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This article examines the relevance and necessity of using robotic fire extinguishing systems at industrial facilities with increased risks of emergency situations – in the engine rooms of power plants and facilities of the fuel and energy complex. The sufficiency of the existing regulatory framework regarding the requirements for cooling metal building structures in case of fire by carriage shafts and other fire extinguishing means is assessed, and the time of their heating to critical temperatures at which load‑bearing capacity is lost is calculated.

Robotic fire suppression systems are intelligent automated systems designed to protect unique and technically complex facilities where traditional automated fire suppression systems no longer provide the required level of safety. This article examines regulatory requirements (Federal Law 123, GOST R 53326-2009, SP 485.1311500.2020, VNPB 39-20), the operating principle and composition of the robotic fire suppression systems, their design algorithm, as well as software and service solutions from the EFER Engineering Centre, enabling designers and operators to implement effective, adaptive, and field-proven next-generation fire suppression systems.

FR Engineering Centre is the flagship of fire robotics in Russia. For 40 years, the company has been protecting unique, particularly dangerous and technically complex facilities in the oil and gas and chemical industries, woodworking, large shopping malls and cultural monuments, developing and manufacturing fire extinguishing equipment. Alexander Sokur, Head of the Design Department at EFER Engineering Centre for Fire Robots Technologies, told the editorial staff about robotic fire suppression systems.
 
 

The article provides an overview of robotic fire extinguishing systems, analyzes the principles of operation of modern vision systems, and provides their advantages and disadvantages.