SpectrumFX provides a fire suppression solution for the most dangerous fires affecting commercial aviation today. Our LIFE Kit includes an EPA-qualified, biodegradable agent that will extinguish personal electronic device (PED) fires faster and safer than existing technology.

2. EPA-qualified fire suppression agent that allows flight attendants to safely and
effectively suppress lithium battery fires aboard commercial aircraft.

3. 152battery-related incidents – “smoke, fire, extreme heat or
explosion” between 1991 and 2015
Source: FAA, 1991-2012,
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ash/ash_programs/hazmat/aircarrier_info
/media/Battery_incident_chart.pdf

4. UPS Flight 006
September 3, 2010, Dubai, flight carrying a large shipment of lithium
batteries crashes after a fire starts in the cargo compartment. FAA raises
concerns about lithium fires in SAFO 10017.

5. Lithium fires will increase
Figure 3 (FAA Report – Sept. 2011):

6. “Identify alternative extinguishing agents and
procedures for use in in-flight fires involving
lithium batteries. The unique properties of lithium
battery fires require specialized extinguishing
agents and procedures.”
– Royal Aeronautical Society, 2013

7. (1) Utilize a Halon, Halon replacement or water extinguisher
to extinguish the fire and prevent its spread to additional
flammable materials.
(2) After extinguishing the fire, douse the device with water
or other non-alcoholic liquids to cool the device and
prevent additional battery cells from reaching thermal
runaway.
Current Procedure: FAA SAFO 09013

8.  FAA acknowledges water only “usually” cools a laptop
battery fire – effectiveness depends on factors such as
number of batteries/intensity of fire which airline may
have no control over
 Research from National Renewable Energy
Laboratories indicates that “The only extinguisher that
will work on a Lithium-ion Battery fire is a Class D Fire
Extinguisher or Dry Sand or Dry Table Salt.”
Halon/water: ineffective and unsafe
Source: Company tests; SAFO 10017; AC 20-42D; “Safety Hazards of
Batteries,” National Renewable Energy Laboratories,
http://www.nrel.gov/education/pdfs/lithium-ion_battery_safety_hazards.pdf

9. effective not toxic no
reactivity
LIFE Kit: safer and more effective than
Halon/water

10. EPA finds Firebane® 1170 and Firebane® 1179 acceptable as
substitutes for Halon 1211 for use as streaming agents {Federal
Register Vol. 76, No. 192/Tuesday, October 4, 2011/Rules and
Regulations 61273}
EPA Qualified Alternative

11. SpectrumFX recommends that 2 LIFE Kits should be in the cabin of a single aisle
commercial airliner and 1 small LIFE Kit in the cockpit.

12. Contact us
Kent Faith, CEO
Kent.Faith@spectrumfx.net
(00) 1 918-740-4484
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

13. Appendix
“On a typical flight, a single aisle jet carrying 100 passengers could
have over 500 lithium batteries on board. These devices are not tested
or certified nor are they necessarily maintained to manufacture’s [sic]
recommendations. Replacement batteries from questionable sources
(‘grey market’) can be contained within devices.”
-Royal Aeronautical Society Report, 2013