Lorry on-board fire protection
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A FIRE protection system has been launched by L & G Fire Protection of Forest Gate, London, allowing an extinguisher on a commercial: vehicle to be discharged from a centrally located module within the cab.
Called Onguard Nimrod, the discharge of the BCF Module is electrically controlled by a push-button firing pack, containing its own independent dry cell power supply to activate the extinguishers.
A number of extinguisher body sizes are available from 1.5 to 17kg (2.3 to 371b) capacities.
The Onguard Nimrod system follows a demand for an adequate fire protection system within vehicles, where, in normal circumstances, attacking the fire with individual extinguishers would involve the driver leaving his cab, thus allowing the blaze to swell before necessary action could be taken.
In addition, the automatic discharge takes place while the engine compartment is still closed, thereby not allowing any oxygen intake to further increase the flames.
Claimed to be simple to install, the Onguard Nimrod system operates with the use of one or more heat sensors, which, when strategically placed, will close up and complete a circuit when a predetermined temperature is reached.
When completed, the circuit can carry out several functions, including the sounding of an alarm, as well as pro viding the automatic discharge of the extinguishers.
Including a manual override, the Onguard Nimrod can be integrated into an existing fire detection system, and can provide either semi-automatic or total automatic discharge of the extinguishant.