Having read all of the posts below, there IS an alternative. LARGE, automatic and/or operator actuated DRY CHEMICAL fire suppression systems. I'm not a Farmer, I'm a Miner, so I don't know if this type of system would work in a large barn or around livestock. But when I worked underground in the Mines, all of our Diesel powered equipment had on-board automatic and/or operator actuated Dry Chemical fire suppression systems.
There are only three types of power allowed in an underground mine: Compressed Air - ie: Air Track Drills & their attendant supply hoses; Electrical - ie: Continuous Miners / Roadheaders with their power cables of 4160 Volts AC @ 1000 Amps; and Diesel fuel. Gasoline is PROHIBITED due to it's highly flammable & explosive nature. Since a Mine is a CONFINED SPACE an underground fire would be DEADLY, that's why all Miners are required to wear a "Self-Rescuer", a mask that when it is removed from the canister on your belt it becomes activated and converts Carbon MONOXIDE (Deadly) to Carbon Dioxide which is a breathable gas.
If I were a Farmer, I would seriously consider installing an automatic on-board Dry Chemical fire suppression system on all of my expensive equipment and another separate system in my Machine Sheds.
Each machine that we had underground had a canister that contained 50 pounds of "Purple K" dry chem that was pressurized by a large (2.5" x 6") CO2 cartridge. We also had in the underground Shops and elsewhere around the Mine, large portable dry chem extinguishers on wheeled dollies that carried 200 pounds of "Purple K" and powered by 4 of those large CO2 cartridges, and discharged it's contents through a 20' hose.
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