Fire protection systems
for industry
- we match the requirements of insurance companies with your possibilities
- we minimise the impact of assembly on production continuity
- providing security in new and old facilities
FROM PROJECT TO SERVICE:
Fire protection systems and fire protection features
Designing and installing explosion protection devices for industrial plants. We specialise in implementing fire systems in already operating plants, so we know how to minimise the impact of our work on your production. Experience in timber, energy, food and beverage, waste processing and chemical and petrochemical industries, so you are guaranteed fire protection installations tailored to your specific plant. Importantly, we operate in accordance with Polish standards and VdS, FM GLOBAL and NFPA guidelines.
We specialize in
Fire safety guidelines and standards
- PN-EN
- VdS
- FM Global
- NFPA
Industrial facilities
- energetics
- wood industry
- food industry
- waste processing
- chemicals and petrochemicals
Corrosive environment
- we select plant components to suit your operating environment
- experience in “difficult” industries
- including C5M/C5-I corrosive environments
Designing fire installations in compliance with the requirements of insurance companies
We are aware that most of investments in upgrading the fire protection system is due to the requirements placed on industrial plants by insurance companies. If you found yourself in such a situation, it is likely that the insurance company has indicated the standard or regulations for the fire protection systems to be implemented. The most important information for you is whatever requirements your insurer has outlined for you, we will meet them all.
The principle of fire systems
The fire systems are designed to detect a fire and minimise the effects of a fire, thereby protecting people and property. Simple fire systems consist of fire detectors, smoke detectors, a control panel and fixed extinguishing equipment, e.g. a network of pipes with extinguishing agent complete with discharge nozzles. We can divide the fire systems into four main types, depending on the extinguishing agent used: water, water mist, foam, and gas extinguishing systems.
Design of fire systems
We design fire protection systems in accordance with legal regulations and the requirements of guidelines and standards, such as: VdS, FM Global, NFPA, EN. For example, the need to install fire systems is not always a direct result of requirements of the insurance company. The regulations allow to increase the area of fire zones if fixed fire extinguishing equipment is used.
If you are determined to implement new fire safety features, the next step is to choose the standard of design and installation. As we already mentioned, sometimes the standard to use is imposed by the insurance company, other times, you can choose it yourself. We are happy to help in this area, if you need advice – write to us.
These standards detail all the information we use to perform calculations and design fire systems. It is important to note that, although all standards detail the same basic parameters that we take into account for the design, the values of these parameters may be different for each standard. This is why it is so important to stick rigorously to the adopted standard afterwards. Of these parameters, the following should be mentioned first and foremost:
- sprinkling surface
- intensity of sprinkling
- the area protected by one sprinkler/deluge sprinkler
- operating time of the installation
Completed fire protection projects
Sprinkler installation for a multinational chocolate company.
Scope of activities: detailed design; fire mains connections and connecting them to the existing installation; wet and dry system sprinkler systems; reinforcement of the production hall and warehouse structures.
Hydrant system for a combined heat and power plant
Scope of activities: installation of an internal hydrant system connecting 11 hydrant risers; installation of emergency supply stations for the main hydrant risers; comprehensive implementation of the installation work without disrupting the CHP plant’s operation, in compliance with strict health and safety standards
Foam extinguishing system for waste sorting plant
Scope of activity: cooperation with a fire expert; securing two halls of an active waste processing plant with a total area of 1024 m2; design, installation and commissioning of a fire extinguishing system based on so-called foam monitors; obtaining permits, expert opinions and approvals.
Fire fighting water storage tank and fire pump house for a CHP plant.
Scope of activities: design, installation (to replace the fire pump house) and commissioning; the fire fighting water storage tank with a capacity of nearly 1000 m3; obtaining the necessary permits
Fire systems – the offer
Sprinkler systems.
They are self-contained fire extinguishing systems that detect the moment a fire starts, then send information to the control system and automatically start the process of selective water extinguishing – only where there is a fire.
Deluge sprinkler systems.
They are equipped with open fire nozzles and can be divided into several extinguishing zones. When a fire is detected, the sprinkler valves for the area open. Water is released throughout the protected area.
Foam installations.
In particular, we use them for facilities with a high fire risk, such as: tanks for fuels, solvents and other flammable liquids; warehouses for plastics; warehouses for flammable products and/or locations where explosive atmosphere occurs.
Fire Detection and Signalling.
Designing and implementing comprehensive fire detection and alarm systems. Depending on your needs, we use one of the four available systems or a combination of two or three of them, to optimise your investment from a technical and cost perspective.
Spark Detection and Extinguishing.
These systems are designed for installation in the ducts of industrial installations. Their purpose is to prevent a potential ignition source in the form of a spark, cigarette butt or heated particle from entering the appliance.
Secure your installation.
How do we reduce the impact of fire installation on plant operations?
We work on designated days and times, at nights or weekends. We plan activities in collaboration with maintenance and production. The purpose of all this is to eliminate or minimise the impact of the installation of fire protection systems on the production continuity. For the installation teams, the easiest thing to do would be to enter the site, take individual installations out of production and quietly do their job. But for your plant, every hour of downtime means a real cost. For us, this is obvious.
EFFICIENT, SAFE INSTALLATION WITHOUT AFFECTING PRODUCTION.
Eliminating/minimising production downtime.
Coordinating closely the assembly with production planning and UR.