Waterless Fire Suppression Systems

FM-200 Extinguishing Systems

ASSI's FM-200 clean agent extinguishing system is the fastest and most effective way to detect and extinguish a fire. FM-200 stops a fire within seconds before it can do any significant damage to the environment, people, or valuable assets.

Unlike water, FM-200 is non-conductive and non-corrosive so it's safe to use around all types of electronic and electrical equipment. There is no need for expensive disaster recovery processes. That's why so many different types of businesses choose FM-200.

Features:

• Safe for people and ideal for occupied spaces.
• Safe for equipment and the environment.
• UL Listed and Factory Mutual approved.
• Discharges and eliminates fire within 10 seconds.
• Effective on Class A, B and C fires.
• Requires minimal floor space.
• Electrically non-conductive.
• Is non-corrosive.
• Rapidly vaporizes to gas during discharge.
• Leaves no residue.

FM-200 is Ideal Protection for:

• Data Centers
• Electrical Equipment
• Telecommunications
• Libraries and Museums
• Historical Buildings
• Record Storage
• High Value Areas
• Bio-chemical and Laboratories
• Clean Rooms

FM-200 is the most widely used Halon replacement. It is an affordable fire protection solution with systems costing a fraction of the assets being protected.

3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid

3M™ Novec™ 1230 is a halon alternative designed to balance industry concerns for perormance, human safety and the environment, which makes Novec 1230 fluid the first option to other technologies.

Features:

• Zero Ozone Depletion Potential.
• 5-day atmospheric lifetime.
• Global warming potential of 1.
• Electrically non-conductive.
• Is non-corrosive.
• Rapidly vaporizes to gas during discharge.
• Leaves no residue.
• Does not damage electronics, electronic media and delicate mechanical devices.

3M™ Novec™ 1230 applications include:

• Art/Collectable Storage
• Control Room
• Computer Room
• Museums
• Telecommunications
• Cable Head End
• Unheated Storage Areas

Argonite™ Systems

Argonite™ is an inert gas that extinguishes fire based on the principle of oxygen depletion. It is an environmentally acceptable clean agent that offers zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) and zero Global Warming Potential (GWP). It is safe for use in a wide range of sensitive applications where people are present and is electronically non-conductive. It produces no post fire residue; thus, there is no damage to protected equipment and nothing to clean up.

Features:

• Zero Ozone Depletion Potential.
• Zero Global Warming Potential.

• No secondary products or combustion when exposed to flame.
• Cost-effective.
• Capable of remote cylinder location from hazard.
• Cylinder pressure at 2900 PSIG.
• Can be used to extinguish Class A, B, or C fires.
• Listed and approved for use with selector valves.
• Protection from enclosures with temperatures from -20 degrees to 130 degrees.
• Electrically non-conductive and non-corrosive.

Argonite™ System applications include:

• Laboratories
• Control Rooms
• Switchgear Rooms
• Electrical Rooms
• Telecommunication Facilities
• Electronics & Data Processing Equipment
• Petrochemical Installations

FE-13™ Extinguishing Systems

FE-13™ systems are designed for harsh and demanding applications,low temperature environments, high ceiling structures, or hazards requiring high concentration inerting. FE-13™ is typically applied in concentration ranges of 16-20% and since it has a NOAEL level of 30% this makes it ideal for protection of occupied spaces.

Features:

• Effective on Class A, B and C fires
• UL Listed and Factory Mutual approved
• Electrically nonconductive and noncorrosive
• Safe for people and ideal for occupied spaces

FE-13™ can be used in applications with difficult Class-B fire hazards, such as hard-to-extinguish fuels like methanol, as well as spaces where the volume will vary with contents, like cargo holds. The physical properties of FE-13™ allow for its use in applications where large differences between the low and high hazard temperatures are expected. The low boiling point of FE-13™ allows for the storage of the containers to be located in remote areas, far from the protected space, as well as in environments other than room temperature.

FE-13™ applications include:

• Electrical Control Rooms
• Oil Rig Platforms
• Pump Rooms
• Flammable Liquid Processing Areas
• Railroad Locomotives
• Turbine Enclosures
• Surface Mining Equipment

Suppression Detection and Controls

ASSI offers a variety of different Control Panels to meet every need. Whether you are protecting one room or a whole campus of buildings we provide conventional, addressable and intelligent control equipment to fit your requirements.

FenwalNET Intelligent Control Panel and SmartOne Detection Systems

In any fire safety system, fast, clear communications between the panel and the devices in the system are critical. Fenwal’s SmartOne Smoke Detectors are designed to take full advantage of its BIP communications technology and brings those advantages to the FenwalNET Panel.
The FenwalNET 6000 intelligent control unit is a fully featured and cost competitive product designed for mission critical facilities that include fire mitigation as part of their overall risk management strategy. The FenwalNET 6000 is fully compliant with all requirements of the new UL 864, 9th Ed. of Underwriters' Laboratories.

FenwalNET Features:

• Internet accessible-view current events, event logs, and detector sensitivities.
• Programmable to send up to five e-mails for notification of events.
• Automatic device testing for increased system reliability.
• Compact housing fits any standard wall construction.
• Networkable-expands up to a 32 peer-to-peer network.

• Control the release of Waterless Fire Suppressants like FM-200.
• Approved for the control of deluge and pre-action sprinkler systems.
• UL Listed and Factory Mutual Approved

SmartOne Detector Features:

• The SmartOne intelligent devices provide true distributed intelligence.
• Communicate 100% digitally with the FenwalNET control panel.
• Available in Photoelectric (spot type or duct), Ionization (spot type or duct) and Thermal models

• Pre-alarm/alarm set points are Field Programmable
• Sensitivities can vary based on time-of-day, day-of-week and/or holiday schedules.
• Detector is self-monitoring with drift compensation
• Rapid alarm response time (maximum 2.5 seconds)
• UL Listed and Factory Mutual Approved.

AnaLaser - Air Sampling Detection Systems

High Sensitivity Smoke Detection is essential to protect high value assets and minimize interruption to business. An AnaLaser detector can detect the particles of combustion before fire is even visible allowing time for personnel to react quickly and stop a fire event before it happens.

Features:

• Up to 1,000 times more sensitive than conventional smoke detectors.
• Long term laser stability.
• No filter - minimal maintenance.
• Versatile microprocessor based control.
• Built-in history buffer.
• UL Listed and Factory Mutual Approved.
• A variety of models to choose from.

AnaLaser Is Used to Protect:

• Telecommunications
• Clean Rooms
• Museums
• Art Storage
• Nuclear Facilities
• Atriums

AlarmLine Linear Heat Detection

A unique fire and overheat detection system, the Fenwal AlarmLine is suitable for all types of dusty, hazardous, vibrating and/or inaccessible applications.

Features:

• Easy-to-install, yet rugged.
• Coated with fire-retardant polymer, extruded nylon or braided metal
• Rapid response to both localized fire situations and wide area overheating
• Short circuit discrimination virtually eliminates false alarms and maintenance costs
• Field adjustable precise activation based on minimum ambient operating temperature
• UL Listed and Factory Mutual Approved

High-Pressure Mist Fire Protection

ASSI has partnered with Marioff Corporation, the world's leading supplier of water mist fire protection systems. Marioff has developed a fire protection technology that makes use of the attributes of the only truly environmentally benign agent – water. These systems are suitable in a great number of applications including historic buildings, museums and libraries, turbine and machinery spaces, data and telecom rooms, and subway systems.  From the smallest confined spaces to complete buildings, high-pressure watermist provides superior fire protection.

Features:

• Discharges 1/10 the amount of water as a standard sprinkler system
• Minimal property damage caused by system discharge
• Acceptable for normally occupied spaces, completely safe
• Low ownership costs with inexpensive system refill costs

• Can be used in open spaces; room need not be sealed
• Completely hydraulic systems use compressed gas and require no electricity to operate
• Utilizes standard water from public supply
• No production of HCL emissions
• Fused sprinkler, preaction, or deluge type systems

Fire Alarm Systems

ASSI offers state of the art fire alarm systems manufactured by the world's leading companies. We are a full service stocking distributor that provides engineering and design services, CAD drawings, experienced and knowledgeable service professionals and 24/7 emergency response. We provide conventional, addressable and networked systems, protecting all types of businesses from small companies to large corporate campuses.

Features:

• Fully expandable conventional control units
• Analog addressable systems for programmable system flexibility

• Basic system has two addressable loops and 400 points
• Backwards compatibility with existing systems
• Expandable to 6,500 addressable points in on control
• Platforms shared between standalone and networked systems
• Network up to 64 nodes for a total of 25,000 points
• 625 kb transmission rate over twisted, shielded wire or fiber-optic cable
• Peer-to-peer platform allows any node on network to be main control

Voice Evacuation

For public assembly areas and high-rise buildings, ASSI provides emergency voice evacuation system for notification to occupants during emergency events. Both standalone and fully integrated voice evacuation controls enable any fire alarm or building system to be equipped with emergency evacuation messaging.

Features:

• Standalone 50 Watt system has field programmable message bank with up to four zones.
• Bulk or distributed amplifier architecture offer maximum flexibility.
• NFPA "Style 7" wiring capability ensures survivability and occupant notification in the event of wiring faults.
• Includes provisions for fire fighter telephone communications system.
• Voice messaging, fire-fighter telephone, network control all over a single pair of wires.
• System is designed to send custom messages to each zone, simultaneously. Typical system can have over 12 messages playing simultaneously.

• 3 minutes of messaging available per voice node through field programmable message library.
• Multiple fire command centers can be added with minimal equipment.
• Redundant amplifiers provide on-for-one back-up or one-for-three back-up.
• Integrated smoke control system available.

Fire Detection

A full array of fire detection devices are available to allow a custom designed fire alarm system for your application. ASSI's vendors offer the most complete line of detection products for industrial, commercial, residential and institutional environments. This includes the widest selection of heat and smoke detection technologies available.

Features:

• Ionization, photoelectric and multi-sensing smoke detection
• Fixed temperature and rate-of-rise heat detection with operating levels from 135 F to 200 F
• Intelligent and conventional duct detection
  including low airflow and high-temperature versions

• Optional mounting bases with temporal-3 sound output, auxiliary relay output, circuit isolation bases, recessed mounting and others.
• High sensitivity laser detection with 0.002%/ft response, providing 50
  times more sensitivity than standard detectors

• Filtrex dual filter, active detector for harsh environments
• Reflected beam detectors with single ended model available
• Linear heat sensing cable

Industrial Explosion Protection

Just about every facility that handles, stores or processes flammable gasses, liquids and solids has an explosion risk. As a rule, if a material can burn, under the right conditions, it can and will explode. Dusts and Vapors are major concerns for Explosion.

Typical Environments Protected by IEP systems are:

Conveying Equipment: Bucket Elevators, Pneumatic Ducts, Screw Conveyors, Separators, and Vapor Control

Processing Equipment:Blenders, Coaters, Cookers, Dust Collectors, Fluid Bed Dryers, Flavoring Cylinders, Bed Dryers, Formers, Hydrocarbon Mixing and Fill Rooms, Ink toning, Mixers, Powder paint booths, Pipe Coating, Ring Dryers, Sanders, Spray Dryers, Transformer Cooling

Pulverizing Equipment:Ball Mills, Cage Mills, Flakers, Granulators, Grinders, Hammermills, Separators, and Shredders

Storage Systems:Bins, Cyclones, Flammable Liquid Storage Areas, Hoppers, Tanks

Explosion Suppression

Since 1950, Fenwal Safety Systems has installed over 7000 Explosion suppression systems worldwide and these systems detect and suppress over 200 explosions per year.

Features:

• Detects and suppresses in milliseconds
• Veteran Explosion Suppression Professionals
• Worldwide Service
• Renowned Combustion Research Laboratories

• Chemically interferes with the explosion's reaction
• Thermally removes heat from the deflagration's flame front lowering its temperature below that needed to support combustion.
• Explosion suppressant also creates a barrier between the combustible particles to prevent the further transfer of heat.

Explosion Venting

Features:

• Relieve Explosive Pressure Safely
• Ruptures at a predetermined pressure to allow the fireball and explosive pressure to vent into a safe area.
• Economical to install
• Fit into the walls of a process volume.
• Available in a variety of sizes, configurations and materials to ensure fast, reliable operation in an explosion situation.

Explosion Isolation

Features:

• Contain Explosions Chemically or Mechanically.
• Detect incipient explosions and react instantly
• Keeps the deflagration from spreading to unprotected areas or interconnected equipment.
• Chemical Isolation discharges an explosion suppressant into the pipeline to suppress the fireball and prevent it from reaching other plant areas or equipment.
• Mechanical Isolation method produces the same results by triggering the release of a high-speed knife valve that forms a mechanical barrier in the pipeline.

Liquid Leak Detection

ASSI provides microprocessor-based systems for detecting and locating liquid leaks or spills in critical areas. Leak sensing cable can be placed beneath a raised floor in computer rooms, clean rooms or other areas to detect moisture before it damages valuable equipment.

Features:

• Locates multiple leaks without loss of accuracy
• Store information with time and date history
• User friendly operation
• Accepts both cable and probe type sensors in same string
• Controls monitor up to eight individual strings, each up to 500 feet in length