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Fire Protection System Design: Five Steps to

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A big element of running a successful business is ensuring that it is safe

and secure in all aspects. This includes preparing your business for
emergencies that haven’t occurred yet, such as fires.

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When starting the design process, your primary goals with a new fire
protection system are to safeguard people, reduce recovery time, and
protect property. Here are some steps you can follow to achieve all those
goals and get the fire protection system that perfectly fits the needs of
your business.

Five Steps to Fire Protection System Design

Success

Step 1: Achieving Compliance with Codes

What’s the first thing you need to consider when setting out to design a
new fire protection system? Being in compliance with code.

Being “up to code” means you are at least meeting the minimum legal
requirements for your facility. You’ll find that fire codes vary from one area
to the next, so it’s necessary to get educated on the requirements in your
area before you invest time and money designing a system.

Step 2: A Detection Solution

Your new fire protection system is going to have to provide you with
detection capabilities. The latest technology is enabling modern systems to
get much smarter about detection. It’s now possible to accurately
differentiate between low and high levels of danger.

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Investing in a heat detector capable of triggering an alarm before smoke is

present will give an even higher level of protection. The difference between
a good detection system and a bad detection system is often the
difference between being able to stop a small fire and a small fire growing
into something much more damaging.

Step 3: Notifications and Alarms

A fire alarms is an essential tool in any facility, and it’s obviously an

important part of your fire protection system. Alarms provide warning to
people inside your building, but, just as importantly, they also alert
emergency personnel who need to respond to the situation as quickly as
possible.

Notification technology allows alarm systems to give vital information to

emergency responders, including the location and severity of the fire, so
that the proper personnel and equipment can be dispatched exactly
where it’s needed most. Alarms can help even further by playing recorded
messages instructing people in a building to exit in the safest possible
fashion.

In some cases, an alarm systems may also be able to hooked up to a

facility’s ventilation system in order to help control smoke.

Step 4: Fire Suppression

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When the alarm system is triggered, it engages a suppression system

designed to at least contain a fire until it can be extinguished. A sprinkler
system is the most common form of suppression.

For facilities where sprinklers are not an option (for instance, if water
suppression will destroy sensitive equipment), chemical suppression
systems are an option.

Step 5: System Maintenance

No fire protection system will be at its peak effectiveness if it isn’t

maintained regularly. Your equipment needs to be inspected by fire safety
professionals at a minimum of once a year.

Contact Frontier Fire for Design and

Maintenance Services

Frontier Fire provides full-service design, testing, and maintenance for fire
protection systems. We use engineering know-how and years of fire safety
experience to protect your residential or commercial property.

To get started with Frontier Fire today, contact us online

(https://www.frontierfireprotection.com/contact/).

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