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FM200® Fire Suppression System

FM-200®, chemically known as heptafluoropropane, is an alternative fire suppression system agent manufactured in the United States by Great Lakes Chemical Corporation. DuPont™ also manufactures heptafluoropropane (HFC-227ea) and markets to the fire protection industry under the trademark FE-227™ .It is a replacement for the ozone depleting Halon 1301 used extensively before 1994.

HFC-227ea has no ozone depletion potential. Its ODP is zero. HFC-227ea has found by leading toxicologists to be safe for use when people are present. Just as with Halon 1301, people can be exposed to normal extinguishing concentrations of without any fear of health problems.

Often systems are employed to protect critical installations. These include:

• Data Processing Centres
• Telephone Switches
• Process Control Rooms
• Art and Historical Collections
• Facilities where water damage from sprinklers must be avoided at all costs

In a typical system the extinguishing agent is typically stored in cylinders or spheres. It is delivered to distribution nozzles through a system piping network.

Critical to the functioning of the system is the fire detection and control network. Typically smoke detectors sense the presence of fire in the protected facility. The detection and control panel then sounds an alarm, shuts down air handlers, disconnects power from the protected equipment, and then releases agent into the protected area.

For more information about the products offered by Tempest Fire please contact:

Tempest Fire

Tel: 011 917 3208
Email: info@tempestfire.co.za

Physical Address: 57 Paul Smit Street, Boksburg, 1459
Postal Address: P.O. Box 25460, Eastrand, 1462

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