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CRITICAL USES OF HALON 



Use of halon 1301: 

– in aircraft for the protection of crew compartments, engine nacelles, cargo bays and dry bays, 

– in military land vehicles and naval vessels for the protection of spaces occupied by personnel and engine compartments; 

– for the making inert of occupied spaces where flammable liquid and/or gas release could occur in the military and in the oil, gas and petrochemical sector, and in existing cargo ships; 

– for the making inert of existing manned communication and command centres of the armed forces or otherwise essential for national security; 

– for the making inert of spaces where there may be a risk of dispersion of radioactive matter; 

– in the Channel Tunnel and associated installations and rolling stock. 



Use of halon 1211: 

– in hand-held fire extinguishers and fixed extinguisher equipment for engines for use on board aircraft; 

– in aircraft for the protection of crew compartments, engine nacelles, cargo bays and dry bays; 

– in fire extinguishers essential to personal safety used for initial extinguishing by fire brigades; 

– in military and police fire extinguishers for use on persons. 



Use of halon 2402 only in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia: 

– in aircraft for the protection of crew compartments, engine nacelles, cargo bays and dry bays and fuel tank inerting, 

– in military land vehicles and naval vessels for the protection of spaces occupied by personnel and engine compartments, 

– for the making inert of occupied spaces where flammable liquid and/or gas release could occur in the military and oil, gas and petrochemical sectors, and in existing cargo ships, 

– for the making inert of existing manned communication and command centres of the armed forces or others, essential for national security, 

– for the making inert of spaces where there may be a risk of dispersion of radioactive matter, 

– in hand-held fire extinguishers and fixed extinguisher equipment for engines for use on board aircraft, 

– in fire extinguishers essential to personal safety used for initial extinguishing by fire brigades, 

– in military and police fire extinguishers for use on persons.