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During this hand-to-mouth scenario, if the manufacturing and storage unit of any entity gets destroyed by fire or any other natural calamity, then it would be the worst nightmare. This petrifying nightmare came true for dealership firm Disco Enterprises, which is located at plot number A-12 in Bhusawal’s MIDC area. The incident happened on April 26, 2020.

The massive inferno gutted entire establishment causing damages worth Rs 1 crore. The entity handles products like television sets, air conditioners, coolers and fibres etc. Exact reason of the fire has not been ascertained yet. Nevertheless, one thing is for sure that; either there was deficiency of fire safely equipments in the plant or the system installed there might not be efficient to douse the fire.

Figure 1 – A video of the fire incident showed thick black smoke billowing from the establishment

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Eventually, four fire tenders were deported at the spot and an operation was underway to extinguish the massive blaze. The valuable material guzzling fire was sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky. Fortunately, there was no report of any loss of life in the incident, but some fire bridge personnel suffered minor injuries during the fire-fighting operation.

In order to avoid such detrimental incident, Aarush Fire Systems Pvt. Ltd – a Pune based fire fighting system consultant – proposes some more effectual and technically precise solutions, especially for the units those are involved in manufacturing and storage of electrical and electronics appliances.  

It is found that such units often extensively use fibres, which are highly inflammable. In this scenario, the “Water Mist System” is highly recommendable, if the manufacturing unit is a closed facility. The key to a water mist system working more proficiently than traditional fire sprinklers is the finer water droplet size. With the smaller droplet size, this creates more droplets. It is highly effective on electrical fires.

With a larger water surface area exposed to heat, more drops evaporate and turn to steam. The steam then absorbs more heat per unit time from the flame, reducing the flame temperature. Aarush Fire System provides Water mist systems that control room temperature and convert the droplets into steam, eventually suffocating the fire. On the top of that, the water damage from water mist systems as compared to ordinary water sprinklers is significantly lower that translates into more water saving.

However, it is to be noted that if the facility has sufficient openings – through doors, windows and wind ventilators – in such cases, Automatic Fire Sprinkler System is more suitable. Aarush Fire Systems design and provide Automatic Sprinklers Systems that provide enhanced flexibility of building design and increase the overall level of fire safety.