Fire Suppression, Sprinkler & Safety System Products worked example

Agent Fill Cost at 110% chargeable agent-cost share: a worked example

Push chargeable agent-cost share up to 110% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when costing clean agent, CO2, foam concentrate, dry chemical, nitrogen, or stored-pressure cylinder fills.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Suppression agent charged: 850 lb, kg, gal, or L (unchanged)
  • Agent price per unit: 22 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Chargeable agent-cost share: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Fixed fill setup and handling cost: 275 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Agent Fill Cost = suppression agent quantity × agent cost per unit × chargeable agent-cost share + fixed fill setup or handling cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 20,845 $ for total agent fill cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 24.52 $ / unit for average agent fill cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 20,570 $ for variable captured cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 275 $ for fixed fill setup or handling cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where chargeable agent-cost share sits at 100% and the headline result is 18,975 $, this scenario comes in 9.86% above the baseline at 20,845 $.
  • It multiplies agent quantity by price and a chargeable-cost share, adds the fixed setup/handling cost, and reports total fill cost plus the average cost per unit of agent. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total agent fill cost: 20,845 $ (headline result)
  • Average agent fill cost per unit: 24.52 $ / unit
  • Variable captured cost: 20,570 $
  • Fixed fill setup or handling cost: 275 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Agent Fill Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.