Pada awal-awal penggunaan Sistem Pemadam Api Otomatis, media air menjadi agent utama yang banyak digunakan. Namun dalam banyak aplikasi sistem proteksi pemadam saat ini dirasakan penggunaan air tidak cukup effektif, terlebih sifat konduktifitas elektrisnya cukup membahayakan pada sistem pemadam api di panel-panel elektronik dan bertegangan. Selain itu air dapat merusak material yang diproteksi dan mengakibatkan kerugian yang setara dengan kebakarannya itu sendiri.
Berikut daftar Jenis Agents/Media Sistem Pemadam Api Otomatis yang dirangkum dari berbagai sumber.
| Agent | Kandungan Utama | Penggunaan |
|---|---|---|
| FM-200 | Heptafluoropropane | Electronics, medical equipment, production equipment, libraries, data centers, medical record rooms, server rooms, oil pumping stations, engine compartments, telecommunications rooms, switch rooms, engine and machinery spaces, pump rooms, control rooms |
| 3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid | Fluorinated Ketone | Electronics, medical equipment, production equipment, libraries, data centers, medical record rooms, server rooms, oil pumping stations, engine compartments, telecommunications rooms, switch rooms, engine and machinery spaces, pump rooms, control rooms |
| IG-55 | Argon and nitrogen | Same applications and FM-200 and Novec 1230 fluid; less Class B style hazards |
| FE-13 | Fluoroform | Police evidence freezers, inerting natural gas pumping stations or trains/trucks/cranes operating in cold weather, electronics, medical equipment, production equipment, libraries, data centers, medical record rooms, server rooms, oil pumping stations, engine compartments, telecommunications rooms, switch rooms, engine and machinery spaces, pump rooms, control rooms |
| Wet Chemical | Potassium carbonate | Commercial kitchens |
| ABC Dry Chemical | Monoammonium phosphate | Paint booths, dip tanks, coating operations, flammable liquid storage areas, paint mixing areas, exhaust ducts |
| Regular Dry Chemical | Sodium bicarbonate | Gasoline, propane and solvents, live electrical equipment, flammable liquids |
| Carbon Dioxide | Carbon Dioxide | Non-occupied control rooms, coating operations, paint lines, dust collectors, transformer vaults, live electrical equipment, flammable liquids, commercial fryers |
| Foam | Synthetic detergent, polysaccharide, fluoroakyl suffaccant | Flammable liquids |
| Purple K Dry Chemical | Potassium bicarbonate | High hazard commercial and industrial applications, especially with flammable liquids |
| Solid aerosol particulate | Potassium nitrate | Used in condensed aerosol fire suppression, high hazard commercial and industrial applications, no ozone depletion or global warming potential |
| Halotron 1 | 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane | Live electrical equipment, flammable liquids |
| Water Mist | Water | All Classes of Fire (A,B,C,F) Ordinary flammables (Paper, wood, cloth), Flammable liquids, Kitchen Fires (K,F Class), Electrical Fires |
| Water | Water | Ordinary flammables (Paper, wood, cloth) |
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