How much careful you try to be, and instruct your crew to keep a watchful eye on the events, you can’t control everything. There’s always room for mistakes and sometimes simple mistakes can be the reason for the biggest disasters. And to combat those disasters, it is important to have all the necessary equipment onboard because out in the deep ocean, you’ll find no help unless you made arrangements to help yourself. With uncontrolled fire spreading at a rapid pace, you need to have the most sophisticated fire suppression systems to help you. While the systems work on the flames, your crew can assist the other people onboard to a safe place without causing a rampage.

The FM 200 fire suppression system is one of the most sophisticated systems when it comes to controlling unwanted flames. Sensing the smoke and heat that reaches unnatural heights, it springs to action and takes charge of the fire that is headed for disaster. FM 200 is a known chemically as Heptafluoropropane. It is a colorless gas which is liquefied under great pressure for storage. Like every other gas of this nature, it is filled in single skinned containers that are usually in red color just like the fire extinguisher. The red color is used to identify a dangerous object, plus another reason for it to be red is that it can be found even in dense smoke. The bright color becomes visible easily in the rush; this is why most of such cylinders are painted in red.

Being a colorless gas gives it the advantage of working side by side with the fire fighting teams. If there are people present in the room without protective gas masks on their faces, and if they inhale FM 200 they won’t be harmed. The gas contains no bromine or chlorine therefore it causes no harm if you have inhaled it. However excessive inhaling may cause some side effects which can be cured by a doctor. It is also an environment friendly gas and has proven to be perfectly ozone friendly. Being a low toxic gas, it is perfect to be used in the fully automatic mode in occupied areas.

The more pressure is inside the cylinders, the more effective will the FM 200 be. That is why it is necessary to check these cylinders daily. A minor leak could result in pressure loss and that would mean less help in case of a fire. Using the ultrasonic liquid level indicator, the crew members can keep a regular check on the cylinders and report any cylinder that fails to pass the minimum pressure level. It can be sent for replacement.