Fire Suppression Systems
The first line of defense against fire in a commercial kitchen is the fire protection system installed in the exhaust hood. Greenheck has a variety of factory pre-piped fire protection systems available from the two leading manufacturers, Amerex® and Ansul®. Greenheck's fire suppression systems fall under these three categories: Appliance Specific; Full Flood/Overlapping and Dual Agent. All systems use a wet chemical to suppress fire and are a automatic, pre-engineered systems, designed to protect ventilating equipment including hoods, ducts, plenums, filters and cooking equipment.

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What's New
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Application Information
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Project Profiles
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General Information
Overview
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Appliance Specific Systems
Appliance specific fire suppression is a wet chemical system to be used when the equipment placement is known and expect few, if any, changes. Greenheck uses the Amerex® KP or Ansul® R-102™ systems when appliance specific fire suppression is specified.
- Amerex KP
- Wet chemical
- UL Listed
- Prepressurized tanks
- Up to 110 flow points
- Fusible link or pneumatic tubing detection
- Ansul R-102
- Wet chemical
- UL Listed
- Up to 88 flow points
- Fusible link detection
- Wet chemical
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Overlapping/Full-Flood Systems
Greenheck offers Amerex Zone Defense and Ansul R-102 Overlapping coverage fire suppression systems. The full flood/overlapping restaurant fire suppression systems were developed to solve the real world problem of how to protect a kitchen where appliances are moved around, rolled in and out for cleaning, or replaced with different appliances to accommodate changing menus. Overlapping coverage systems are also cost-effective where a lot of protection is needed.
- Amerex Zone Defense
- Wet chemical
- UL Listed
- Flexibility through non dedicated nozzles
- Flexibility is in the zone of protection where overlapping spray from multiple nozzles creates an area that is totally flooded by wet chemical agent
- Nozzles are placed a maximum of 20 inches apart
- Pneumatic tubing detection
- Ansul R-102 Overlapping
- Wet chemical
- UL Listed
- Flexibility through non dedicated nozzles
- Provides a virtual zone of protection where appliances of various types and sizes are protected by an overlapping wet chemical spray and fusible link detection
- Nozzles are placed a maximum of 25 1/2 inches apart
- Wet chemical
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Dual Agent System
Greenheck uses the Ansul® PIRANHA fire suppression system when dual agent is specified and/or when there is a high chance of fire hazard, such as with doughnut fryers, solid fuel BBQ's or smokers. The Ansul PIRANHA provides a one-two punch against fire by attacking it using the rapid flame knockdown and securing capabilities of PRX™ Liquid Fire Suppressant. Then, the superior cooling effects of water follow, cooling the cooking media below the reflash temperature within two minutes. The water also replenishes the foam blanket so that it can continue act as a suppressant.
- Ansul PIRANHA
- Dual agent
- UL Listed
- Only agent-plus-water fire suppression hybrid on the market
- Dual agent
Catalogs
- Dual Agent - Ansul - Piranha
- Full Flood Wet Chemical - Amerex Zone Defense
- Kitchen Ventilation Systems - Hoods, Grease Extraction, Fire Suppression and Accessories
- Wet Chemical - Amerex KP Kitchen Fire Suppression Protection
- Wet Chemical - Ansul R-102
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Instruction Manuals
Specifications
Other Info
- Amerex KP Agent Data Sheet
- Ansulex Low pH Liquid Fire Suppressant Data Sheet
- Front Line Fire Protection R-102 and Piranha
- Piranha Restaurant Fire Suppression System Data/Specifications
- PRX Liquid Fire Suppressant Data/Specifications
- R-102 Data/Specifications
- R-102 Restaurant Fire Suppression System Owner's Guide
- Tyco Fire Protection Products
- Zone Defense
FAQs for Fire Suppression