VIPOND FIRE PROTECTION INSTALLS VEHICLE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS FOR ELK VALLEY CORPORATION
Vipond Fire Protection installs Vehicle Suppression Systems for Elk Valley Corporation
Elk Valley Coal is the Northern Hemisphere's leading producer of metallurgical hard coking coal for the global steel industry. Responsible for about one sixth of the global seaborne market supply, Elk Valley Coal is the second-largest supplier of its product in the world.
Elk Valley Coal operates six open pit mines in western Canada; Coal Mountain, Fording River, Greenhills, Elkview, Line Creek and Cardinal River. Five mines are located in southeastern British Columbia and one in west-central Alberta, and comprise a combined production capacity of more than 25 million tonnes of high grade metallurgical coal annually.
Vipond installed systems on approximately 6 new Shovels, 30 new Hall Trucks, 6 new Dozers, 6 new Excavators and 6 new Drills. They also installed a variety of Dry Chemical, FM-200® & CO2 suppression agents and a variety of heat detectors, Protectowire and UV devices for the detection side of the systems and Notifier & Kidde Control for the panels.
Vipond Fire Protection
Vipond Fire Protection, a division of Vipond, Inc., has protected Canadians from the ravages of fire in all types of buildings, from single-family homes, nursing homes, shopping plazas, office buildings, and hospitals to nuclear power plants.
Vipond's team of 650 specialists is comprised of sales representatives, professional engineers, qualified system designers, certified installers and service technicians, who demonstrate personal pride and commitment to ensure our customers are treated with the highest level of ethics and integrity while providing cost-effective solutions for all their fire protection needs.
Vipond's dedicated team continues to lead the Canadian Fire Sprinkler industry in a national role with emphasis in improving quality and workplace safety while installing life safety systems to "Protect What You Value Most®."
In an effort to strengthen the industry, Vipond's proactive leadership participates in many national and local construction associations, including the Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association, Joint Training and Apprenticeship Committee and the Canadian Construction Association.
Vipond's leadership is directly instrumental by securing improvements in technical training curriculum, introduction and implementation of pensions for installation personnel, and labour agreements.
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