Wagner UK’s OxyReduct system has been chosen to protect the British Library’s new book storage facility in West Yorkshire from the risk of fire.

The facility, which will be built alongside the library’s existing buildings at Boston Spa, will provide storage capacity for seven million items from collection.

The library’s UK national collection is currently expanding at a rate of 12.5 km of linear shelf space per year.

The OxyReduct system reduces the oxygen level in a closed area by adding nitrogen to the air. The oxygen is reduced to a level in which most combustibles do not inflame and an open fire is impossible.

Wagner UK was awarded the contract by Rotary Yorkshire and will be working alongside Logic Fire Systems to design and install the system, which can be installed very quickly.

Wagner UK’s Titanus Top Sens air-sampling smoke detection system has also been chosen to provide a secondary backup in the case of pyrolysis.

Both systems will be capable of being remotely monitored via the internet.

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