Vipond Fire Protection installed Kidde Vehicle Suppression systems for the Elk Valley Coal Corporation located near Sparwood and Elkford in southeastern British Columbia.
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.
Picture of a drill that Vipond installed a complete system on. The EVCC drill is on the far left.
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 is one of Canada's
leading fire protection companies, offering design, construction
and system servicing. For more than 50 years, Vipond has protected
against every type of fire hazard across the country.
Highly qualified technicians assess fire risks, evaluate customers' needs, conduct fire-hazard analyses and develop conceptual solutions. Vipond then brings forward expert system design, fabrication, top-quality installation and follow-up testing, repair and maintenance services. With the ability to evaluate a broad range of solutions for any fire-protection problem -- large or small -- Vipond creates cost-effective solutions using in-house resources, together with the expertise of leading manufacturers.
Vipond has the people, the products, the financial resources and the expertise to handle any project from start to finish -- complete turnkey construction of fire protection systems.
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