Fire Protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of mitigating systems. In structures, be they land-based, offshore or even ships, the owners and operators are responsible to maintain their facilities in accordance with a design-basis that is rooted in laws, including the local building code and fire code, which are enforced by the authority having jurisdiction.
Buildings must be maintained in accordance with the current fire code, which is enforced by the fire prevention officers of a local fire department. In the event of fire emergencies, Firefighters, fire investigators, and other fire prevention personnel are called to mitigate, investigate and learn from the damage of a fire.
Fire protection in land-based buildings, offshore construction or on board ships is typically achieved via all of the following:
Passive fire protection – the installation of firewalls and fire rated floor assemblies to form fire compartments intended to limit the spread of fire, high temperatures, and smoke.
Active fire protection – manual and automatic detection and suppression of fires, such as fire sprinkler systems and (fire alarm) systems.
Education – the provision of information regarding passive and active fire protection systems to building owners, operators, occupants, and emergency personnel so that they have a working understanding of the intent of these systems and how they perform in the fire safety plan.
What is Firestopping ?
Chimera Live Line Technology Nigeria Ltd, specializes in Firestopping a form of passive fire protection that is used to seal openings and between joints within a building, it delays the spread of fire and, generally, the spread of smoke. A seal closes an imperfection of fit or design tolerance between elements or components, to restrict the spread of fire and smoke also known as penetration and linear joint seals.
Our firestopping installation works include:
Fire barriers/curtains
Fire, smoke, air and acoustic sealing
Riser compartmentation
Fire boarding
Intumescent pipe collars and wraps
Linear gap sealing
Load bearing compounds
Our systems range from simple joint and gap sealing to more complex movement or expansion joints. We also provide systems for the protection of mechanical and electrical services penetrating through walls and floors, with structural and loadbearing options available for service risers and shafts.
Transformer Protection
Transformers are one of the most critical and expensive components of any distribution system. It is an enclosed static device usually drenched in oil, and hence faults occurring to it are limited. But the effect of a rare fault can be very dangerous for the transformer, and the long lead time for repair and replacement of transformers makes things even worse. Hence power transformers protection becomes very crucial.
Chimera Live Line Technology Nig Ltd is the representative of Live Line Technology (RSA) Ltd (www.liveline.co.za) the manufacturer of ‘Combined Drop Out Surge Arrester System’) popularly known as Combi Unit.
The Combi Unit is a surge arrester and fuse system that not only enables the fast, easy, safe and cost-effective replacement of surge arresters but also prevents your transformers from failing by surge causes.
The system protects your transformer 100% of the time, even when your surge arresters are blown.
