FULLERTON – More than 200 City Hall employees were evacuated for 45 minutes Monday afternoon after an accidental discharge of the halon fire suppression system was reported in the Information ...

Water mist fire suppression systems have been studied for at least 50 years. While no practical or commercially demonstrated systems have been developed until recently, the basis for use of fine ...

Diehl Aerosystems' division AOA is demonstrating its FIREX water-mist fire-suppression system for aircraft cargo compartments, which it says is the only halon replacement system to have passed all US ...

Fire protection for power plant turbine rooms has typically been a game of tradeoffs. Enclosure integrity issues in older facilities can render CO2 and halon systems ineffective. In new and old ...

Nearly two dozen US marines were treated for exposure to a fire retardant gas on Thursday after an extinguishing system went off in an assault vehicle during a training exercise. There were no serious ...

The use of fire protection technology in “mission critical” facilities has long been a standard for most engineering, IT, and facilities professionals. Whether it be as simple as portable ...

In several recent issues of Circle Track, we took an in-depth look at firesuits and protective apparel. All of those items are designed to protect you, the driver, if a fire gets too close. Here, we ...

Current halon-based fire suppression systems only are designed for use in cargo compartments because the chemical is harmful to humans. To increase passenger safety, Life Mist Technologies and Pacific ...

On Sept. 7, someone set off the release of 4,500 pounds of fire-suppressant halon-1301 gas in the Charleston County records center warehouse. This was bad news for two reasons: For one, halon is not ...