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Nuclear
Fire PRA
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Specializing In Protecting The Nuclear Industry

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QUALITY
30 Years of Nuclear Expertise

QUALITY
EXPERIENCE
QUALIFICATIONS
P RA EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
SAFE Fire Detection provided products, testing and assistance to obtain the data
needed for the pilot plants comprehensive Probabilistic Risk Assessment and
Reduction. SAFE also provided the ProX4 Detector as part of the design that won
NEI’s TIP Award for Innovative Fire Protection Design. SAFE offers the most
advanced products, on-site testing with historic data, to help meet the new NFPA 805
requirements. Safe Fire Detection has the design team with the most experience in
Aspirating Detection Fire PRA Risk Reduction.

N OT JUST PRODUCTS
SAFE Fire Detection is the only company that offers complete testing, design, References
installation supervision, installation, NEI award winning products, service and
maintenance. All this from a single company with over 30 years experience in
Nuclear Power Plant Fire Protection.
TVA

Three Mile Island

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% Obscuration (obs/ft)*

C ODES AND APPROVALS 90

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SAFE Fire Detection’s dedicated design team also has decades of experience
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specializing in Nuclear
40 Power Plant code and approval compliance like no other
30
Salem Nuclear
company. These20 comprehensive codes were developed to maximize life safety and
loss of property by
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and approvals are being further developed to include performance based testing to
Clinton Power
accurately depict system capabilities.
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ISO 9001
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Meets NFPA 805

Nuclear Experience
NFPA 805 Compliant and Approved

Quality People and Products

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P UCLEAR STANDARDS
NEI TIP AWARD
EPRI TR102323R APPROVAL
MEETS NUREG 6850
NFPA 805 COMPLIANCE
NRC REG. 50.48C COMPLIANT
EPRI 1016735 COMPLIANT
NRC 08-0046 COMPLIANT
NUCLEAR EMI/RFI APPROVED P ROVEN RESULTS
REDUCED PRA BY 170 TIMES
INSTALLED IN PILOT PLANT
PROVEN PRA INSTALLATION
REDUCED CDF 3 ORDERS
OF MAGNITUDE

P RA EXPERIENCE
QUALIFIED PRODUCTS
QUALIFIED TESTING SERVICES
QUALIFIED ENGINEERING STAFF
QUALIFIED TECHNICAL STAFF
QUALIFIED SMOKE MODELING

“DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
FOR THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY”
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 Early Warning Before Smoke

Up to 125’ Before Fire

No False Alarms Before Downtime

Hazard
Fire
Hazard Specific
Detection
Specific Detection
Engineered
Detection Options
for Nuclear Plants
Options Equipment Specifically for Designed Nuclear Plants

Cable Trays / Tunnels

Solutions
NFPA-805

High Ceilings
P RA APPLICATIONS
Power generating plants have many different types and
levels of hazards. These hazards mandate the best
most cost effective solution for the level of detection
required. Your facility’s unique hazards require unique
products, not standard smoke detectors. Air Sampling
Smoke Detection (ASSD) offers advantages for your
application including in cabinent, high ceilings, harsh
envirionments, high/low temperatures, and dusty areas.
Control Rooms
T HE PRA FORMULA
Install the ProX4’s in High Fire Risk rooms and/or cabinets.
Upon alarm activation, simply locate the room or row of
cabinets in alarm by looking at the easy to read indicators or
software. Then grab the ProLocator portable fire detector
and slowly walk through the room or hold the sample probe
over each cabinet in the alarm zone to determine where in
the room or which cabinet is in alarm. Then take corrective
High Fire actions.
Risk Cabinets

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 New Technology

PRA Reduction

DID Improvement
The Technology Behind the Detection
Air Sampling Smoke Detection

High Sensitivity
Air Sampling (ASSD)
How Does it Work? The Technology
ASSD: Air Sampling Smoke Detection, as illustrated
below, uses a sample pipe network which continuously
Behind CCD
draws air samples from a hazard back to a high
Air samples drawn into a ProSeries detector are
sensitivity early warning detector. The ProX4 is the
passed through a CCD chamber for analysis. The
only industrial ASSD, and uses ultra sensitive CCD CCD chamber amplifies the invisible .0025µm
technology which provides the earliest warning of a fire particles released during the overheating stage of a
fire, prior to any smoke. These amplified particulate
possible. This is done by detecting the first signs of a
are directly proportional to the level of the fire event,
fire in the incipient stage, when combustion particles and are detected via microscopic obscuration using
from overheating are produced before any smoke, a high output diode.
flames, or heat. This is critical in order to detect
overheating electrical cables in power generating
plants. CCD technology only detects combustion
making the ProX4 immune to false alarms from things
such as dirt, dust, humidity, and gases which plague
other types of detectors. Other foreign airborne objects such as dirt, dust and
pollutants are inherently too large and in too few
The ProX4 is an engineered detection solution which quantity to be detected. These foreign objects do not
affect the ability of the CCD to identify the much
provides precise system design. The ProX4 may also
smaller combustion particles. This in turn eliminates
be programmed for one, two, three or four zones and false alarms associated with other detection methods
can detect to ceiling heights up to 115 feet in areas as which use other technologies.
large as 43,200 square feet. This engineered style
system, which is unique to the ProX4, can provide
equal sensitivity from each sample point no matter how
large the area. Airflow calculation software ensures
that hole sensitivity, flow, and balance are all For more information, please view the ProSeries technology video
on our website, www.safefiredetection.com
maximized to provide peak system performance.

Typical ProSeries ASSD System:

Sample Point

Detector analyses air

samples for combustion An engineered sample pipe
particulate network uses a high pressure
Pre-Alarm
ProX4
aspirator to draw air samples
from the hazard back to the
Pre-Alarm
Pre-Alarm
Computer
Room
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Zone
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2 Zone
3 Zone
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ProX4

detector for analysis

To Fire Alarm Control
Panel, Addressable
Module, or ProSeries Uninterrupted Power Supply
485 Network with 24 hour battery backup

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 Early Warning

No False Alarms

No Downtime
ProX4 System Features

Industrial Aspirating Fire Detector

PROX4

System Features
USER FRIENDLY DISPLAY TM

ProX4 is equipped with the industry’s largest and most

versatile LCD display. This multifunction display allows
users to easily identify and respond to an early warning 2nd July 2007, 23:51
Custom Text:
Tower Two, 28th Floor Computer Room 2A, Subfloor 1
alarm. When networked, the display may be used to Pipe Number
1
1. Pin-point the detector location.
Current Alarms 2. Identify each zone.
view, program, and check the status of any detector. Section 4 Air Handlers Hot Row 6 2 3. Provide custom instructions
Pre-Alarm - Report Alarm to Maintenance x320 3
for your personnel to follow
40% Fire 1 - Call Supervisor Cell: 704-821-7920 at each level of alarm.
Fire 2 - Evacuate All Personnel
Fire 3 - Suppression Release

LCD Display Features Gain 7

100%
Real Time Graph

Info Silence Reset Exit Menu

• Program 90%
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ F3

• Display Simplified Programming:

70% _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ F2
The large easy to read LCD display
• Troubleshoot allows for quick navigation through Cirrus Pro RDP
50% _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
F1
Remote Display Programmer
all of the unit’s functions.
• Network 20% _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pre

Analytical Tools:
Analyze live Real Time and
Historic
0%
Graphs to determine
the growth or decline of an
immediate fire threat.

Specifications
Current Draw: 830mA @ 24VDC
Dimensions: 17.32” x 15.15” x 5.51”
Weight: 19.8 lbs (9 kg) U®L
Operating Temperatures: Cabinet: 32°F to 100°F (0°C to 38°C)
Air Sample: -100°F to 400°F (-73°C to 204°C) U®L
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Humidity Range: 0-90% non-condensing
LCD Display Size: 3.5” x 4.5”
Area of Detection: 43,200 sqft. max.
Number of Zones: 4
Number of Sample Pipes: 4
Pipe ID: 1/4”, 3/8”, ½”, 5/8”, 3/4”
Maximum Pipe Length*:
(Determined by Flow Calcs)
One 10,800 sqft. zone 250’ from unit
Two 10,800 sqft. zones 230’ from unit
MEA
CSFM

ISO 9001
PROX4 TM

Three 10,800 sqft. zones 170’ from unit

Four 10,800 sqft. zones 100’ from unit
Number of Sample Holes*: Up to 48 per detector Detector
Area of Protection Per Hole: 30' x 30' maximum (refer to NFPA 72) The ProX4 is a high pressure four zone scanning
Maximum Ceiling Height: 115'
Alarm Levels: Pre-Alarm (Alert)
detector designed to scan one, two, three, or four
Alarm 1 (Action) zones in areas up to 43,200 sqft. with elevations as
Alarm 2 (Fire 1) high as 115 feet. The large multifunction LCD
Alarm 3 (Fire 2)
Sensitivity Range: 0.0000 to 100% obs/ft display allows for easy programming and operation.
Sensitivity Settings: 10 per alarm level (Four Alarm Levels)
• Programmable to change three times per
day, and different for each day of the week ProX4 Features
Alarm contacts: 16 Total, 1A @ 30VDC • Area detection up to 43,200 sqft.
Fault contact: 1 Total, 1A @ 30VDC
• Field programmable for 1, 2, 3, or 4 zones
Inputs: 4 Programmable
Programmable Input Options: AC Power Fail, Battery Fail, Reset, Isolate, • Will not false alarm from dirt or dust
Disable, External Fault, Automatic Gain Adjust • Four adjustable alarm levels per zone
Power Supply: UPS-24L (See UPS-24L cut sheet)
Event Log: 128 events stored on FIFO basis • Four programmable inputs

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 Detector Network

PC Network

Internet Network
Expanding
Expanded
Expanding Network
Network Abilities
Networking forfor
Abilities
Abilities Nuclear
for Plants
Nuclear
Nuclear Plants
Plants
Integrated Networking

MULTIPLE DETECTOR NETWORKING OPTIONS

ProSeries detectors provide several networking options. From a simple RS485 Peer to Peer network between detectors
using a detector LCD display or ProRemote as the network hub, to software driven networks using TCP/IP for access
through any LAN, WAN, or internet connection.

Nuclear Facility Peer to Peer Detector Networking

Built-In RS485 Networking
Simply use a shielded Belden 9841 type cable to network
the units together via the internal RS485 connections.

Network Simplicity
Any unit with an LCD display, or a Remote Display, may
be used to Program, View, Display Historic Graph and
Event Logs, Troubleshoot, and provide Alarm Notification
for any unit on the network.

Remote Display
A Remote Display may be placed in areas which are
populated after hours such as guard stations or office areas.
Remote Display

Complimentary CirrusPro
Networking Software for PC
Available at no cost, CirrusPro Networking Software will
allow you to easily Program, View, Display Historic Graph
and Event Logs, or Troubleshoot any detector on the
network via a PC. Simply connect a PC running CirrusPro
software to any detector on a Peer to Peer network.

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Peer to Peer

TCP/IP
Software
Nuclear Designed
Equipment for Nuclear
Specifically
Networking Plants Nuclear Plants
for Designed
Solutions

HLI NETWORKING SOFTWARE FOR NUCLEAR INDUSTRY

ProNet Nuclear Networking

Remotely monitor a detector network using ProNet High Level Interface software via an

ProNet internet, LAN, or WAN connection. Detailed graphic maps of an area are used to isolate
alarms and display specific zone information. You may also Program, View Detector Status,
Display Historic Graphs and Event Logs, as well as Troubleshoot any detector on the network.

View entire detector network View status of any detector on Receive real time notification
tree remotely via TCP/IP network in any hazard of any detector zone in alarm

ProNet Realtime Remote

Network Monitoring Software

TCP/IP module may

be installed in any unit
on the network

Integrated TCP/IP Networking

The ProSeries TCP/IP
Interface Module works
with ProNet software to
access a ProX4 detector
network through any
Internet, LAN, or WAN connection. This easy
to install module is simply mounted inside a
detector and is configured using the CirrusPro
software. Any detector on the network, with or
without a display, may act as the TCP/IP
detector hub.

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P ORTABLE ASPIRATING FIRE DETECTION

Portable Detection

The ProLocator is the industry’s first handheld portable aspirating fire detector which can lead you to the source that is
causing an early warning alarm “before smoke”. The ProLocator uses the same advanced CCD technology which detects
combustion and this technology is immune to dirt, dust and will not false alarm. The Prolocator will operate for up to two full
hours on a single charge.

Any aspirating detector can tell you

which room, the ProLocator is the only
detector that can tell you where in the
room!

Hard Shell Case

The hard shell, foam lined
case is ideal for protecting and
storing the ProLocator and its
accessories when not in use.

EASY TO USE IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Using the ProLocator is simple, slowly walk through the area in alarm and narrow down where the signal is the strongest.

1. 2. Use Prolocator to slowly walk through the entire

Alarm sounds from ProX4.
area while probing over the top of cabinets and
watching the signal strength indicator.

80%

ProX4 ProX4

60%

40%

20%

3. Use a process of elimination technique to 4.

Take corrective action by notifying the
isolate the area or cabinet. appropriate personnel and by following proper
emergency procedures.

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Turn-Key Solutions
Engineered Nuclear Plant System Design, Installation and Commissioning
T
SAFE Fire can provide a Turn-Key fire detection solution to Nuclear Power generating plants.
This ensures the system, including its design, installation, and commissioning meet the
requirements and expectations of a facility and its engineers.
Testing Evaluation Design Installation Commissioning

Training
L I N E A R H E A T D E T E C T I O N

CD Based Training Programs

Comprehensive Training designed for the Nuclear Industry
The CD and classroom based technical training program provides comprehensive training
PRO
and may be used for future reference. Each narrated CD training module discusses system THIS THERMOCABLE
Series
Low Pressure Air Sampling
TRAINING MODULE

T R A I N I N G C D
C O N T A I N S
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FOR

components, design, installation, service and maintenance.

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INFORMATION FOR AUTHORIZED
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HEAT DETECTION
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Design Service

• Learn proper design techniques

Orientation Installation • Design applications examples
• CAD examples
• CAD components
• Installation photos
• Completely narrated
• Simply install the training CD
• Windows® compatible
• Certificate upon completion
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Fire Detection
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Detection

LINEAR H E AT DE T E C T I O N AIR SAMPLING FIRE DETECTION

A D D R E S S A B L E

P O R T AB L E

Addressable
The Only Linear Leak
Portable
U®L
UL

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Air Sampling
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LINEAR LEAK DETECTION

AIR SAMPLING FIRE DETECTION

L I N E A R H E A T D E T E C T I O N

Product Training
in Your Office
on Your Schedule
SAFE
Linear Heat Detection
TRAINING MODULE

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TRAINING CD CONTAINS
PROPRIETARY DESIGN
INFORMATION FOR FOR
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