Unifire's FlameRanger Fully Automatic Fire Detection & Suppression System is the world's most advanced firefighting robot. Learn more about it at AutomaticFireFighting.com and unifire.com.
This video shows an example of how a system is installed in concert halls and similar large open building interiors to automatically protect them from fire.
Fire grows exponentially—all fires start out small, but then grow extremely quickly as long as they have oxygen and a fuel source. If you can quickly both detect a fire and begin extinguishing with a high volume of water (or foam), directly at its source, then you not only maximize your chances of successfully extinguishing it, but you also minimize damage and use the least amount of water or agent necessary to extinguish the fire.
The FlameRanger was designed specifically to achieve both of these goals—fast detection, and fast suppression. Full-scale tests of the system have proven the technology to be astonishingly effective. In multiple full-scale fire tests conducted by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Jensen Hughes, FlameRanger was able to extinguish fires in 20 seconds or less, and faster than a human with a joystick (and with less water).
Unifire’s FlameRanger is a revolutionary system that uses IR array flame detectors to automatically detect and locate and track in real-time the exact size and three-dimensional (3D) position of fire and begin suppressing it with the Force robotic nozzles, with pin-point accuracy, within seconds of detection. Unifire’s robotic nozzle system can also be combined with thermal imaging cameras. The system automatically turns on the water (or foam) supply when a fire is detected, and then shuts off the water as soon as the fire is extinguished, yet remains in active stand-by 24/7/365.
The FlameRanger is ideal for the protection of large indoor and outdoor spaces, both on- and off-shore. Applications include: incineration plants, waste-to-energy & SRF production plants, aircraft hangars, concert halls, historical buildings, atriums, tunnels, warehouses and storage facilities, manufacturing facilities, airport baggage handling facilities, airport arrival halls, helicopter landing pads (helidecks), ferry and RoRo cargo decks, Large Volume Spaces on marine vessels and aircraft carriers, oil & gas facilities, petrochemical manufacturing plants, convention centers, and many more.
