Gas Suppression

Gas suppression systems are a valuable tool for containing a fire and preventing combustion. The fire is stopped from re-ignition until human intervention can permanently stop the fire with minimal level of damage to valuable equipment and stored items.

Water is an excellent extinguishing agent but can cause a great deal of damage to buildings and items within these buildings when used to extinguish fires.

The principle of Gas Suppression involves reducing the level of oxygen within a set area by increasing the level of other gasses. This reduction in oxygen stops the re-ignition of a fire allowing it to be contained. There are a variety of gasses that can be used but each individual application needs to be assessed for risk to life, equipment and valuable objects to determine the most effective type.

Similarly to Air sampling / aspiration systems the application for this technology is normally parts of buildings which are regarded as business critical or areas where items of high value are stored. This includes galleries, server rooms and data centres.