduction offer a particularly effective solution for this purpose. Under defined conditions, they prevent fires from starting or spreading at the very outset, thereby ensuring the highest level of safety for processes, assets, people, and the environment. At the same time, they prevent secondary damage that can occur when fighting fires with water-based extinguishing agents.
FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLE
For a fire to start, three components must be present: oxygen, heat, and fuel. If one of these components is removed, a fire has no chance of developing. By reducing the oxygen level in the area to be protected, the fire is literally "cut off" from the air it needs to breathe.
Active fire prevention systems are based on the principle of oxygen reduction. They generate generate nitrogen from the ambient air and introduce it directly into the protected area. This reduces the oxygen concentration to below the specific ignition limit of the materials present. In the resulting protective atmosphere, the development of a fire is ruled out under defined conditions.
BENEFITS
Preventive fire protection avoids business interruptions and preserves goods and assets
No space loss due to necessary distances between extinguishing agent pipes in the protected area, no water reservoir
The right system for every application; easy to adapt for subsequent changes to the protected area
Active fire prevention protects against consequential fire damage; no (contaminated) fire residues due to extinguishing agent input
Nitrogen directly from ambient air, no expense for extinguishing water pipelines or water collection systems, no smoke/heat extraction systems
Oxygen reduction systems can be designed according to various guidelines, such as VdS, FM, EN, ISO, ÖNORM or SES. These systems are recognised by many local authorities and insurance companies.
Continuous monitoring of the O2 concentration to ensure a reliable level of protection 24/7.
APPLICATIONS
Active fire prevention is particularly suitable for areas in which, in addition to basic personal protection, the ability to deliver goods, the protection of valuable assets and the availability of electronic systems have the highest priority. Typical areas of application are automated warehouses, data centres or archives.
„Every fire is a threat to people, processes and the environment. That's why our goal is to minimise the risk of fire as much as possible. Fire protection is environmental protection and fire prevention is our contribution to greater sustainability.“
Then active fire prevention is an issue for you. I will be happy to explain it to you.
