Fire Extinguishing Industry

Terminal Halon 1211 and Halon 1301 phaseout project for fire equipment manufacturers and suppliers in Thailand

          Besides the Halon Management and Banking Program which targets the service sector, the Department of Industrial Works has implemented the Terminal Halon 1211 and Halon 1301 phaseout project for fire equipment manufacturers and suppliers in Thailand, which has been funded at 568,000 US dollars from the Multilateral Fund in December 2000. This project is aimed to assist these manufacturers and suppliers to replace ozone depleting Halon i.e. Halon 1211 used in a portable fire extinguisher to alternatives such as dry chemical powder and carbon dioxide and Halon 1301 to HFC-227ea (FM-200).

          All beneficiaries of this project received training and financial assistance for purchasing containers/ tanks and ventilation or for improving their existing equipments to be compatible with alternatives. These beneficiaries include

  • Green Cross Safety Co., Ltd.: endorsed at 55,000 US dollars for converting Halon 1211 based fire extinguishers to those using dry chemical powder. The amount of Halon 1211 reduced by the company is 167.34 ODP tonnes.
  • Siam Sophon Co., Ltd.: endorsed at 55,000 US dollars for converting Halon 1211 based fire extinguishers to those using dry chemical powder. The amount of Halon 1211 reduced by the company is 23.94 ODP tonnes.
  • Antifire Import Co., Ltd.: endorsed at 17,790 US dollars for converting Halon 1211 based fire extinguishers to those using dry chemical powder and carbon dioxide. The amount of Halon 1211 reduced by the company is expected at 21.77 ODP tonnes.
  • Nippon Chemical Co., Ltd.: endorsed at 18,000 US dollars for converting Halon 1211 based fire extinguishers to those using dry chemical powder. The amount of Halon 1211 reduced by the company is expected at 40.70 ODP tonnes.
  • Antifire Co., Ltd.: submitting a project proposal to request a 68,360 US dollars fund for converting Halon 1211 and 1301 based fire extinguishers to those using dry chemical powder and HFC-227ea (FM-200), respectively. The project is waiting for the World Bank’s approval and expected to reduce around 138.21 ODP tonnes of Halon 1211 and 325.37 ODP tonnes of Halon 1301.

          As of the completion of this project by the end of 2004, the total reduction of all Halon used in the country is estimated at 717.33 ODP tonnes.