Fire Detection alarm & Suppression system is a fire mitigation system in buses, which can detect fires in less than 30 seconds and extinguish it within a minute. As per the Road Transport Ministry demonstrations were given on water mist-based FDSS for the passenger compartment and aerosol-based FDSS for engine fire. The wider rollout of this technology will come as a big help to check mishaps, which often result in claiming multiple lives, particularly in sleeper buses.
Early detection also plays a significant role in protecting the safety of emergency response personnel. Property loss can be reduced and downtime for the operation minimized through early detection because control efforts are started while the fire is still small. Most alarm systems provide information to emergency responders on the location of the fire, speeding the process of fire control.
Detectors must be coupled with alarms. Alarm systems provide notice to at least the building occupants and usually transmit a signal to a staffed monitoring station either on or off site. In some cases, alarms may go directly to the fire department, although in most locations this is no longer the typical approach.