Mobile Industrial Equipment

Facing the Unique Challenges of Forestry

The forestry industry faces some unique challenges. Machinery used in the timber industry - vehicles such as log skidders, feller bunchers, and bulldozers, and other equipment such as delimbers, chippers, and log handlers - all operate in remote locations on rugged terrain.

In the field, they are surrounded by flammable forestry material, and are subject to a buildup of flammable wood debris.

The potential for a costly vehicle or machinery fire is not only possible, but almost certain.

Bison Fire Protection Inc. has solutions specifically designed for forestry fire protection.

Kidde Fire Systems offers a complete range of products to protect your timber operation from fire, no matter how harsh the environment. Kidde Fire Systems offers a unique approach to fire protection- total system solutions.

Bison Fire Protection suggests systems such as the IND-21DC and IND-45DC for forestry vehicle protection.  These automatic and manual systems provide excellent protection for large machinery, designed for the needs of heavy duty, remote work.

Kidde Fire Protection System

The Kidde Model IND-21DC and IND-45DC systems are pre-engineered systems consisting of a pressurized cylinder to store the dry chemical extinguishing agent, a delivery system consisting of flexible hoses and fixed nozzles and an actuation system to trigger the release of the dry chemical suppressant.

Kidde offers three different types of actuation systems: Automatic, Remote Manual, and Local Manual.

Fully Automatic

The Automatic Actuation System consists of strategically located thermostats or Linear Heat Sensing (LHS) cable which detect the temperature increase (indicating a fire) and send a signal to the control panel. From the panel, a command is sent to an electromechanical actuator which releases pressurized nitrogen through a hose to the pneumatic actuators located on each dry chemical cylinder. The dry chemical is released into a delivery system of high pressure hoses, through the nozzles, onto the hazard area.

Note: Manual operation of the fully automatic system may be achieved by either Local Manual or Remote Manual means at owner’s discretion.

Remote Manual

The Remote Manual System consists of a manually operated mechanical actuator which releases pressurized nitrogen through a hose to the pneumatic actuators located on each canister of suppression agent.

Local Manual

The Local Manual System is manually actuated by the operator using a lever located on top of the suppression agent canister(s)