“This is the safest way to protect all electrical and electronic equipment with little or no loss in downtime.”
Richard Heywood,
Maintenance Supervisor,
Little Flower Manor
LITTLE FLOWER MANOR, DARBY, PA
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . Kidde FM-200 Fire Suppression System
DATE INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April, 1997
SYSTEM DESIGNER/INSTALLER . . . Bell-Fast Fire Protection, Inc., Ridley Park, PA
PROTECTED SPACE: Power room containing high-voltage switching panels and transfer coils. Occasionally inhabited by service personnel.
WHY FM-200 FIRE SUPPRESSION: After extensive consultation with Pennsylvania Life Safety, PECO and the insurance carrier, Little Flower Manor determined that a water sprinkler system would not provide adequate protection for the power room. Richard Haywood, maintenance supervisor, solicited advice from Bell-Fast Fire Protection, Inc. Based on the concerns of all parties involved, Bell-Fast recommended a Kidde FM-200 Fire System.
EXTINGUISHING EVENT: On June 18, 1997, at approximately 10:15 p.m., a smoke detector in the power room tripped an alarm. The fire started in the 500 KVA transfer coils and spread to a 13,200-volt switch. After holding the alarm for the required time period, the Kidde FM-200 System flooded the room with FM-200 and extinguished the fire.
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE: The fire was suppressed within five minutes of the initial alarm. There was no damage to any other area of the facility.
RECOVERY: Little Flower Manor installed temporary electrical equipment and resumed normal operations within hours of the fire. The Kidde FM-200 System was reinstalled after restoration was completed on the power room.