UTC Fire & Security Presents
Innovative Fire Safety Solution at NFPA

FARMINGTON, Conn., June 4, 2006   Angus Fire, part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), will present the results of a series of large-scale fire safety tests this week at the National Fire Protection Association trade show in Orlando, Fla.  The tests were focused on re-evaluating current liquefied natural gas (LNG) fire protection equipment and techniques in realistic LNG fire scenarios. The tests were conducted at the new world-class LNG testing and training facility developed and sponsored by BP in collaboration with Texas A&M University Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI).

Company presenter Mike Willson, LNG Product Manager for Kidde, said, “The test program was organized by BP in response to the strong global increase in demand for natural gas, the cleanest burning of all fossil fuels and one of the most economical to ship because in its liquid form natural gas takes up to 600 times less space than when it is a gas. The downside to LNG however, is that if it catches fire it gives off twice the amount of heat of an equivalent sized oil fire.”

During his presentation, Willson will highlight the LNG Turbex generator and Expandol foam, both manufactured by Angus Fire, as a highly effective and safe way of battling LNG spills and fires.

The LNG Turbex generator has high levels of heat resistance and operated reliably even after prolonged exposure to searing heat.  During testing, the intense heat emissions caused other high expansion foam equipment to quickly distort, buckle and cease to generate any foam.  LNG Turbex has previously passed the demanding NFPA 11A fire exposure test and has been tested at temperatures as high as 1000^oC. 

Angus Fire is part of UTC Fire & Security, a United Technologies Corp. business unit, which provides fire safety and security solutions to more than one million customers around the world. UTC Fire & Security is headquartered in Connecticut, USA.

 
Contact: 

Kimberly Reidy
860-284-3094
Kimberly.reidy@fs.utc.com