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Cold Cut Systems. Industrial roof fire. Fire in roof construction during renovation Very flammable isolation material Early detection and quick cobra attack together with PPV
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Industrial rooffire • Fire in roof construction during renovation • Very flammable isolation material • Early detection and quick cobra attack together with PPV • Intervention was started with puncturing round the fire and secure that the fire was not spread, the fire was successfully extinguished after that. • Estimated savings valued by KristerPalmkvistto €2.3 million
Sports arena • Fire in roof construction started in fluorescent lamp inside sport arena • First indication just smell of smoke inside • Fire personnel inside the building was alerted by civilian passing by seeing flames from the roof • Small Cobra appliance called out and was quickly on scene • Very fast suppressing of the roof fire • Minimum of water damage when fire was permanently extinguished • Estimated savings valued by KristerPalmkvist €7 million
Return on Investment • Copenhagen FRS • First unit was placed on a specialist team, i.e. not a first response unit. • During first 12 months of service, the Cobra participated at 100 incidents • Gothenburg FRS • During the first quarter 2012, the first Cobra was called to 60 incidents • Life expectancy for a Cobra is 10-20 years • Cost can be less than €50/incident!
Korn-Westheim • Old shoe factory rebuilt to provincial archives. 64 archives 200 m2 each inside the building with no openings except entrance door and normal ventilation • Fire gas ventilation required by authorities. Cost estimated to 2.5 million € • Technical replacement: One Cobra unit standing on the archive operated by trained municipal fire personnel in case of fire. • Method: Cooling of fire gases with Cobra until below 100 degree in closed compartment and ventilate via normal ventilation systems
Ovako Steel - Business Case • Steel plant in Ovako group, 3000 employees • 13 locations, mainly Sweden and Finland • Electric-arc furnace, smelter • High quality bar and rod process production • Filter housed in a 15m x 30m x 20m building • Filter investment of 75-100 million SEK
Ovako - Objectives • Fire risks at filter, sparks from furnace/smelter • Fixed installed sprinkler at 5-6 million SEK • Maintenance at 10-20% yearly of initial sprinkler investment • Fire & Safety management not convinced sprinkler would work
Ovako - Achivements • Reassesment of situation -> Equivalent technique and method – Cobra • Cobra installed on 3.5 ton truck at cost of one year sprinkler maintenance, including TC • Fire truck donated to local FRS, including training and one year supply of consumables • Operate at FRS discretion, in return, FRS supplied maintenance of appliance and 24-7 watch
Ovako – Cobra use • Cobra have been used at a hand full incidents • Each incident use a succes • Production could be held at an intact level • Ovako very satisfied and applied similar solution to other plant in SE
Ovako - Estimated Savings • Initial investment (alternative cost) 4.5 million SEK • Maintenance >0.5 million/year • Local community (not calculated) • Production stop (each stop saved cost at cobra investment level) • Insurance policy (not calculated) • Total > 9 million SEK, 1 million Euro