Fire Training
The Fire Training Range, designed and manufactured by Concept, has been developed to add extreme realism to fire training scenarios. The range covers anything from portable, battery-powered systems to high output machines that create a temperature resistant smoke. With over 50 years’ experience in the generation of artificial smoke for fire services, Concept are in an unrivalled position to supply the equipment and advice best suited for your application.
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Wide array of systems for every application
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Unrivalled technical support and advice
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Manufactured to the highest standard under ISO 9001
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Operator training and preventative maintenance courses
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Machines designed specifically for industrial / heavy usage
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Class-leading warranties, up to 10 years parts
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Lifetime guarantee on heat exchanger block (mains powered units)
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Designed, manufactured, and customer support all in the UK
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Used by the emergency services for over 60 years
Hot Fire Training
Concept’s ViCount smoke generators are installed throughout the world in quality hot fire training centres – providing the most realistic artificial smoke effect possible. They are also used to add smoke during carbonaceous burns.
The majority of fire training centres and schools use gas to replicate the appearance and heat of a real fire but one thing gas doesn’t produce is smoke!
The ViCount range of oil-based smoke generators from Concept produces smoke with temperature resistance up to 200C, so realism can be added to Hot Fire simulators
effectively and safely.
Water-based smoke in contrast will layer at temperatures from 40-60C and so, if used in a hot fire compartment, the smoke is effectively pushed to the floor, so the trainees are standing in clear (though hot!) air.
The world’s largest maritime Hot Fire Training centre (HMS Excellent) has accumulated over 750,000 operating hours on ViCount systems since 2001. The reliability and serviceability of the systems are ranked by the facility operator as 95%.
Fire Training, Emergency Evacuation & BA Training
Concept’s smoke machines, with their class-leading particle size and persistency, are ideally suited to creating realistic dense smoke concentrations suitable for confined space training, emergency evacuation, and breathing apparatus training.
For large, heavily-used fixed training facilities, the ViCount system is normally recommended, as its running costs are dramatically lower than most other systems thanks to the incredible hang time of ViCount smoke. The ViCount requires an inert gas supply to operate (e.g. CO2 or Nitrogen cylinders) and after every operation, this gas is used to clean the filters and the heat exchanger, which means the ViCounts are virtually maintenance free.
For other BA chambers, Aircraft Fuselages, or Ship Training applications the Colt 4 Turbo or Spirit 900A would be recommended. These are simple, reliable smoke generators producing the most persistent water-based smoke currently available.
See Concept Case Studies for further information.
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Our clients say…
We use it for training of our BA crews, we use it for training large companies to evacuate their personnel and we use it for training shipcrews to act right in a smoke filled environment. The machine is light, easy to handle and it creates a tremendously good, persistent and realistic smoke. The COLT 4 save lives!
Hans Christiansson
Fire Consultant & Ex Fire Officer at the Fire Brigade of Stockholm, Sweden.
