Today, the worldwide work is constantly being performed to develop new, more efficient technologies for fire suppression of industrial and residential facilities, warehouses, forests and field plots, as the fire annually causes huge material losses and environmental damage, and its replenishment takes many years. New technologies for firefighting are being developed considering a reduction of financial and labour costs, reduction of the terms of fire suppression and the use of fire suppressing materials of a new generation.

Today, during the construction or operation of any capital residential or industrial buildings much emphasis is made on fire safety - this includes impregnation of materials with special fire suppressing solutions, the use of non-combustible building materials, creating conditions for preventing the fire spread, and installation of fire alarm and automatic fire suppression systems.

Today, each major object of the residential or industrial use must take into account the requirements for fire protection. Most of the objects are equipped with modern fire protection systems - in particular, with a reliable fire alarm system or automatic fire suppression system.

Any commercial or public company is required to take care of the organization of the fire protection of its facility. This requirement is stated in the law and all the legal subjects shall be obliged to comply therewith. To do this, the company should take measures for fire protection; provide the facility with the fire suppression systems and fire-fighting equipment.

In order to ensure fire protection several methods of fire suppression are used: gas, foam, water, etc. Enterprises, organizations mainly use the automatic fire suppression systems. Gas fire suppression is based on supplying of a fire suppressing agent into the premises where the fire occurred. Gas flows from the cylinders to the spray nozzles located under the ceiling. It fills all pipes, holes and does not allow the flame to spread by suppressing it.