Vehicle and Machinery Fires
- stuart8530
- Oct 13
- 2 min read
With the combination of harsh environmental conditions involving dust, dirt and debris, that are experienced in the operating worlds of both agriculture and forestry, especially during harvesting operations, combined with heat, high pressure fuels & oils, complex moving parts and electricals, the potential for vehicle and machinery fires remains a constant risk and threat.
When machinery and vehicle fires do take place, its not just the dangers to people and property to consider its also the wider impacts such as business interruption, (downtime and loss of income), dealing with insurance claims, trying to locate suitable replacement vehicles / machinery, potential increases in future insurance premiums and the list goes on.
That is why more and more people including manufactures, distributors, and customers are looking at the installation of vehicle fire suppression systems that can limit damage and prevent fires spreading.
One of the leading UK providers and installers of such systems is a company called "Fire Shield Systems Ltd" that have a dedicated division that specialises in Vehicle and Machinery fire suppression systems across a wide range of industry sectors including Forestry and Agriculture. Fire Shield Systems supplies, designs, installs and maintains detection and suppression solutions which normally tackle the fire risks at the heart of the "danger zone" - the machine engine - for even the largest vehicles and farm machinery.
Fire Shield Systems primary solution of choice for Vehicles and Machinery fire suppression is the DAFO system developed in Sweden and now routinely installed across a range of forestry machinery in order to meet Swedish insurance company demands that on-board fire suppression systems are installed on machinery used for forestry, peat and chipping.
The DAFO system consists of three key elements: detection, alarm and suppression. This is a highly-effective method of agriculture and forestry fire protection, normally targeting the machine engine should a fire occur, with the extinguishing systems primarily being designed to cover all areas or points of high risk of fire, including:
Turbo
Catalytic converter
Pumps
Fuel Lines
Generators
Transmission belts
Filters
Hydraulic package
For more information on this solution or wider fire detection and suppression solutions see the following links.
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