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 ...

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 ...

In fact your extinguisher could well contain one of the most polluting gases known and from December 31 using it would be illegal. The demon gas in question is Halon, which has been in service since ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Current FAA regulations require halon gas fire suppression systems in below-deck cargo holds, but not in the main cargo compartment above deck. The main strategy for fighting fires above deck is to ...

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 ...

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 ...