The Fire Catch
Pulling live sprinkler heads. For most people, it’s not even on their radar.
But if you own or manage commercial, government, or retail property, it’s a very real issue. Not just the direct property damage from up to 2,000kPa of pressure sitting behind the sprinkler head, but all the commotion and running around afterwards to clean it all up.
Then there’s the inconvenience to tenants, the opportunity cost of things you should be doing but have to postpone and the stress the poor technician has knowing they’ve caused the incident. Let alone what stress they feel on every job just before they pull their first sprinkler head on site.
In a world-first, Fire NDT have researched, had independently verified, then developed and tested a straightforward way of making sure that headache goes away for everyone involved. Now it doesn’t matter if the layout diagram of the sprinkler installation is out of date or wrong. You can check the wet fire suppression piping simply and easily every time – and in a matter of seconds.
All non-destructively, all in an easy-to-follow steps, and all in a way that will absolutely save everyone time and money.
WHAT'S THE ISSUE?
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Every day of every week around the world, wet fire suppression piping in buildings is being installed, tested, or decommissioned.
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Technicians rely on plans and their knowledge to close a valve and drain the piping for maintenance.
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However, quite often the block plan of a complex is mismatched with reality.
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When a LIVE sprinkler head is pulled, up to 2000kPa of water pressure is released into the premises/shop/store.
WHY WOULD YOU NEED THIS?
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The damage a LIVE pulled sprinkler head causes on average is $100,000, and requires multiple people to respond.
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Within Australia, it’s estimated this occurs about once per week costing the industry and clients a combined $5,000,000 per year. And we know that’s underreported.
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The only alternative available at present destructively drills into the piping, is time consuming, and the pipe requires replacement afterwards.
WHY USE THE FIRE CATCH?
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It is completely non-destructive.
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It uses ultrasonic technology to determine if the piping is under pressure.
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It is very simple to use, and the result can be logged at the time.
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It is patented and under PCT protection.
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It is hugely cost effective.
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It is independently supported and can easily become the industry standard.
