New extinguished fire system in “Juan Carlos I” Station

Ojeda, M.; Riba, J.; Sorribas, J.

Unidad de Tecnología Marina - CSIC

maojeda@utm.csic.es, jriba@utm.csic.es, sorribas@utm.csic.es

All buildings equipped with mist extingushed

system that works at 120-150 bar. All the

system from pumps to noozles is always filled

with a saline solution TEMPER©

✓ +180ºC to -55ºC

✓ Biodegradable

Pumps room and kitchen have also all walls

made in PROMAT©:✓ Reaction to fire UNE EN 13501-1

✓ Not reachable at all in any phase of fire

All doors have diferent factor of RF depending

its situation, FR60, RF80 and RF180

Personnel at station have advanced training in

fire fighting

Fire detection system is made up of three

elements: a digital switchboard that receives

the signals from the smoke and temperature

detectors, the manual alarm buttons

strategically distributed throughout the base,

and the flow sensors located throughout the

installation