Firefighting and suppression system

Efectis has developed a special qualification program, in order to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of firefighting equipment, and the implementation of operational methods.
Relying on fire scenarios, which serve as a reference, each system or operational method can be evaluated. An efficiency-based approach can enable one system to be compared to another.
A scenario can be proposed as a point of reference regardless of the systems used (fixed or mobile) including: extinguishing process implemented; firefighting method; heat release rate and kind of fire. This scenario helps to determine the efficiency of firefighting equipment, in terms of:
• Extinction capacity according to class of fire (suppression time, extinguishing process implemented, water flow rate, residual water, hydraulic distribution, etc.),
• Cooling capacity of gases and smoke (reduced temperature level, maintaining reduced temperature),
• Heat radiation absorption capacity (in closed or external environments).
In partnership with IFOPSE (fire safety training center), Efectis performs firefighting training courses for firefighter instructors and international experts (CFBT-Fr).

Individual Protective Clothing

The effectiveness of the equipment can be determined according to the thermal protection capacity in real fire situations:
• Closed fires,
• Flashover situations,
• Heat radiation sources,
• Industrial fire (jet fire, pool fire, etc.).
The assessment is based on a measuring dummy instrumented with 122 thermal sensors enabling the measurement of thermal protection time according to the level of pain and degrees of burns (TOMM by Efectis).