Please join us Friday, September 16th, 2022 for this HYBRID meeting.

Webinar: Hybrid (NFPA 770) Systems

Presentation Outline

The first edition of NFPA 770, Standard on Hybrid (Water and Inert Gas) Fire-Extinguishing Systems, is the 2021 edition. Since halon alternatives were needed, industry responded with a plethora of options – clean agents, inert gas, water mist, and aerosols. But each of these had limitations. Just like chocolate and peanut butter come together to give us a great new result, Reese’s®, industry found that combining some of these new media reduced limitations and increased effectiveness with a 100% Green replacement. Hybrid Media is inert gas + water mist. NFPA began considering these systems in 2012, approved creating a new standard in 2014, and from 2015 to 2021 the committee met to create the first edition of NFPA 770 issued in 2021.

Frank Broidy, President, Fire & Pump Service Group

Frank is a principal serving on the NFPA 770 Technical Committee with over 41 years of experience in fire protection with an emphasis on industrial special hazards. Frank is president and founder of the Fire & Pump Service Group (FPSG) since 1999. Since attending USC in 1980 for petroleum reservoir and drilling engineering, Frank has been involved in solving complex industrial fire suppression problems. Frank’s firm has been providing design-build specialized fire protection services to the DOE nuclear complex and other industrial/commercial industries. Frank also serves on the American Glove Box (AGS) Standards committee, DOE 1066 and Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) for Hybrid Fire Suppression codes and standards.