Factory saved from Acetone blaze

In a recent incident, Acetone
in the production area of a
factory in west Hull caught
fire. However, thanks to a
recently installed a Fireray
5000 optical beam smoke
detector from Fire Fighting
Enterprises no one was
injured and the building
escaped intact.

The alarm signal was
picked up by the 24-hour
manned security lodge, who
called the fire brigade. Ten
fire engines from the Humberside
Fire and Rescue
Service arrived within 5
minutes and quickly subdued
the blaze; all staff were
evacuated without incident.

It is thought that the quick
reaction to the fire starting is
what saved the building, with
the speed of the alarm and
the firefighters’ response
minimising the scale and
severity of the blaze.

The fire protection system
installer for the building, Tim
Allerston of Global EFP, said
that they had recently
upgraded the beam detectors
from 15 year old ones, which
had become unreliable and
prone to false alarms and
fault conditions. The new
detectors quickly detected the
fire and triggered the alarm –
resulting in the building, and
potentially lives, being saved.