Staying on top of fire management
A functional fire protection system is vital in these high hazard chemical processing and storage areas. Skyriders marketing manager Mike Zinn notes that a four-man team is now permanently stationed at the plant to maintain and repair any damage to the system. “Our team abseils around the tanks to flush the network, unclog the sprinkler nozzles, replace broken nozzles, and test the system.”
Any fire, detected heat, smoke or flames will trigger the opening of a deluge valve, allowing a high velocity discharge of water through all sprinkler nozzles in the deluge system. “It is imperative that the water path is not blocked. Suppression is necessary to prevent a fire caused by low flash point flammable substances, the likes of which are contained in these tanks, from spreading,” adds Zinn.
The deluge fire sprinkler system is not only used to control and extinguish fires. It is also crucial to reduce explosion pressure and cool the tanks. “When there’s a fire in the vicinity of a tank, the system is activated to spray water around the structures – reducing their temperature and preventing rupturing.
The dedicated Skyriders’ team is on site five days a week, 12 months a year. “The group includes a senior level 3 rope access supervisor and three experienced technicians whom he oversees. The project is going well and we look forward to working on similar projects for other clients in the near future,” concludes Zinn.
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About Skyriders
Skyriders (Pty) Ltd, established in 1998, is a leader in the South African rope access industry, providing cost- and time-saving solutions to clients in the power generation and petrochemical industries who require rope access aided inspection, NDT and maintenance work to be done in difficult to reach, high-up locations.
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