A British company supplied contaminated gas that was used to fill portable fire extinguishers on various types of aircraft. If used on a fire, the gas may not suppress it as intended, and toxic fumes ...

A fire aboard a Navy ship can quickly become a deadly cauldron. The grim reminders of this would be the deadly fires that took place aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 or the USS Enterprise in 1969.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A-Gas, a world leader in the supply and lifecycle management of Halon based fire suppressant gases has acquired the business of Halon.US., Inc in California.

With the recent FAA approval of a Halotron I clean agent portable fire extinguisher to replace ozone-depleting Halon 1211 on civilian commercial aircraft, the first Halotron I extinguisher, ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration has launched a market survey in its search for a portable hand-held fire extinguisher that does not use ozone-depleting Halon 1211. Though production of Halon is ...

Extinguishing fires at sea has always been a matter of priority throughout maritime history, particularly for navies, which are faced with the dual challenge of putting out fires caused by both ...

Based in Petaluma, California, H3R Aviation offers fire extinguishers and mounting options for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft of all types and sizes. Its recently introduced Halotron BrX fire ...