Safety First
Automatic Fire Suppression System for Professional Kitchen
A fire breaking out in a professional kitchen always puts the personnel and the customers in danger. Cold extinguishing water and hot grease are an extremely dangerous combination. A careless use of a handheld fire extinguisher can cause a mess leading to a kitchen closure for several weeks. Extinguishing agents are usually harmful to the kitchen’s sensitive workstations due to their high pH. A fire can also cause great material damage and significant economical losses when the business gets interrupted.
Safety First automatic fire suppression system is specially designed for professional kitchens. The system protects the personnel, the customers and the premises. Safety First secures company’s business by enabling quick and easy recovery back to normal immediately after the fire.
Quick Fire Suppression
The Safety First automatic fire suppression system includes an extinguishing agent container, transfer piping, discharge nozzles and an alarm line with thermal fuses. When the thermal fuse reaches a sufficiently high temperature, the fire-suppression system activates automatically. The reaction level of the thermal fuse is selected according to the needs of the application area. The system is also provided with a manual activation device. Thanks to micro switches, an alarm can be transmitted to automatic fire alarm system, if desired, allowing also simultaneously switch off the main shut-off valve of gas cookers and the main current of the electrical cooker.
Operates on three levels
When the fire breaks out
Fire will be extinguished in 2 seconds. The extinguishing agent of the Safety First system is discharged through the specific nozzles located above the cooking appliances, inside the plenum and the exhaust duct system.
The extinguishing agent
System provides continuous and predetermined flow rate of wet chemical fire suppression agent. Safety First low pH (8,2) wet agent is a potassium-based liquid that cools the grease surface by forming a layer of foam like soap on the surface acting as insulation and helping to prevent the escape of combustible vapours.
Preventing subsequent damage and cleaning
System is gentle to valuable kitchen workstations and harmless to people and environment. Residues of the extinguishing agent can be easily and quickly wiped off with a damp sponge and flushed down the drain.
Customer specific design and 24 H service
A configuration of the Safety First system that suits best each application is selected based on a risk evaluation. The design is always customized with consideration to the specific features of the kitchen as well as the particular needs of each customer and business.
A professional Safety First service technician inspects the system for faultless operation twice a year. A service contract with us guarantees a secure and reliable service at a desired time. Safety First International has worked already for over 40 years in preventing fire risks and advancing fire safety in professional kitchens. Safety First provides professional kitchens with the top knowhow in fire protection through modern technology and highly qualified personnel trained with the Safety First methods.
