Fire is the greatest threat out on the water. Professionals recommend what’s known as the 3-legged stool approach: Prevention, Detection, and Suppression. Each one is important but all three are needed to provide comprehensive fire defense aboard your vessel. Nearly all vessel owners have aids such as smoke alarms and fire extinguishers onboard. These are essential for detection and suppression but, they do not help with fire defense. That’s where we come in. Our FireShield Fabric Wrap material and Clear Coat SPF3000 fire-retardant can be used to provide comprehensive fire defense for boats and yachts.
SPF3000 Clear Coat Fire-Retardant
- Leverages NASA developed technology to protect the Space Shuttle against extreme heat during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere
- Certified Extended Class A Flame Spread Rating from Guardian Fire Testing Laboratories, a CalFire approved testing facility – [Download: 30 Minute Accredited Test Report]
- Prevents ignition and spread of fire on treated surfaces
- Dries clear and will not alter the integrity of treated surfaces
- In addition to fire defense, SPF3000 also contains inhibitors that are effective against rot/mold/mildew
FireShield Fabric
According to the BoatUS Foundation, the majority of onboard fires originate with electrical or engine issues. Routine checks and maintenance are a good first step to ensure fires don’t originate onboard, inevitably though sometimes things are missed.
Sun FireDefense’s FireShield Fabric provides up to 4 hours of fire protection [Download – Holmes Fire Review] and near complete heat insulation. It can be used to line engine rooms, electrical boxes, battery housings and other components to prevent the spread of fires to other areas of the boat and to contain damage, giving more time for help to arrive and suppressions systems to take effect.
For larger vessels, our FireShield Fabric can also be used for dry insulation as well as for hydrocarbon fire defense of bulkheads and decks of major combat vessels and luxury yachts. Our material is easy and quick to install, there is no welding necessary like other bulkier solutions.
Sun FireDefense is extremely proud to be one of the only companies to provide wildfire defense solutions that saved homes in California’s recent Palisades, Skirball, and Woolsey (Malibu) fires. An innovative provider of advanced fire-retardant solutions inspired by, and engineered alongside, some of the most influential experts and institutions in aerospace, wildfire prevention, and electric power generation & distribution. Sun FireDefense delivers high-temperature fire defense that inhibits the ignition and spread of fire with one application. Successfully tested by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) in a controlled burn on sample wood siding, Sun FireDefense coatings are a game-changer for wildfire defense.
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