We are now offering decommission or demolition of any clean agent, Halon or Fire extinguishing systems.
The fire suppression agent, Halon is still in use today; however, there is no new production of Halons. All these systems will end up needing to be replaced.
In 1994, the U.S. banned the production of halon under the Clean Air Act.
The only source of halon is recycled halon.
Halon 1301 is typically used in fixed installations to suppress Class A (solid materials), B (grease or gas fires such as cooking), and C(electrical) fires.
It is not good to use in closer proximity to animals and people due to the byproducts of hydrogen chloride, hydrogen bromide, and traces of free halogens.
Clean agent systems might be removed if the room is no longer in need of gas suppression and instead can use water-based fire suppression systems in the event of a fire. This might occur if a computer room is no longer a computer room, if a storage room for documents is converted to an office, or if a building is changed from one business to another. A system might also need to be removed if a building needs to be demolished. Clean agent systems are more expensive than a pre-action system.
Pre-action systems, otherwise known as fire sprinkler systems, might need to be removed or replaced completely if fire safety codes have changed, re-zoning of city limits has occurred, or the occupancy and/or use of a building has changed.