Electrical and Utility Cabinets at some of Australia’s largest mining and infrastructure companies.

The Task
Design, install and a fire suppression system that will protect the critical electrical control equipment room enclosures. The enclosures contain diverse fire risks and and are normally contained and separated in cabinets. FirePro allows the engineers and designers to protect individual cabinets, which can be installed on a risk based analysis. The benefit is a much lower cost, and any discharge of the system is localised to a specific cabinet, rather than a whole room. The costs of replacement of equipment due to the fire and re-establishing the fire system are much lower.reviewed therefore, the technology needed to be effective against multiple classes of fire. It should also require as little maintenance as possible and be in line with Health & Safety and protection of the environment (HSE) strategies. Likewise, the systems needed to autonomously monitor and protect the enclosures from various fire scenarios without human intervention.

Risks Involved & Consequences
A fire in an electrical or utility room often starts within a cabinet. This is normally a result that control equipment or other dangerous goods are normally kept in a cabinet. The installation of fire protection system within the cabinet allows the fire to be addressed while the fire is small, rather than waiting for a room protection system to become involved. This equipment is critical for the smooth and safe operations of other equipment down the line, so reducing damage from a fire and limiting down stream impact is a critical outcome.