Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Application: Lead–acid Battery Rooms, Dangerous Goods

Location:

Asia

Representative:

eZone Security Solutions

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Hyderabad, India. The company has over 190 medications, 60 active pharmaceutical ingredients for drug manufacture, diagnostic kits, critical care, and biotechnology products. DRL has six FDA plants producing active pharmaceutical ingredients in India and seven FDA-inspected ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified plants making patient-ready medications.

Risks & Consequences

Dr. Reddy’s formulations use various chemical compositions such as the alcohol based IPA solvent which are regarded as flammable. Storage areas for these chemicals must by definition be fitted with a rapid deployment fire extinguishing system to confront a fire and contain its spread. A potential fire scenario and destruction of the raw materials will cause discontinuity of production, loss of business and quite possibly threaten human lives.

The Task

To design, commission and speedily install a fire suppression system that is able to protect various flammable materials in multiple locations such as, clean rooms, storage rooms, disposal areas and battery rooms. A major prerequisite was that the extinguishing agent utilised within the system had to have a benign effect on Dr. Reddy’s raw chemicals with which it may come into contact in a fire emergency scenario. Since highly flammable liquid material is involved the system’s reaction speed and effectiveness were decisive technology factors in the selection process.

Why FirePro?

FirePro is commonly considered to be one of the most legitimate fire protection systems for numerous applications in the pharmaceutical industry. Its technology utilises an environmentally friendly compound that complies with stringent international standards and regulations. Moreover, the neutrality of FirePro’s ecological FPC within the fire extinguishing units has been proven not to cause undesirable reactions with other substances. Subsequently, FirePro technology matched with a dependable fire detection system offered an all-encompassing solution for this application. The system's elegant design and low footprint were added bonuses.

FirePro Systems Used

FP-500S

FP-1200

FP-2000

FP-3000

FP-5700

Results of Implementation

FirePro fire suppression systems will efficiently and effectively extinguish any A, B, C classes of fire, protect key assets and offer business continuity without causing detrimental undue collateral damage either to the infrastructure and/or the environment. The long lifetime of the system (15 years) and its low maintenance requirement also provides DRL’s fire engineers peace of mind at a low operational cost.

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