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Committed to the Development |
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Canute is commented to the development of Hydraulic Analysis Software for the fire protection industry and has announced that they are to develop a new software suite. It is hoped the new product will be available in time for the launch of Windows 7 in December 2009.
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Oxygen Reduction Fire Protection System |
US Government Agency Rules on Oxygen Reduction Fire Protection System
The US Occupational Health and Safety Administration has issued a comprehensive explanation of its reasons for refusing to approve the FirePass low oxygen fire protection system.
Read the full document
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New Portuguese Fire Safety Code Published |
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On 29th December the new Portuguese fire safety building code was published. It will take effect on 1st January 2009. The code complements another document published on 12th November, which categorises buildings by type and risk.
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Corrosion in Dry and Preaction Systems |
A Total Solution to Corrosion in Dry and Preaction
Systems?
Mother Nature has the task of reducing compounds down to their primary constitutes,
and this is accomplished very effectively. Corrosion of fire sprinkler systems is
inevitable. One of the challenges faced by the fire sprinkler industry is to minimize
this process. This article seeks to explain that there is not a single total solution to
corrosion control in fire sprinkler systems. Instead, our industry must battle corrosion
on several different fronts.
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Twenty die on Russian submarine |
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At least 20 people have died in an accident on a Russian nuclear submarine when a fire extinguishing system was activated by mistake.
Russian Pacific Fleet spokesman Igor Dygalo said both sailors and shipyard workers died in the accident, which occurred during sea trials.
The dead were suffocated by freon gas, which is used to put out fires as it removes oxygen from the air.
Read more at the BBC
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Proposed changes to BS EN 1245 |
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BSi have issued two sets of proposed changes to BS EN 1245 -
Fixed firefighting systems - Automatic sprinkler systems - Design, installation
and maintenance.
Comments on the proposed changes should be made directly to
BSi by the 31st December 2008
You can download the proposed changes from the links below:
 prEN 12845:2004 A1 - Proposed changes to BS EN 12845 332.59 Kb
prEN 12845:2004 A2 - Proposed changes to BS EN 12845 968.29 Kb
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