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Consider the following statements regarding Fire Detection and Suppression System. 1. FDSS technology can detect fire in buses in less than 30 seconds and extinguish it in 60 seconds thereby reducing the risk to life and property to a significant extent. 2. It is developed by DRDO's Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Delhi. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Fire Detection and Suppression System. 1. FDSS technology can detect fire in buses in less than 30 seconds and extinguish it in 60 seconds thereby reducing the risk to life and property to a significant extent. 2. It is developed by DRDO's Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Delhi. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Correct Answer Both 1 and 2

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.

In News - 

  • The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed for passenger buses a technology called ''Fire Detection and Suppression System (FDSS)''.

Important Points

  • FDSS technology can detect fire in buses in less than 30 seconds and extinguish it in 60 seconds thereby reducing the risk to life and property to a significant extent. Hence statement 1 is correct.
  • Demonstrations were given on water mist-based FDSS for the passenger compartment and aerosol-based FDSS for an engine fire.
  • DRDO's Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), Delhi has developed the technology. Hence statement 2 is correct.
  • The FDSS for passenger compartment comprises a water tank of 80-litre capacity, a 6.8 kg nitrogen cylinder pressurised to 200 bar installed at an appropriate location in the bus and a network of tubing with 16 number of atomizers inside the passenger compartment.
  • The FDSS for an engine comprises of the aerosol generator with which the fire suppression could be achieved within 5 seconds of the system activation.

Source - 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/drdo-develops-fire-fighting-system-for-buses/articleshow/79139569.cms

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