iMist, one of the UK’s foremost suppliers of high-pressure water-mist fire-suppression systems, has labored with leading industry body the Fire Protection Association (FPA), to help it acquire UKAS accreditation for certainly one of its fire-testing laboratory facilities – changing into the first and only check facility in the UK to carry this accreditation.
The fast-growing Hull-headquartered business, which has developed its own vary of high-pressure water-mist fire-suppression techniques, assisted the FPA in gaining UKAS accreditation for its BS8458: 2015 Annex C fire testing in Blockley, Gloucestershire, which is considered one of the most comprehensive hearth check and analysis operations in the UK. IMist provided the FPA with its proprietary pumps, pipework, hoses, clips and nozzles as nicely as the support of iMist’s experienced team.
No nonsense of the FPA’s BS 8458 Annex C hearth testing marks one other essential milestone within the development of water-mist systems within the UK.
Alex Pollard, operations director of iMist, comments: ‘For over 75 years, the FPA has been on the forefront of fireside security and we’re proud to have assisted them in achieving this revered third-party accreditation. It is an additional demonstration of the growing importance of high-pressure water-mist systems in tackling the present challenges dealing with the fire-suppression sector. Not only do they use considerably much less water than traditional sprinkler techniques, they’re also easier and quicker to install and, thereby, more value effective.’
As part of its ongoing R&D product testing programme, iMist has additionally undertaken a collection of reside fire testing on the FPA’s UKAS accredited laboratory, which has increased the system’s functions, demonstrating that along with being put in in the cavity above the ceiling, the iMist system pipework can safely and effectively be installed beneath a plasterboard ceiling.
For the stay fireplace checks, the iMist nozzle was fed by each versatile and strong pipework operating beneath a standard plasterboard ceiling. In each of the tests, the gasoline load was ignited and the warmth from the hearth triggered the bulb in the nozzle to burst, which activated the iMist high-pressure water-mist system, discharging the nice water-mist particles at excessive pressure for 30 minutes. During this time, the temperatures at predetermined heights in the take a look at cell were measured by thermocouples. At no point throughout any of the checks were any of the Annex C temperature limits breached and the entire fires had been successfully suppressed.
Timothy Andrews, iMist business growth director, added: ‘While hearth system pipework is normally put in in the cavity above a ceiling, in some properties, notably in older tower blocks, there are frequent issues across the attainable break-up of asbestos hidden in ceiling materials. Our latest indicative checks show that the housing trade can now explore another much less disruptive and extremely effective choice by installing a water-mist system under the existing ceiling. Given the growing have to retrospectively fit fire-suppression systems so as to meet the most recent regulatory requirements and bring older housing inventory as much as current requirements, that is great news for each landlords and builders.’
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