ECARO 25

ECARO 25 F I K E ECARO-25 ™

GLOBALLY APPROVED
CAN YOU GET MORE FIRE CLEAN AGENT SYSTEM

AND RECOGNIZED PROTECTION WITH LESS CLEAN AGENT?

CAN YOU GET MORE
• Factory Mutual Approved System

• UL Listed System
Contact Fike for more information about our other product offerings: FIRE PROTECTION WITH
• Factory Mutual Approved Component (HFC-125) PRESSURE RELIEF PRODUCTS

Including Rupture Discs

FIRE PROTECTION SOLUTIONS

For Commercial Applications:

LESS CLEAN AGENT?
• UL Listed Component (HFC-125)
and Oil Field Products • Clean-Agent Fire Suppression:
• Included in ISO 14520 ECARO-25, HFC-227ea., PROINERT™
• Detection and Control Systems:
• Included in NFPA 2001 EXPLOSION PROTECTION SOLUTIONS
GATORPRO, SharkPro®, SHP Pro™,
Cheetah®, Rhino®, FIKEGUARD™,
• US EPA SNAP listed Including Venting, Suppression, Isolation,
VESDA® LaserPLUS
Detection & Control, and Testing
• Included in EN14520 For Industrial Applications:
• Special Hazard Fire Protection:
ECARO 25
MicroMist®, CO2

www.fike.com

Fike global manufacturing, sales and service:

USA EUROPE
Fike Corporation World Headquarters Fike Protection Systems
Blue Springs, Missouri, USA UK
Tel: +1-816-229-3405 Tel: +44 (0) 1483 457 584
Fax: +1-816-229-0314 Fax: +44 (0) 1483 456 235
E-mail: fpssales@fike.com E-mail: fps.int@fike.com

ECARO-25, PROINERT, GATORPRO, SharkPro, SHP Pro, Cheetah, Rhino, FIKEGUARD, MicroMist,
Fike and Fike Corporation are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fike Corporation.
DuPont™ and FE-25™ are trademarks of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company.
FM200® is a registered trademark of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation.
VESDA® LaserPLUS is a trademark of Vision Products PY Ltd.

© Copyright 2003, Fike Corporation. All rights reserved. Form No. B9091-1 Printed in the U.S.A.
ECARO-25™ PROTECTS LIVES,
HIGH VALUE ASSETS AND BUSINESS
CONTINUITY WITH LESS CLEAN AGENT. ECARO 25
USE ECARO-25 AND EXPERIENCE:

Today many companies are choosing Clean Agent Fire Suppression Systems Minimal Clean-Agent + Maximum Flow The Superior Design Features and Exceptional
= Most cost-effective clean agent system Performance of Fike’s Clean Agent Fire
over basic Fire Protection solutions, such as sprinkler systems. But which
Suppression System Help You:
Clean Agent System is right for your facility? Fike has the answer.
• Save Lives
1000 cubic feet 790 cubic feet

• Save Money on Clean Agent

Fike® + Dupont™ = ECARO-25™ THE Superior Clean-Agent System
ECARO 25 HFC-227ea / FM-200 ®

27lb per 790 cubic feet

Fike® Corporation is known worldwide as an innovator in fire suppression equipment. DuPont™ is 27lb per 1000 cubic feet • Save Money on Piping
recognized as the global industry leader in fire-extinguishing agents. Together, we set out to develop the
best and most cost-effective Clean Agent Fire Suppression System. Fike’s ECARO-25 System • Save Floor Space
requires 20% less agent per cubic
™ ™
We started by choosing the right fire-extinguishing agent -- FE-25 from DuPont . Next, we combined foot / meter than HFC-227ea or • Protect High-Value Equipment, Assets
HFC-227ea/ FM-200®
FE-25™ with Fike's patented, fast-acting rupture-disc valve for superior agent coverage and distribution. FM-200® systems. The superior
1.25” pipe
and Irreplaceables from Damage
ECARO 25 physical properties of our unique
The resulting ECARO-25 system is the best way to suppress fires and protect your high-value
1” pipe
assets and business continuity. Clean Agent FE-25™ also allow
you to utilize small diameter piping over long distances, • Prevent Business Interruption Due to Fire
making it easier to design your Clean Agent pipe network.

Fire + Sprinkler System = Twice the Damage

So with ECARO-25, you spend less money on the • Eliminate Downtime After Fire
agent, piping and installation.

Basic fire protection systems, such as sprinklers, can protect your buildings and • Prevent Residue and Clean-up After Fire
employees. But when it comes to high-value assets or irreplaceable items, water can
Minimal Clean Agent + Superior Hold Time
be just as damaging as fire. You could spend millions of dollars on disaster recovery.
= Superior Design
Or even worse, you could be forced to close your doors forever.
All Clean Agents must
remain in the protected DID YOU KNOW?
space for a specified period “ECARO” is Fike’s acronym for
Fire + Clean Agent = Business Continuity
of time in order to Extinguishing Clean Agent
Clean Agent Fire Suppression Systems like ECARO-25 are superior to extinguish a fire.Thanks Recognized Optimum.
HFC-227ea
basic fire suppression systems in many ways: ECARO 25
FM-200®
to the unique design
properties of our Clean
• ECARO-25 Detects and Extinguishes a Fire Faster Than Water “25” refers the superior clean-agent used
• ECARO-25 is Safe for People Agent FE-25, ECARO-25 is 20% more efficient in hold
in our system, FE-25™ from DuPont™.
• ECARO-25 Requires No Clean-up time than an HFC-227ea or FM-200® System. In addition,

• ECARO-25 Causes No Damage to Your Business Assets – you need 20% less agent to protect the same room with

Even High-Value Collectibles and Irreplaceable Items ECARO-25. It’s definitely the most cost-effective
Clean Agent Fire Suppression System available today.
ECARO-25™ PROTECTS LIVES,
HIGH VALUE ASSETS AND BUSINESS
CONTINUITY WITH LESS CLEAN AGENT. ECARO 25
USE ECARO-25 AND EXPERIENCE:

Today many companies are choosing Clean Agent Fire Suppression Systems Minimal Clean-Agent + Maximum Flow The Superior Design Features and Exceptional
= Most cost-effective clean agent system Performance of Fike’s Clean Agent Fire
over basic Fire Protection solutions, such as sprinkler systems. But which
Suppression System Help You:
Clean Agent System is right for your facility? Fike has the answer.
• Save Lives
1000 cubic feet 790 cubic feet

• Save Money on Clean Agent

Fike® + Dupont™ = ECARO-25™ THE Superior Clean-Agent System
ECARO 25 HFC-227ea / FM-200 ®

27lb per 790 cubic feet

Fike® Corporation is known worldwide as an innovator in fire suppression equipment. DuPont™ is 27lb per 1000 cubic feet • Save Money on Piping
recognized as the global industry leader in fire-extinguishing agents. Together, we set out to develop the
best and most cost-effective Clean Agent Fire Suppression System. Fike’s ECARO-25 System • Save Floor Space
requires 20% less agent per cubic
™ ™
We started by choosing the right fire-extinguishing agent -- FE-25 from DuPont . Next, we combined foot / meter than HFC-227ea or • Protect High-Value Equipment, Assets
HFC-227ea/ FM-200®
FE-25™ with Fike's patented, fast-acting rupture-disc valve for superior agent coverage and distribution. FM-200® systems. The superior
1.25” pipe
and Irreplaceables from Damage
ECARO 25 physical properties of our unique
The resulting ECARO-25 system is the best way to suppress fires and protect your high-value
1” pipe
assets and business continuity. Clean Agent FE-25™ also allow
you to utilize small diameter piping over long distances, • Prevent Business Interruption Due to Fire
making it easier to design your Clean Agent pipe network.

Fire + Sprinkler System = Twice the Damage

So with ECARO-25, you spend less money on the • Eliminate Downtime After Fire
agent, piping and installation.

Basic fire protection systems, such as sprinklers, can protect your buildings and • Prevent Residue and Clean-up After Fire
employees. But when it comes to high-value assets or irreplaceable items, water can
Minimal Clean Agent + Superior Hold Time
be just as damaging as fire. You could spend millions of dollars on disaster recovery.
= Superior Design
Or even worse, you could be forced to close your doors forever.
All Clean Agents must
remain in the protected DID YOU KNOW?
space for a specified period “ECARO” is Fike’s acronym for
Fire + Clean Agent = Business Continuity
of time in order to Extinguishing Clean Agent
Clean Agent Fire Suppression Systems like ECARO-25 are superior to extinguish a fire.Thanks Recognized Optimum.
HFC-227ea
basic fire suppression systems in many ways: ECARO 25
FM-200®
to the unique design
properties of our Clean
• ECARO-25 Detects and Extinguishes a Fire Faster Than Water “25” refers the superior clean-agent used
• ECARO-25 is Safe for People Agent FE-25, ECARO-25 is 20% more efficient in hold
in our system, FE-25™ from DuPont™.
• ECARO-25 Requires No Clean-up time than an HFC-227ea or FM-200® System. In addition,

• ECARO-25 Causes No Damage to Your Business Assets – you need 20% less agent to protect the same room with

Even High-Value Collectibles and Irreplaceable Items ECARO-25. It’s definitely the most cost-effective
Clean Agent Fire Suppression System available today.
YOU’RE COVERED WITH FIKE’S ECARO-25 SYSTEM PROVIDES OPTIMUM FIRE

THE ECARO-25 FROM FIKE. AND DAMAGE PROTECTION FOR THE FOLLOWING CRITICAL ASSETS:

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE BEAUTY.

Industrial/Manufacturing Transportation Irreplaceables
ECARO-25 features the unique fire-extinguishing
agent FE-25™ by DupontTM. FE-25™ absorbs • Chemical and • Air/land/navigable waterway • Records
heat energy at its molecular level faster than the physical laboratories traffic control systems • File rooms and data
THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING PROCESS
heat can be generated, so the fire cannot sustain • Airport field archives
• Clean rooms
HFC-227ea FE-25™ INERT GAS
itself. FE-25™ also forms free radicals to chemically FM200
• Compressor and lighting controls • Reference material
interfere with the chain reaction of the combustion process. Oxygen
0% 0% 100%
This highly effective agent is safe for people, assets and Depletion pumping station equipment • Flight simulators • Intellectual property
Heat
the environment. Absorption 67% 67% 0% • Control rooms • Marine vessels • Historical collections
Reaction
Interruption 33% 33% 0% • Electric mining machinery • Military vehicles • Art and artifacts
• Environmental test chambers • IT systems/software • Financial instruments
ECARO-25 DELIVERS THE BEST FOR LESS • Flammable liquid storage areas • Telecommunications
You don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy the exceptional Healthcare Industry
• Hazardous manufacturing areas equipment
benefits of a superior Clean Agent System. ECARO-25 • Clinical/diagnostic
protects your people, your assets, your business • Offshore drilling rigs • Electronics
equipment
continuity… and your bottom line. • Oil collection stations
Professional Services Firms • Patient care units
• Paint mixing rooms
• Zero Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP) • IT systems/software • Testing/imaging
• Printing plants
• Environmentally Safe • Telecommunications equipment equipment
• Electrically Non-Conductive • Robotic equipment
• Electrical and electronic • Operating theaters
• Colorless and Odorless • Semiconductor tool works
• Leaves No Residue systems/components • IT systems/software
• Textile manufacturing
• For use in Occupied and Unoccupied Spaces • Cable spreading rooms • Telecommunications
• No Overpressurization Concerns
equipment
• Computer rooms equipment
• IT systems/software
• Control rooms • Generators
• Electronics
• Electric utility facilities
• Telecommunications
• Generators and turbine
equipment
enclosures
Communications Industry • Robotic media storage
• It systems/software • Switchgears
• Telecommunications • Transformer vaults
equipment • Uninterruptible power
supply facilities
• IT systems/software
YOU’RE COVERED WITH FIKE’S ECARO-25 SYSTEM PROVIDES OPTIMUM FIRE

THE ECARO-25 FROM FIKE. AND DAMAGE PROTECTION FOR THE FOLLOWING CRITICAL ASSETS:

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE BEAUTY.

Industrial/Manufacturing Transportation Irreplaceables
ECARO-25 features the unique fire-extinguishing
agent FE-25™ by DupontTM. FE-25™ absorbs • Chemical and • Air/land/navigable waterway • Records
heat energy at its molecular level faster than the physical laboratories traffic control systems • File rooms and data
THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING PROCESS
heat can be generated, so the fire cannot sustain • Airport field archives
• Clean rooms
HFC-227ea FE-25™ INERT GAS
itself. FE-25™ also forms free radicals to chemically FM200
• Compressor and lighting controls • Reference material
interfere with the chain reaction of the combustion process. Oxygen
0% 0% 100%
This highly effective agent is safe for people, assets and Depletion pumping station equipment • Flight simulators • Intellectual property
Heat
the environment. Absorption 67% 67% 0% • Control rooms • Marine vessels • Historical collections
Reaction
Interruption 33% 33% 0% • Electric mining machinery • Military vehicles • Art and artifacts
• Environmental test chambers • IT systems/software • Financial instruments
ECARO-25 DELIVERS THE BEST FOR LESS • Flammable liquid storage areas • Telecommunications
You don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy the exceptional Healthcare Industry
• Hazardous manufacturing areas equipment
benefits of a superior Clean Agent System. ECARO-25 • Clinical/diagnostic
protects your people, your assets, your business • Offshore drilling rigs • Electronics
equipment
continuity… and your bottom line. • Oil collection stations
Professional Services Firms • Patient care units
• Paint mixing rooms
• Zero Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP) • IT systems/software • Testing/imaging
• Printing plants
• Environmentally Safe • Telecommunications equipment equipment
• Electrically Non-Conductive • Robotic equipment
• Electrical and electronic • Operating theaters
• Colorless and Odorless • Semiconductor tool works
• Leaves No Residue systems/components • IT systems/software
• Textile manufacturing
• For use in Occupied and Unoccupied Spaces • Cable spreading rooms • Telecommunications
• No Overpressurization Concerns
equipment
• Computer rooms equipment
• IT systems/software
• Control rooms • Generators
• Electronics
• Electric utility facilities
• Telecommunications
• Generators and turbine
equipment
enclosures
Communications Industry • Robotic media storage
• It systems/software • Switchgears
• Telecommunications • Transformer vaults
equipment • Uninterruptible power
supply facilities
• IT systems/software
 YOU DON’T HAVE TO ELIMINATE
YOUR OLD HALON SYSTEM.

TRANSFORM IT!

Fike has already assisted many European companies with the replacement of their Halon
Fire Suppression Systems. Today, countries outside Europe are beginning to regulate
Halon as well. If you’re worried that replacing your Halon system will cause a lengthy
and costly business interruption – relax. All you need is ECARO-25™ from Fike®.
WHAT IS
OZONE DEPLETION? What makes our drop-in system so easy and cost-effective?

• ECARO-25 can work with your existing Halon pipe network.

The ozone layer protects Just replace nozzles and containers. DID YOU KNOW?
• ECARO-25 does not require any additional building Fike can verify the reusability of your current pipe network with our UL-listed and FM-approved
human beings from excess
or floor space for cumbersome venting and agent storage. ECARO 25 ECARO-25 Flow Calculation Program. For more information, check out our website
exposure to ultraviolet
or contact your nearest Fike representative.
radiation, which can cause
The transformation from Halon to ECARO-25: WWW.FIKE.COM
cancer. Unfortunately CFCs,
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Halons and other chemicals
are destroying this vital
part of the Earth's upper
atmosphere. ECARO-25
features the non-ozone
1 2
depleting clean-agent FE-25,
providing our customers Evaluate your existing Halon system by Remove Halon containers
with the fire protection they running it through the Fike ECARO-25 and discharge nozzles.
Flow Calculation Program. Contact Fike for disposal.
need while protecting the
earth’s ozone layer. Now is
the time to save the ozone
and our planet by choosing
Fike's ECARO-25 system. 3
Drop in the new ECARO-25
containers and discharge nozzles.
Your transformation is complete
 YOU DON’T HAVE TO ELIMINATE
YOUR OLD HALON SYSTEM.

TRANSFORM IT!

Fike has already assisted many European companies with the replacement of their Halon
Fire Suppression Systems. Today, countries outside Europe are beginning to regulate
Halon as well. If you’re worried that replacing your Halon system will cause a lengthy
and costly business interruption – relax. All you need is ECARO-25™ from Fike®.
WHAT IS
OZONE DEPLETION? What makes our drop-in system so easy and cost-effective?

• ECARO-25 can work with your existing Halon pipe network.

The ozone layer protects Just replace nozzles and containers. DID YOU KNOW?
• ECARO-25 does not require any additional building Fike can verify the reusability of your current pipe network with our UL-listed and FM-approved
human beings from excess
or floor space for cumbersome venting and agent storage. ECARO 25 ECARO-25 Flow Calculation Program. For more information, check out our website
exposure to ultraviolet
or contact your nearest Fike representative.
radiation, which can cause
The transformation from Halon to ECARO-25: WWW.FIKE.COM
cancer. Unfortunately CFCs,
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Halons and other chemicals
are destroying this vital
part of the Earth's upper
atmosphere. ECARO-25
features the non-ozone
1 2
depleting clean-agent FE-25,
providing our customers Evaluate your existing Halon system by Remove Halon containers
with the fire protection they running it through the Fike ECARO-25 and discharge nozzles.
Flow Calculation Program. Contact Fike for disposal.
need while protecting the
earth’s ozone layer. Now is
the time to save the ozone
and our planet by choosing
Fike's ECARO-25 system. 3
Drop in the new ECARO-25
containers and discharge nozzles.
Your transformation is complete
WE’RE PROUD
OF OUR RÉSUMÉ

Experienced: We’ve worked in the fire

protection business since 1960.

Focussed: We specialize in Life Safety Products,

as well as Facility and Asset Protection Products.

Comprehensive: We offer a complete line of

fire protection technologies including clean
agents, watermist, CO2, plus the corresponding
detection and control systems.

Versatile: We design, manufacture, distribute

and maintain our entire product line.

Global: We have clients, manufacturing

facilities, sales outlets and maintenance
companies around the world.

Innovative: In 1994, we became the first

manufacturer to bring a UL-listed and
FM-approved, clean agent fire-suppression
system to market, replacing Halon.

Earth-Friendly: We pioneered the

development of clean agent systems.
 ECARO 25
ECARO 25 F I K E ECARO-25 ™

GLOBALLY APPROVED
CAN YOU GET MORE FIRE CLEAN AGENT SYSTEM

AND RECOGNIZED PROTECTION WITH LESS CLEAN AGENT?

CAN YOU GET MORE
• Factory Mutual Approved System

• UL Listed System
Contact Fike for more information about our other product offerings: FIRE PROTECTION WITH
• Factory Mutual Approved Component (HFC-125) PRESSURE RELIEF PRODUCTS

Including Rupture Discs

FIRE PROTECTION SOLUTIONS

For Commercial Applications:

LESS CLEAN AGENT?
• UL Listed Component (HFC-125)
and Oil Field Products • Clean-Agent Fire Suppression:
• Included in ISO 14520 ECARO-25, HFC-227ea., PROINERT™
• Detection and Control Systems:
• Included in NFPA 2001 EXPLOSION PROTECTION SOLUTIONS
GATORPRO, SharkPro®, SHP Pro™,
Cheetah®, Rhino®, FIKEGUARD™,
• US EPA SNAP listed Including Venting, Suppression, Isolation,
VESDA® LaserPLUS
Detection & Control, and Testing
• Included in EN14520 For Industrial Applications:
• Special Hazard Fire Protection:
ECARO 25
MicroMist®, CO2

www.fike.com

Fike global manufacturing, sales and service:

USA EUROPE
Fike Corporation World Headquarters Fike Protection Systems
Blue Springs, Missouri, USA UK
Tel: +1-816-229-3405 Tel: +44 (0) 1483 457 584
Fax: +1-816-229-0314 Fax: +44 (0) 1483 456 235
E-mail: fpssales@fike.com E-mail: fps.int@fike.com

ECARO-25, PROINERT, GATORPRO, SharkPro, SHP Pro, Cheetah, Rhino, FIKEGUARD, MicroMist,
Fike and Fike Corporation are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fike Corporation.
DuPont™ and FE-25™ are trademarks of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company.
FM200® is a registered trademark of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation.
VESDA® LaserPLUS is a trademark of Vision Products PY Ltd.

© Copyright 2003, Fike Corporation. All rights reserved. Form No. B9091-1 Printed in the U.S.A.