Branch Meeting – Ottawa
March 2025
TITLE: FIRE SUPPRESSION ALTERNATIVES
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025
TIME: 18:30 TO 21:00 EST (09:00 PST, 13:00 AST 13:30 NDT)
VENUE: Rideau Canal Junior Ranks Mess – Beaver Room
Access to the Beaver Room can be done through the front door of the building, up a short flight of stairs, and straight through to the room. As usual parking is available and please park on the canal side of the parking lot. We will have the room from 18:30 to 21:00 hrs. and a cash bar will be provided.
As always, our SNAME colleagues are invited to attend this paper and by this email I am asking Glenn Walters to circulate this invite to the SNAME membership in Ottawa. Thank you, Glenn.
As mentioned in a previous email there will not be a Technical Paper presented in April, but we do plan to have and have the speakers arranged to provide us Technical Papers for both May and June. Further details regarding these papers will be provided as we get closer to their respective dates.
ABSTRACT
The topic for this evening’s presentation will be on Fire Suppression Alternatives.
This presentation will discuss fire suppression solutions for shipboard applications and their long-term supportability and lifecycle management. Bridging the gap between Halon 1301 (used by the Navy) and the Phase down of FM-200 (used by the Canadian Coast Guard), 3M phase out of PFAS production and potential concerns with replacement solutions. This will inform the listener of alternative solutions such as High and Low Pressure Water mist, Inert Gas suppression systems and other alternatives such as aerosols and foams. Our guest speakers will discuss potential options for retrofits and what to consider when making the decision to remove one type of system in support of another. The outcome is Paper is to provide the listener with some basic knowledge of the systems and what advantages and disadvantages there may be with each solution.
SPEAKER:
This presentation will be given by Mr. Ken Crooks and Mr. Allan MacDonald from D.R. Brenton Ltd., both of whom will be coming from Halifax to specifically present this paper.
Mr. Crooks has been employed with D.R Brenton Ltd since 2004. During this time Ken has received on the job and manufacturer training for the inspection, maintenance, service, installation, and commissioning of the following equipment: Special Hazard Fire Systems (Clean Agent & Inert Agent), Water-Mist (High and Low Pressure), and Fire Detection Systems. Ken is currently the Project Manager for D.R Brenton Ltd and oversees the design, supply and commissioning of all Fire Suppression and Fire Detection Systems.
Mr. MacDonald has been employed with D.R Brenton Ltd since 2017. During this time Allan has received on the job and manufacturer training for the inspection, maintenance, service, installation, and commissioning of the following equipment: Special Hazard Fire Systems (Clean Agent) and Water-Mist (High and Low Pressure). Allan currently assists in a Project Management role for D.R Brenton Ltd and creates the technical design data for all Fire Suppression and Fire Detection Systems.