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    Active fire protection systems require some type of activation or response to work, unlike passive fire protection. These active systems include manual suppression methods like fire blankets, extinguishers, and standpipes, as well as automatic systems like sprinklers, gaseous agents, and foam suppression. Fire detection systems also play an important role by alerting occupants and emergency services to the location of a fire.

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    Active fire protection systems require some type of activation or response to work, unlike passive fire protection. These active systems include manual suppression methods like fire blankets, extinguishers, and standpipes, as well as automatic systems like sprinklers, gaseous agents, and foam suppression. Fire detection systems also play an important role by alerting occupants and emergency services to the location of a fire.

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    ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION

    ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION


     Active fire protection is an integral part of fire protection. AFP is
    characterized by items and/or systems, which require a certain amount of
    motion and response in order to work, contrary to passive fire protection.
     An active fire protection system is a dormant system that needs to be
    activated in the case of a fire to perform its function (activation of water
    spray systems, deluge systems, sprinkler systems, fire water monitors, and
    steam rings around flanges). These systems will be activated once the
    information that protection is required is received from the scene of the fire.
    CATEGORIES OF ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION
    MANUAL FIRE SUPPRESSION
     includes the use of a fire blanket, fire extinguisher, or a standpipe system (relating to or done with the
    hands)
    a. FIRE BLANKET - is a sheet of fire retardant material that is designed to be placed over a fire to
    smother it out. Small fire blankets are meant for inception stage fires. They are normally made of
    fiberglass or Kevlar. Larger ones can be found in laboratories and factories, and are designed to be
    wrapped around a person whose clothes have caught fire.
    B. FIRE EXTINGUISHER - ARE ONE OF
    THE MOST COMMON MANUAL FIRE
    SUPPRESSION DEVICES AND ARE
    REQUIRED IN ALL COMMERCIAL
    BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. FIRE
    EXTINGUISHERS CAN BE USED WITH
    LITTLE TO NO TRAINING AND ARE
    MEANT FOR SMALL INCIPIENT STAGE
    FIRES. THE MOST COMMON
    EXTINGUISHER IS THE ABC
    EXTINGUISHER AND ARE FOUND IN
    MOST OFFICES AND HOMES. IT CAN BE
    USED ON NORMAL FIRES, LIQUID FIRES,
    AND ELECTRICAL FIRES. THERE ARE
    ALSO SPECIAL EXTINGUISHERS FOR
    KITCHEN FIRES AND FOR USE ON
    BURNING METALS.
    c. STANDPIPE - are installed in most large,
    multistory buildings, there are two types of
    standpipes dry and wet. Most standpipes are dry
    systems and cannot be used by the public. Dry
    systems require a fire engine to pump water into
    the system. Most dry systems don't have pre-
    connected hoses and require firefighters to bring
    in the hose. In wet systems, there is always
    water in the pipes and can be used by anyone.
    Wet systems will have hoses so building
    occupants can try and extinguish fires. wet
    systems are becoming less common with the
    increase of sprinkler systems being installed.
    AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION
    - Automatic control means are any form of suppression that requires no human intervention these can
    include a fire sprinkler system, a gaseous clean agent, or Automatic foam suppression system. Most
    automatic suppression system would be found in large commercial kitchens or other high-risk areas.

    a. SPRINKLE SYSTEM - Fire sprinkler systems are installed in all


    types of buildings, commercial and residential. They are usually
    located at ceiling level and are connected to a reliable water source,
    most commonly city water. A typical sprinkler system operates when
    heat at the site of a fire causes a fusible link or glass component in
    the sprinkler head to fail, thereby releasing the water from the
    sprinkler head. This means that only the sprinkler head at the fire
    location operates – not all the sprinklers on a floor or in a building.
    Sprinkler systems help to reduce the growth of a fire, thereby
    increasing life safety and limiting structural damage.
    b. GASEOUS CLEAN AGENT - are installed in places where water or
    dry chemical extinguishing agents will do more harm than good. They
    are mostly installed in server or computer rooms where water or fine
    dust particles will cause vast amounts of damage. The system works by
    flooding an area with an inert or a mix of inert gasses to break the fire
    tetrahedron. Due to the inert gases displacing oxygen, there is a
    suffocation risk when it is activated. Most systems have a short delay to
    give people the opportunity to evacuate.

    c. FOAM SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - Automatic foam


    suppression systems come in three main forms low
    expansion, medium expansion, and high expansion
    FIRE DETECTION

    - works using smoke or heat sensors. These systems are very effective tool
    at alerting people in the immediate vicinity of where the fire is detected but
    building regulations, require an integrated fire detection system. These
    system not only alerts people throughout the building by triggering the fire
    alarm but it can also summon emergency services. There are two types of
    systems available – addressable and conventional. Addressable systems
    monitor the specific location of each device (eg smoke detector, call point or
    sounder). It means in the event of a fire or other emergency you know
    exactly where the problem is. This saves precious time and helps the
    emergency services prevent the loss of life and serious damage.
    Conventional systems can only determine the problem is in a general area
    and thus are more suited for small sites.
    - When the fire detection system is activated it can also send an alert to the
    local fire department, broadcast a prerecorded warning message and unlock
    the buildings access control system.

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