Vipond has just completed installing and testing fire protection systems in the new 252,000 square foot aircraft hangar at Lester B. Pearson International Airport near Toronto. The hangar was built to service and hold three Boeing 747 jumbo jets.

For this project, Vipond installed 46 fire protection systems comprised of wet, dry, pre-action and AFFF foam deluge systems. This included six remote deluge valves used to control the activation of the AFFF foam-water powered oscillating monitors.

Each 84,000 square foot hangar bay is protected by six deluge foam-water ceiling sprinkler systems, one foam-water hand hose system, and one foam-water system supplying the oscillating monitors. These systems, when activated in one bay, result in a water flow of approximately 18,000 USGPM (United States Gallons Per Minute).