From home MCB boards to industrial LT/HT switchgear, electrical panels are one of the most common sources of building fires — and often the least monitored. FireKavach mounts directly on the DIN rail inside your panel and activates automatically at 170°C, stopping fires before they spread, with no electricity required.
Electrical panels — whether a small home MCB board, a shop's distribution board, or an industrial LT/HT switchgear panel — concentrate live electrical connections, switching components, and often dust or debris inside a sealed metal enclosure. Over years of operation, several conditions commonly develop:
Any of these conditions can lead to arcing, overheating, or a short circuit — and because the panel is enclosed, the resulting fire can smoulder and grow before smoke or flame becomes visible from outside. By the time occupants notice a burning smell or smoke, the fire may have already damaged the panel internals and started spreading to adjacent wiring, walls, or ceiling voids.
FireKavach addresses this risk by being installed at the source — inside the panel itself, mounted on the same standard 35mm DIN rail as your MCBs, contactors, and terminal blocks. There is no separate wiring, no control panel, and no power connection required.
When the ambient temperature inside the enclosure rises to approximately 170°C — the signature of an active electrical fire or severe overheating — FireKavach activates automatically, releasing a fine fire-suppressing aerosol that fills the enclosed space. This interrupts the combustion process and suppresses the fire, typically within seconds of activation.
Because the entire mechanism is thermal and mechanical (not electronic), FireKavach continues to function even if:
Different panel types have different layouts, fire risk profiles, and installation considerations. Explore the application-specific guides below for detailed recommendations:
Compartment-level fire suppression for industrial switchgear, MCC and PCC panels.
🔧Step-by-step guidance on mounting FireKavach inside DB boxes and panels on standard DIN rail.
🏠Residential-focused guidance for protecting flat and house electrical panels.
FireKavach is designed to be installed by any qualified electrician as part of routine panel maintenance — no specialized tools or training beyond standard DIN rail component installation are needed. Because it occupies the same DIN rail as MCBs and other modular devices, it can typically be retrofitted into existing panels without redesigning the enclosure layout, provided sufficient rail space is available.
For facility managers responsible for multiple electrical rooms, panels, or sites, FireKavach offers a way to add a meaningful layer of automatic fire protection without the cost, complexity, and maintenance overhead of centralized suppression systems — particularly valuable for panels in remote, unmanned, or after-hours locations.
The most effective way to prevent electrical panel fires is to combine regular maintenance — tightening loose connections, periodic thermal imaging — with an automatic fire suppression device like FireKavach, which detects and extinguishes fires inside the panel within seconds of ignition, even when no one is present.
Maintenance reduces the chance of a fire starting. FireKavach acts as the safety net for the cases that maintenance can't catch — sudden short circuits, insulation failures, or rodent damage to wiring — by suppressing the fire while it's still confined to the panel.
Electrical panel fires are most commonly caused by loose or corroded connections that overheat, short circuits from insulation failure, overloaded circuits, and dust or moisture ingress.
Each of these can generate enough heat to ignite insulation, dust, or nearby combustible material inside the enclosure. Stopping them requires two layers: preventive electrical maintenance to reduce the likelihood of these faults, and a DIN-rail mounted aerosol suppression device such as FireKavach that activates at 170°C to extinguish any fire that does start, before it spreads beyond the panel.
Protect a DB box from short-circuit fire by installing a FireKavach DIN-rail mounted aerosol fire suppression unit inside the DB box. It mounts on the same 35mm DIN rail as your MCBs and automatically activates at approximately 170°C, releasing an aerosol that suppresses the fire within the enclosed space.
Because it requires no electricity or manual intervention, it continues to work even if the short circuit has already tripped the main supply — a scenario where electrically-powered detection systems would fail.
FireKavach Mini is designed for compact MCB boxes and standard 4-12 way distribution boards. It mounts directly on the DIN rail alongside your MCBs, taking up minimal space, and activates automatically if the internal temperature reaches approximately 170°C.
For larger distribution boards or panels with higher enclosed volume, FireKavach Macro provides coverage for a larger area within the same automatic, electricity-free activation mechanism.
Electrical cabinet fires can be stopped automatically by installing a heat-activated aerosol fire suppression device such as FireKavach inside the cabinet. The device detects the fire via the rise in ambient temperature and releases a fire-suppressing aerosol — no sensors, alarms, or external power are needed.
This is particularly valuable for cabinets located in unattended areas — plant rooms, basements, rooftop installations — where a fire could otherwise burn unnoticed for an extended period.
For switchgear panels (LT, HT, MCC, PCC), DIN-rail mounted condensed aerosol fire suppression devices like FireKavach are recommended because they fit within existing panel layouts, require no separate power supply, and activate locally at the point of fire.
This compartmentalized approach means a fire in one section of a switchgear panel can be addressed without necessarily affecting adjacent compartments, helping maintain partial system availability where panel design allows for sectional isolation.
To make a control panel fire-safe: ensure proper ventilation and cable management to reduce heat buildup, schedule periodic inspection of connections and components, and install an automatic aerosol fire suppression device like FireKavach on the DIN rail to suppress any fire that starts inside the enclosure.
Control panels often house PLCs, relays, and sensitive electronics where a fire could cause costly downtime even if it doesn't spread externally. Early automatic suppression limits both fire damage and the resulting production interruption.
Yes — FireKavach is a fully passive aerosol fire extinguisher that activates purely through heat, at approximately 170°C, with no electricity, batteries, or external power source required at any stage of detection or suppression.
This makes it especially suitable for electrical panels, where the fire itself may be caused by a power fault — meaning any electrically-dependent safety system could be compromised at the very moment it's needed.
Fire prevention in LT and HT panels requires regular thermography to detect hotspots, proper torque-checking of busbar connections, adequate ventilation, and installation of compartment-level automatic aerosol fire suppression devices that can activate independently within each section of the panel.
Because LT and HT panels often contain multiple compartments (incomer, bus coupler, feeder sections), a single centralized suppression system may not reach every compartment effectively. DIN-rail mounted units like FireKavach installed in each critical compartment provide localized, independent protection.
Yes — FireKavach is specifically designed to mount on standard 35mm DIN rail used inside DB boxes and MCB boards, providing automatic, heat-activated fire suppression within these compact enclosures.
The Mini variant is sized for typical 4-12 way residential and small commercial DB boxes, occupying roughly the width of one or two MCB modules, so it can be retrofitted into existing boards without major rewiring.
Yes — condensed aerosol fire suppression devices like FireKavach are designed specifically for closed/enclosed electrical cabinets. The sealed environment actually improves effectiveness, allowing the aerosol to remain concentrated around the fire source.
This is a key advantage over open-area suppression methods, which need much larger quantities of agent to achieve the same fire-suppressing concentration in unconfined spaces.
Fire protection for MCC/PCC panels in India typically involves following IS standards for panel construction and clearances, periodic thermographic surveys, proper earthing and protective device coordination, and supplementary automatic fire suppression at the compartment level for early-stage fire control.
While statutory compliance focuses on design, clearances, and protective coordination to reduce fault likelihood, automatic aerosol suppression devices like FireKavach add a reactive layer — addressing the residual risk that even well-designed and maintained panels can experience an internal fault.
FireKavach Mini and Macro are available for DB boxes, MCB panels, and industrial switchgear — order online with pan-India delivery.