Fire Fighting Systems

Firefighting is the act of attempting to prevent the spread of and extinguish significant unwanted fires in buildings, vehicles, woodlands, etc. A firefighter suppresses fires to protect lives, property and the environment.A fire fighting system is probably the most important of the building services, as its aim is to protect human life and property, strictly in that order.

What is Fire Fighting Systems?

E-systems protects your premises from fire by using an intelligent early warning fire detection system. The system comprises of a Micro-controller based Fire Panel with a built in rechargeable battery up and has capability of being attached to the Auto-Speech Dialer. The system Uses Heat, ROR, Optical and ionization sensors to detect fire.

Fire is one of the major calamities which has an uncanny ability to strike when it is lease expected and causes havoc if not detected and controlled at the inception stage. The loss caused by this catastrophe cannot be measured in monetary terms alone.

It consists of three basic parts:

1)a large store of water in tanks, either underground or on top of the building, called fire storage tanks

2)a specialised pumping system, a large network of pipes ending in either hydrants or sprinklers (nearly all buildings require both of these systems)

A fire hydrant is a vertical steel pipe with an outlet, close to which two fire hoses are stored (A fire hydrant is called a standpipe in America). During a fire, firefighters will go to the outlet, break open the hoses, attach one to the outlet, and manually open it so that water rushes out of the nozzle of the hose. The quantity and speed of the water is so great that it can knock over the firefighter holding the hose if he is not standing in the correct way. As soon as the fire fighter opens the hydrant, water will gush out, and sensors will detect a drop in pressure in the system. This drop in pressure will trigger the fire pumps to turn on and start pumping water at a tremendous flowrate.