Part of a heavy vehicle carrying hazardous chemicals burst into flames and became airborne for a great distance. An investigation found a 25 kg piece of shrapnel from a road train recently flew 800...
Tag - Fire suppression
Telematics is now a low-cost solution for monitoring your vehicle fire suppression systems on lead machines. United Safety has an integrated solution with a web portal which allows the user to set...
Fogmaker Water Mist Fire Suppression System looks to be a recent technology, although it has a 25-year heritage. Initially designed for rally cars (this is why it is a piston accumulator design and...
Aerosol generators are fast becoming the ‘go-to’ replacement for gas systems. The reasons for this are cost advantages, performance, environmental benefits, and off-the-shelf availability. Gas...
Fire suppression for mining vehicles and machines are generally one of five types: Water Mist with AFFF Foam spray systemsDry Chemical PowderDual Agent (powder and liquid cooling agent)Aerosol...
In this COVID new world, it is more than ever important to support Australian made. United Safety manufactures the QTEC Foam Spray system, which complies with AS5062-2016. The QTEC system is a...
A fuel service truck caught fire at the Maules Creek open cut coal mine. Onboard fire suppression systems on the truck were unable to extinguish the flames because of diesel fuel flowing from the...
Back in early September at a Peabody USA operation, a haul truck driver on night shift died after receiving extensive burns while exiting a haul truck on fire. According to reports from the US Mine...
