subject: Different Types Of Fire Safety Equipment [print this page] In order to safeguard yourself as well as your family from one of the most fatal incidents fire, then your home should be protected with different fire safety equipment. Thus, a fire hose cabinet containing fire extinguisher, fire hose rack, emergency lights and other equipments are must for your home and/or office.
Different fire safety equipments
Following is a brief description about different fire safety equipments that should be installed in a home or office building.
Smoke detector
A smoke detector works like a home security alarm system that blows up whenever it senses smoke or even a sudden rise in the in-house temperature.
Fire extinguisher
Fire extinguisher is a fire protection device that is used to control small fires. Nowadays, different types of fire extinguishers are available in the market such as Water fire extinguisher, Foam fire extinguisher, Powder fire extinguisher and CO2 fire extinguisher, and Wet chemical fire extinguisher.
Fire blankets
Fire blankets are manufactured by fire retardant fabric and are used to control small fires.
Standpipe
Standpipe is actually a vertical water piping system that is a necessary thing to be installed in almost every duplex or multi-story building. A Y-shaped standpipe is installed on the outer side of the building that allows the interiors standpipe system connected with it through a fire hose.
At time of fire crisis, heavy water stream is applied through fire hose nozzles in order to control the fire.
Water fire sprinklers
Water sprinkler automatically releases water whenever senses smoke or any sign of fire. The sprinkler is connected via NST adapter and the downstream of water is controlled by restricting valve/fire valves.
These are some of the main fire safety equipments and apart from safety and precaution against fire; there are several other reasons to install these fire safety equipment in your home or office.
Installing fire protection equipment makes sure that you, your family and your valuable assets are safe.
A building whether residential or commercial, equipped with effective fire protection instruments can get good market value.
All you get is peace of mind as after installing fire protection instruments in your home and office you can work without any tension.
Afore mentioned are the few main points to install fire safety equipments.
