Fire Protection Systems Blog | Fire Detection

February 23, 2022
How Fire Prevention is Vital in the Evolution of Mining
Mining fires continue to plague the industry with 27% of all losses attributed to the issue. With equipment continuing to operate in high temperatures and extreme conditions, the r...
January 24, 2022
How to Prevent Commercial Kitchen Fires
The Primary Causes of Commercial Kitchen Fires Restaurants or catering businesses are required to maintain their equipment according to stringent standards set out by regulatory b...
November 25, 2021
Keeping Wind Turbines Safe – Why Having the Right Fire Protection is So Important?
What does a turbine fire cost? Majority of fires starts in the nacelle, often too high to fight from the ground and too dangerous to send people up. These difficulties apply even ...
March 11, 2021
Prevent severe fire disasters at your data center and keep your staff, equipment and data safe with proven effective fire suppression systems by Rotarex Firetec
On Wednesday night on 10 March 2021, a fire broke out at OVHcloud in Strasbourg, one of the most important data centers in France. The fire has disrupted millions of websites inclu...
May 18, 2020
COMPACT LINE linear heat detection, a new detection - new features and advantages
Most vehicle fires start in the engine compartments and surrounding areas. Therefore, a fast and effective fire detection is indispensable for any kind of vehicle in case of emerge...
April 23, 2019
5 Best Practices For Data Center Disaster Planning
By Charles Strobel There's no time like now to review disaster planning for your data center operations—and what kind of fire suppression systems are right for you. Whether...
March 20, 2019
Saving The Restaurant,
Sparing The City Center?
By Charles Strobel As the headlines read, "It could have been much worse." Could a new generation of automatic fire suppression systems for small-to-medium size commercial kitche...
March 7, 2019
Silent Treatment: Putting Out Data Center Fires Without Causing Sound Damage
By Charles Strobel Fire and sensitive data center equipment obviously don't mix. You want a rock-solid automatic fire suppression system to protect your sensitive data. And depend...
February 7, 2019
Fixed Plus: Growing Interest in Augmenting Room-Based Fire Systems in the Data Center
By Charles Strobel An alarming number of data center electrical fires over the last 18 months may have some facilities looking at augmenting their fixed-installation room and buil...
November 26, 2018
Nuclear One: Could Electrical Cabinet-based Fire Suppression Have Reduced the Damage?
By Charles Strobel The Union of Concerned Scientists is out with a new study on the 2013 disaster at Nuclear One near Russellville, Arkansas—and it has me wondering if elect...
November 13, 2018
Brazil's National Museum Disaster: Are Inert Gas Fire Suppression Systems the Answer?
By Charles Strobel As the world absorbs the devastating loss of Brazil's National Museum last month, counterparts at other institutions may be wondering if inert gas fire suppress...
September 24, 2018
China Telecom Dials Up its Defenses with Electrical Cabinet Fire Suppression Systems
By Charles Strobel In the telecommunications industry, your server room, storage and data input/output facilities are the nerve center of your entire operation, and defending it a...
August 20, 2018
Are 140-Liter Cylinders Really the Right Choice for Your Inert Gas Fire System?
By Charles Strobel It's the 140-liter question for many fire system engineers and their clients: Are 140-liter cylinders a better choice for inert gas fire suppression systems? T...
July 26, 2018
Sound & Fury: How to Avoid Putting Out Data Center Fires with a (Loud) Bang
By Charles StrobelIf you think fire can be tough on your data center, it can be even harder without silent nozzles. Just ask Nasdaq. On 15 April, stock market trading in seven Eu...
July 17, 2018
What Goes into UNECE R107 Certification, and What Should Bus OEMs Look for in a System?
Ever wonder how automatic fire suppression systems for vehicle engine compartments earn UNECE R107 approval—or why it even matters? Me neither. But as it turns out, the proc...
July 11, 2018
Is UNECE R107 Really Legally Binding?
Are you ready for R107? As the deadline approaches for compliance with UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No. 107, manufacturers selling Class III bu...
June 18, 2018
Is Clean, Green Inert Gas Fire Suppression Really the Natural Choice for Your Use Case?
By Charles Strobel Given today's strict building codes, new environmental regulations, and ambitious corporate green initiatives, building- and room-based fire protection systems ...
May 9, 2018
Full Room or Electrical Cabinet Fire Protection?
By Charles Strobel Did the UK's national Meteorological Office damage a room full of computer systems just to extinguish a fire in a single electrical cabinet? Unlikely, but deta...
February 1, 2018
The Innovation Machine Behind a Revolution in Precision Measurement for Inert Gas Fire System Readiness
If necessity is the mother of invention, she sure knows how to light a fire under our team—or more correctly, how to help them put one out. In a recent post, we took you insi...
January 10, 2018
Rotarex Innovation Comes into Focus at Intersec 2018
It's a fact. The pervasive momentum generated by the "Internet of Things" (IoT) is now transforming fire safety. Components with embedded digital technologies can now be connected...
January 10, 2018
Breakthrough Bus Fire Protection Technology Makes UNECE R107 Compliance Easy
A regulation requiring fire suppression systems on all new passenger buses is about to go into effect throughout Europe. The good news: A game-changing new technology is making it...
November 29, 2017
3 Top Tips for Choosing a High-Quality Fire Suppression System
Commercial kitchen fires may seem hilarious in old scenes from "Faulty Towers", but the lack of an automatic fire suppression system is no laughing matter. Yet while such sketches...
November 23, 2017
Featuring Clean Agent Fire Suppression Systems at Power Gen International
Power Gen International, the world's largest power generation event, is coming up soon and our Rotarex Firetec team will be ready to show you our game-changing FireDETEC automatic ...
November 15, 2017
Is Inert Gas Fire Suppression Really the Best Choice for Data Centers? (Video)
The story of fire risk in data centers is almost as old as data centers themselves. Talk about a blast from the past. It was nearly sixty years ago when the first known blaze withi...
November 13, 2017
Data Center Chooses DIMES Digital Measurement System for Inert Gas
SituationA 4,500 square meter data center housing 40,000 servers has installed a Rotarex Firetec INEREX® inert gas fire suppression system. Nine fire protection zones, includin...
October 24, 2017
Burning Question: When Should You Choose Inert Gas Fire Suppression?
What would Disney do? If you’re looking for guidance on whether inert gas fire suppression is the best fit for your requirements, it turns out Walt Disney Studios could offe...
August 8, 2017
See Our UL-Listed INEREX® Inert Gas System Components at Fire India
Fire India 2017 is rapidly approaching. From the 7th through the 9th of September we'll be there in Mumbai to highlight exciting products that are already attracting a lo...
June 13, 2017
Now You Can Find All the VdS Certified Components You Need from Rotarex Firetec
Recently, Rotarex Firetec achieved VdS certification for its CO2 fire suppression system discharge nozzles. This is significant since it means that we now have a complete range of ...
June 8, 2017
It's Official! We've Now Sold 1 Million Fire Cylinder Valves
This month, we're celebrating a major milestone...we sold our one millionth fire cylinder valve! This achievement now takes its place in the long and distinguished history of Rotar...
May 5, 2017
FireDETEC's New 4-Liter Cylinder Protects Smaller Vehicles from Fire
FireDETEC automatic fire suppression systems are popular with many bus and truck companies. To protect their assets from fire and keep people safe, they install FireDETEC systems d...
May 3, 2017
Why Automatic Fire Protection for Individual CNC Machines Makes Sense
CNC machines are vital for machine shops and manufacturing companies. But, if you combine heat, hot metal chips, dust and debris with oil-based lubricants and static electricity, a...
April 19, 2017
Why Inert Gas Fire Protection is Safe for People
When you are evaluating fire protection systems, it is helpful to consider how exposure to an extinguishing agent affects people. In the event of a fire, it's essential that people...
April 5, 2017
Rotarex Sales Manager Michael McSweeney Discusses Company’s Success, New Developments and the Dynamics of the Data Center Industry
Michael McSweeney, Sales Manager of Rotarex North America, recently spoke with Data Center POST about what Rotarex does, what makes the company successful and unique, the dynamics ...
March 13, 2017
See How to Protect Essential Equipment from the Inside at NFPA Mexico
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Mexico Fire Expo is coming soon. Rotarex Firetec will be there to show products of special interest to the regional market, so we wo...
February 27, 2017
See a Simple Way to Protect Labs from Fire at PITTCON 2017
Rotarex is attending PITTCON 2017 in booth # 4705 to show the FireDETEC® automatic fire suppression system for laboratory fume hoods. A ventilation system that protects pe...
February 13, 2017
Why Fire Suppression with Inert Gas is 100% Safe for Our Environment
There is a lot of discussion in our industry about the relative environmental impact of “clean agents” used in fire suppression systems. While using chemical clean agen...
January 18, 2017
Did You Know that Individual Machines & Equipment Can Be Protected from Fire?
Most buildings are required to have fire protection systems designed to prevent destruction of the entire premises. However, if a fire starts in a machine or piece of equipment tha...
January 9, 2017
Visit Us at Intersec – See How Our UL-Listed IG System Components Save Time & Effort
If you are attending Intersec Dubai 2017, spending a few minutes at our booth can save you 2.5 years of effort and 500,000 euros! That’s what it took us to get UL listing for...
December 14, 2016
Estação De Tratamento De Água Escolheu A Proteção Contra Incêndio De Objetos Para Gabinetes Elétricos
Situação Essa estação de tratamento de água filtra 1,2 milhão de metros cúbicos de água por dia, abastecendo 1 milh&ati...
November 30, 2016
Your Inert Gas Fixed Installation Fire System May Be About to Fail
Inert gas is one the best fire suppression agents for protecting people and property from fire. But did you know that even state-of-the-art fire suppression systems, designed and i...
November 15, 2016
The Case for Purchasing a UL Listed Inert Gas Fire System
Many fire protection system installers assemble components, sourced from numerous suppliers, to build a complete inert gas fire suppression system. Then, they will either invest a ...
November 7, 2016
See UL-Approved Inert Gas Components that Can Be Assembled into a Complete System – and More!
The Fire and Security Shanghai 2016 expo is coming right up. If you’re planning to attend, I’d like to invite you to stop by the Rotarex Firetec booth to see our comple...
August 30, 2016
New IG Pressure Regulator Shows Our Commitment to Performance, Safety & Productivity
A key advantage of Rotarex being a world leader in pressurized gas equipment is our ability to quickly adapt innovations from one sector to another. That’s exactly what happe...
August 23, 2016
Water Treatment Plant Chose Object Fire Protection for Electrical Cabinets
Situation This water treatment plant filters 1.2 million cubic meters of water per day, serving 1 million customers. Built entirely underground, the facility uses 21 electrical cab...
April 19, 2016
Come Meet Us at NFPA – We’re Now Serving Mexico from a New Local Office
We’re now serving Rotarex Firetec customers in Mexico from our new local office in Santiago de Querétaro. Our local team would be very glad to meet you personally at N...
April 12, 2016
Why the FireDETEC Directional Valve System Attracts so much Interest
Our FireDETEC supplemental fire suppression systems are already the cost-effective way to protect business-critical objects, such as machines or equipment, from the inside where a ...
March 21, 2016
FireDETEC Supplemental Fire Suppression Systems Now Available with Novec 1230 fluid
Rotarex Firetec announces the launch of its FireDETEC object protection systems with 3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid. The system is a private label of Fire Fluid ...
March 15, 2016
FireDETEC is a Tested Recipe for Commercial Kitchen Fire Protection
All it takes is the right combination of ingredients to ignite a commercial kitchen fire. Grease and fat build up in ductwork or flue, oven flame up, too high temperature in the fr...
March 9, 2016
Visit Our New Website to See World Leading Fire Suppression Valves, Components & Systems
The new Firetec website has just been launched! Now, Firetec Building and Room fire protection systems and FireDETEC Object Protection systems can be found in one next-generation w...
February 24, 2016
At NFPA Mexico See FireDETEC’s New Systems with Novec 1230 fluid And More…
Visit us at NFPA Mexico, and you can be one of the first to see the new FireDETEC® supplemental fire suppression systems with Novec 1230 fluid.* This is an exciting product, as...
February 17, 2016
See How Our Innovation and Quality Improve Fire Protection at Sicur Expo
The Sicur 2016 International Security, Safety and Fire Exhibition is coming up soon. And Rotarex Firetec will be there. We’re busy preparing to display of our certified Firet...
December 11, 2015
Visit Rotarex Firetec at Intersec Dubai to See Major Innovations in Fire Safety
Soon, visitors from over 125 countries will come to Dubai to attend Intersec 2016. Over 1,200 exhibitors will welcome up to 30,000 attendees who come to see the latest developments...
June 26, 2015
Be Sure Your Fire Suppression System is Ready 24/7/365 — Automatically
It’s one thing to install a comprehensive fire suppression system…but quite another to keep it maintained and fully pressurized 24/7/365. Systems can fail or perform p...
June 12, 2015
See FireDETEC’s Innovative Supplemental Fire Protection Systems at NFPA 2015
Things are changing fast in the fire safety industry, with many innovative new products and technologies being developed that deliver better and more economical fire protection. An...
April 27, 2015
Rotarex Firetec Innovations in Fire Suppression Systems
It’s not a surprise that Rotarex Firetec will be introducing 4 major innovations at the Interschutz 2015 event in June. For over 80 years, it has been designing innovative va...
April 2, 2015
Rotarex Firetec to Announce Major Innovations at Interschutz 2015
The countdown to Interschutz 2015, the world’s largest fire protection trade show, is well underway. Starting on June 8th, experts from around the world will come to Hannover...
March 24, 2015
New 12 Liter Cylinder Protects Large Vehicle Engines from Fire
The FireDETEC fire protection system is one of the most effective ways to quickly detect and suppress fires in commercial vehicles. With the recent introduction of a new 12-liter c...
February 19, 2015
Why Include Automatic Fire Suppression in Electrical Cabinet Design?
There is a lot to consider when designing an electrical cabinet. Choosing the right power supplies, surge protection, Ethernet products, relays and opto modules or modular terminal...
January 21, 2015
Protecting Business-Critical Objects from Fire... Is it a Good Investment?
A lot of people in the fire protection industry are starting to talk about “object protection.” As a new term, it is not very well understood. So with this blog, I&rsqu...
December 17, 2014
Major FireDETEC Innovations to Be Featured at intersec 2015
Last year’s successful intersec trade show saw 1,213 exhibitors welcome 24,766 visitors from 131 countries. The 2015 event, taking place in Dubai from 18-20 January, promises...
December 11, 2014
Rotarex Firetec Innovations in Fire Suppression Systems
By protecting individual fume cabinets from fire, laboratories guard against catastrophic damage and ensure operational continuity. Fume cabinets pose an elevated fire risk for la...
December 3, 2014
Supplemental Fire Suppression for Electrical Cabinets
By protecting individual electrical cabinets from fire, companies guard against catastrophic damage and ensure business continuity. Approximately 30% of all fires are caused by def...
November 27, 2014
Why Install Supplemental Fire Suppression for CNC Machines?
The short answer to this question is: “because it increases your efficiency.” Every year, a large number of machine shops and manufacturing companies are hit with a fir...
November 18, 2014
The Advantages of Choosing UL Approved Fire Suppression Systems
The Underwriters Laboratories is known worldwide for its expertise in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of a wide range of products. Through a comprehensive process of certif...
November 14, 2014
Why SP Approval is Important for Bus Fire Protection
Most bus fires start in the engine compartment where they are unseen by the bus driver or passengers. This gives the fire time to build in intensity and power, making it harder to ...
November 14, 2014
Is the LPCB “Red Book” Relevant?
How can you be sure the fire safety systems and products you install to protect buildings and equipment actually perform as promised by the manufacturer? This is an important quest...
September 26, 2014
FireDETEC Commercial Kitchen Systems Receive LPCB Approval
The FireDETEC® Fire Suppression System for commercial kitchens is now listed in the Loss Prevention Certification Board’s “Red Book.” An essential reference u...
September 27, 2013
FireDETEC Fire Suppression for Buses is First to Receive SP Approval
The FireDETEC Compact Line for Vehicle Engines recently became the first product to be awarded the “P-mark” from the SP Technical Institute of Sweden. As R&D Engine...

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