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In situations where water and other wet suppression systems are not practical methods of fire protection, dry agent suppression must be used. These include Carbon Dioxide (CO2), dry chemical, halon systems, and Halon replacement systems.
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Till, R.C., Coon, J.W. (2019). Dry-Agent Automatic Suppression Systems. In: Fire Protection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90844-1_12
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