by Tom Resser | Aug 25, 2026 | Applications
Frac Fleet Fire Protection: Skids and Trailers for Hydraulic Fracturing Sites A frac fleet needs its own fire protection because the fleet is the hazard: a dozen or more 2,500 hp diesel pump trucks running at full load, a blender, a hydration unit, chemical totes,...
by Tom Resser | Aug 25, 2026 | Standards and Service
Industrial Fire Brigades: How Plants Staff and Equip Their Own Fire Departments An industrial fire brigade is a plant's own fire department: employees who are organized, trained and equipped to respond to fires on site before, or instead of, the municipal department....
by Tom Resser | Aug 25, 2026 | Applications
Marine Fire Suppression Systems: What Changes on a Vessel or Offshore Platform Fire suppression at sea is the same physics as on land with three things changed. The approvals are different: a unit on a US flagged vessel or a platform on the outer continental shelf...
by Tom Resser | Aug 25, 2026 | Dry Chemical
Dry Fire Suppression Systems: Dry Chemical, Dry Pipe and Dry Powder Explained "Dry fire suppression system" is a search term, not an engineering category. It usually means one of three things that have nothing to do with each other. A dry chemical system discharges a...
by Tom Resser | Aug 25, 2026 | Clean Agents and CO2
CO2 Fire Suppression Systems vs Dry Chemical: Where Each Belongs A CO2 fire suppression system belongs in an enclosed, normally unoccupied space: a switchgear room, a generator enclosure, a paint booth or an engine room. It extinguishes by lowering oxygen in that...
