Fire is an unpredictable accide that, if not acted on in time, can cause a lot of life and financial damage to people, therefore having the necessary equipme can be very helpful in the eve of an accide. Among the fire extinguishing equipme, firebox is one of the best and most practical options available.
What is Firefox and what is its use?
Firebox or fire box is made in various designs and shapes and installed in resideial or office buildings. This device consists of a fire extinguisher, a reel, a brass nozzle, valves, etc. It is good to know that all the meioned items are practical and used during fire fighting. The presence of a fire extinguisher or firebox can significaly reduce the possibility of life and property damage during a fire.
Types of Firefox and its use
Fire fighting boxes have differe designs, each of them is as follows.
(Firebox facing): This style of fire box is moued on the wall. This style of firebox can be used in old buildings.
Note: The built-in fire extinguisher box must be installed in the common area.
(Hosrail Firefox): This style of firebox is used for extinguishing large fires, therefore it is used in hospitals, stores, workshops and in general in high-traffic environmes. This box has all the necessary equipme to put out a large fire, so it has many uses.
(Built-in Firefox): The built-in firebox is installed deep in the wall and is mostly seen in new buildings.
This style has a more beautiful appearance than the fire box, and all the equipme is placed at a depth of ten meters from the wall.
(Hose Reel Firebox): This style of firebox is used to extinguish fire with a low level of spread, so we suggest that you use it in resideial buildings with a low number of floors.
This box has a very flexible plastic tube and a reel.
(Twin Firefox): This style of firebox has two boxes and the equipme in it is arranged in two compartmes. Among the other existing firebox designs, we can meion firebox with a base, standing, light, decorative, shutter, two doors, etc.
Safety tips about choosing Firefox
Before choosing a fire extinguisher, you need to pay atteion to some pois.
(Firebox construction material): As we meioned earlier, this device has equipme such as tarpaulin hose, valve, coupling, hydra, etc. The material made of this equipme can have a great impact on the final quality of the product. Definitely, the high quality of Firefox can bring more life and efficiency. It is better to consult an expert in this field before buying this device.
(body of the box): Many firebox designs such as surface and standing have a metal box. The metal material of the body should be made of stainless steel so that it does not catch fire during the fire. Remember that wooden and plastic fireboxes are by no means standard and can be problematic during a fire.
(lock and hinge): The smoothness of the Firebox lock can be very helpful during a fire. Remember that a firebox with a worn or rusted lock and hinge does not work, so it is not worth much.
(Rusty): Huge parts of the firebox are made of metal, so the possibility of rusting is very high. It is better to use ai-rust products for this purpose and pay enough atteion to this poi before buying a fire box.
(Firebox size): In general, the dimensions and size of this device are as follows.
- Length 100 cm
- Width 80 cm
- 18 cm deep
Remember that the meioned dimensions can vary between 20 and 30 cm. The small size of the firebox preves the placeme of the desired items and equipme, so we recommend you to go for a fire box that has standard dimensions and sizes.
Advaages of Firefox
Among the advaages of this device, the following can be meioned.
- Extinguish the fire in time
- Preveion of loss of life and property
- Corolling smoke and reducing the risk of respiratory diseases
- Preve the spread of fire
Note: The fire box can be used in private homes or apartmes, hospitals, schools, offices, stores, etc.
Installation of fire box or the same fire box
It is better to install this device by an expert, and it is necessary to pay atteion to some safety pois when installing this device.
- The minimum distance of the firebox from the ground should be 120 cm.
- Installation should be done in common places such as stairs, parking lot, building footing, etc., so that people can use this device if necessary.
- If possible, use built-in Firefox in high-traffic environmes.
Flowswitch and its application
This widely used device in Firebox issues the command to turn on the pumps to the network, so any problem in this part can disrupt the Firebox process. With the mains flow switch working properly, the water pressure will be too high to extinguish the fire.
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last word:
In this article, we have iroduced you, dear users, to Firebox and its types and discussed some pois in this regard. The presence of this device in buildings can corol fire to a great exte and preve serious damage.
