Case Study

Airport protection

Having worked in partnership with the Airport Authorities and their specialised construction groups on every major turnkey airport project throughout the world, there is no imaginable fire, safety and security risk within this market sector we have not encountered and neutralised.

It is therefore hardly surprising that Tyco Integrated Fire & Security is a preferred supplier with a proven track record for providing an Integrated Risk Management Approach that can integrate over 20 different types of system within nine disciplines to meet the varied and individual needs “From where you take off, to where you The challenge of the airport and aviation industry. land, we protect virtually every airport in the world, including the most important The fire risk within airports is amplified one … yours” by the need to ensure the safe mass These disciplines include: evacuation of people who could be exposed to the primary danger of smoke // Doors and toxic fumes that are difficult to vent in // Fire detection & alarm a controlled way within airport terminals. // Fire extinguishers With these factors in mind, Tyco Inte- // Foam extinguishing systems grated Fire & Security has developed a well proven Integrated Risk Management // Gaseous fire suppression systems Approach to protect vulnerable areas // Kitchen fire suppression systems within airport terminals, aircraft hangars and airport building infrastructures from // MicroDrop® high pressure water the threat of fire. With the addition of mist systems integrated security and safety systems, // Sprinkler systems our approach has been developed from a wealth of experience gained by protect- // Service & maintenance ing over 350 civil, and military airport and aviation facilities over a 50 year period. Case Study

Am apictemperum // INERGEN® gaseous fire suppression systems – We have used these However, don’t take our word for it. systems to protect Our airport and aviation “Fast Facts” centres, Active Traffic Management speak for themselves. Control Centres (ATMCCs) and “ business critical” electronic infra- structures. INERGEN is totally safe Airport and aviation industry for humans operating within Non “Fast Facts” Immediate Evacuation Areas (NIAs). It also does not produce any toxic Fire protection projects by-products as a result of a fire. These factors also ensure that highly valuable // Sprinkler life safety systems – and sophisticated electronic equipment We have installed these systems in is not harmed by INERGEN®. public areas, retail shops and executive // Foam systems – We have used low, lounges within major international medium and high expansion fixed fire airports. These systems have ensured fighting foam systems to protect the Recent UK airport that the Life Safety and “Adequate buildings, and the aircraft within them, projects include: Means of Escape” regulations have from the threat of fire. Our foam sys- been met in full. tems are employed in every major civil // Bentwaters – Military // Fire detection & alarm – We have and military aircraft hangar in the world. // Birmingham installed these systems in all airport areas with integrated Public Address //  Airport and Voice Evacuation systems that can //  ensure the safe mass evacuation of airport passengers and staff in the // John Lennon Airport - Liverpool event of a fire or safety alert. // Leeds Bradford Airport // MicroDrop® high pressure water mist – // London – Gatwick We have protected airport data centres and emergency power generators. // London – Heathrow In a fire situation, these systems use // London Heathrow – Terminal 5 minimal amounts of water which results in less clean up time and faster // Manchester International Airport re-instatement of the airport’s // Mildenhall – Military operations. // Newcastle Airport // R102 Kitchen Fire Suppression sys- tems – These systems protect airport //  Airport restaurants, cafeterias and fast food // RAF Lakenheath – Military retail outlets. They are the fastest and most effective means of fighting hot oil // Rhoose Airport – Cardiff and grease related fires. There is “No // Woodbridge – Military Post Fire” contamination or environ- mental issues with these systems. // Woodford (Manufacturing)

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