Fire has been described as one of the “most underestimated risks” taken by humans, of which many individuals and organisations have paid the sad and costly price in the past.

This is because a fire can break out anywhere, anytime and without notice.

Consequently, companies, organisations, individuals and homes are always looking out for how to mitigate it through the adoption and application of new methodologies in their fire protection and fighting protocols.

To the Managing Director/CEO of Chimera Live Line Technology Nigeria Limited, Mr. Olusegun Ayobami Bamiduro, a military-trained Technical Engineer who studied Explosives Science and Engineering while in the service of the Nigerian Army, and whose industry experience in the specialised field of “Passive Fire Protection” spans over a decade in Nigeria with many successfully executed projects to his credit, fire protection and its fighting protocols globally are categorised into two: active and passive.

Speaking at the just concluded Fire Conference in Ikeja, hosted by the Lagos State government, Bamiduro stated that while a great majority of the public are conversant with the “active” aspect of fire fighting methods, which has to do with using all available tools and human resources to fight or curtail the outbreak or spread of fire, the “passive” aspect, which he described as equally very effective, is not very well known in Nigeria.

According to him, “that is the gap my company has come to fill.”

“Our focus, in our own space, is the passive aspect of fire prevention or fire fighting. While the active aspect is generally known and is in the public domain viz-a-viz using all available tools and human resources to fight and curtail fire spread, the passive system is not very well known in Nigeria,” Bamiduro said.

His company, Chimera Live Line Technology Nig Ltd, is the official representative of Live Line Technology (RSA) Ltd, the manufacturers of Combine Dropped Out Surge Arrester Unit (COMBI UNIT) that has just been approved for use by Ikeja Electric and also being considered by other Discos operating in the country.

Bamiduro said the mission of the company is simply to “deliver innovative, problem-solving technical solutions that exceed our customers’ expectations with uncompromising integrity and zero negligence in providing the life safety and property protection that companies, organisations, schools and homes need to proactively prevent fire outbreaks, and in the event of an outbreak, effectively combat it to a halt.”