I used to fly a Cessna 210 that had a halon fire extinguisher. I guess
being knocked our by halon is better than flying a cockpit fire into the
earth.
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From: Seth Mattinen
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 12:45 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Data center fire prevention
On 6/8/20 12:19 PM, Brian Webster wrote:
We had halon systems in the main propulsion rooms on some of the Navy
Ships (mostly gas turbine powered if memory serves me). We had things like
an emergency escape breathing device you would wear on your hip while
working in those spaces, you could stick that in your mouth and have a few
minutes of oxygen you could use as you were exiting the spaces. There was
an alarm that went off before the halon deployed and I forget what the
time was you had to make the escape from the space before it would
discharge (30 to 45 seconds rings a bell but’s it been a long time).
The military is exempt with regard to Halon systems. For the rest of us
there are a bunch of alternatives: Novec, FM-200, FE-13, Inergen,
Argonite, CO2.
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