Fire Suppression Certification

New PhostrExâ„¢ Canister Design Receives FAA Approval

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — June 23, 2011 — Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. this week received FAA certification and approval for the newly redesigned canister to be used with the PhostrEx fire suppression system on the Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet. The new canister, an all-welded design, stores contents at a lower pressure, fully resolving leakage problems experienced by the original design. The improved PhostrEx canister was extensively tested and consistently met all design specifications.

The new canister has the same electrical requirements, geometry, and mounting features as the original design and can be conveniently upgraded into existing aircraft.

“The environmentally friendly PhostrEx system is nothing short of remarkable. With it’s low weight, low cost, and maintenance-free design, PhostrEx will quickly become the Halon alternative of choice not only for aviation but for many other industry applications” stated Mason Holland, CEO and Chairman of Eclipse Aerospace.

Eclipse Aerospace has placed a production order for the new canisters, which are expected to be available for purchase beginning August, 2011.

About PhostrEx

PhostrEx was approved by the EPA and the FAA as a replacement for Halon™ on aircraft engines and is the only approved fire suppression system that meets the ecological standards of the Montreal Protocol.

PhostrEx is lighter in weight than Halon for a similar application (two teaspoons of the PhostrEx agent are equivalent to 2 1/2 cups of Halon). One Eclipse Jet turbine engine installation can be protected with an entire PhostrEx fire suppression system weighing as little as 0.7 pounds. The PhostrEx fire suppression system, much less complex than a Halon system, is designed to be maintenance-free for greater than eight years. After eight years, operators simply remove and replace the PhostrEx agent’s canister, whereas Halon systems typically require periodic maintenance. The 8-year, no-touch PhostrEx fire suppression system offers overall lifecycle costs at a fraction of traditional Halon systems.

The PhostrEx agent does not deplete the ozone and does not contribute to global climate change. When the PhostrEx agent is released from its hermetically sealed canister, it works in less than one-tenth of a second, combining with moisture in the air and quickly becoming inert.

Security+ Exam Objectives 6.5

Designing, maintaining, and working in a secure and safe location is important for any company and its IT infrastructure. Managing electricity, ensuring the space stays free of dust, smoke, and debris, ensuring that proper conditioning is in place to maintain a suitable room temperature and humidity level, preventing accidents that may be caused by spilled liquids or food, avoiding strong magnetic fields, and other factors must all be taken into consideration. Environmental controls are just as important as proper security implementation. A system can be amazingly secure but if it is housed in an unsafe location, the security of the system does not much matter. A secure system is even safer, more secure, and protected at a location with  Fire suppression is very important to have in place, especially in the server, vault, or communication/data center of your infrastructure. Water and sprinkler-systems should never be used as a method for fire suppression when dealing with any type of hardware as water will ruin the equipment. Nowadays gas-based suppression systems are widely used as they do not cause harm to the equipment physically. However they may not be most ideal for those working with these set locations. HVAC management is mostly important for the health and condition of your most important hardware, though all hardware should be kept in mind. HVAC deals with both temperature and humidity levels within a set location. In the server or vault room, the temperature should be kept at or below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Too high of a temperature can cause hardware to overheat which can cause all sorts of failures and system interruptions. Throughout the entire location humidity levels should stay within the 40-60% range to ensure that the air is not too dry or too moist. Low humidity can cause static electricity to accumulate and high humidity can lead to condensation which can bring harmful moisture to mission critical hardware. Shielding deals with the separation needed between network-communication cables along with power distribution cables. In most environments, these two cable types should be isolated and run in separate conduits. They should be shielded from each other to ensure that magnetic fields often created by power cables do not interfere with the network cables needed for communication purposes.

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