Water-based fire protection systems

Sprinklers, deluge systems, water sprays and traditional hydrants for environments where water is indicated as an extinguishing agent.

The products How it works Applications

‘Eco-tradition’ fire protection systems and equipment
Sprinkler, deluge, hydrant systems

Water has traditionally been the natural resource of choice for extinguishing fires. Continuous technological evolution has produced increasingly complex and high-performance fire-fighting solutions over the years that continue to use it as an extinguishing agent.

Widely used in fixed or mobile systems, water continues to be a highly reliable and absolutely the most environmentally friendly fire-fighting solution.

The water-based fire-fighting technologies we develop:

Sprinkler systems
Deluge systems
Fire hydrant systems

How it works

Sprinkler systems

Among the water fire-fighting systems, the most used for their reliability are sprinklers, automatic and localized extinguishing systems.

The main advantage of sprinklers is that they offer global coverage, ensuring localized intervention, in order to extinguish the fire at the initial stage or to limit it to prevent its propagation. These systems are characterised by a water supply, a control station and a network of piping that brings water to nozzles equipped with a temperature-sensitive sealing device, located in specific positions, in order to detect the presence of a fire.

Sprinklers can be wet, dry or hybrid.

The criteria according to which a sprinkler system is designed are always based on the type of use of the areas to be protected, the fire load and the level of combustibility (ability to quickly develop an intense and extensive fire) of the materials present.

Each system we offer is designed and built in reference to NFPA and UNI regulations.

Deluge systems

Technically similar to sprinklers, deluge systems are characterized by a control station, whose implementation is started by the detection systems (heat, flame, smoke, flammable gas) installed in the same area where the protection is planned.

Unlike what happens with sprinklers, however, the deluge valve, once opened, feeds the entire network, created by branches and nozzles (normally open type), dispensing the extinguishing agent simultaneously from all the nozzles and therefore over the entire protected area, regardless of where the fire started. Furthermore, it is possible to obtain higher performances when the water is added with chemical agents, since by reducing its surface tension, its penetration and diffusion properties increase.

Fire hydrant systems

The fire hydrant system consists of:

a water supply
a network of fixed pipes
one or more delivery connections for a fire engine, in order to be able to introduce water into the network during emergencies
hydrants and/or hose reels
shut-off valves, particularly useful for the maintenance purpose of sectioning the system without putting it out of service.

Each hydrant, whether it is an above-ground, underground or wall-mounted column, is equipped with at least one flexible pipe and a dedicated delivery nozzle. The hydrants are appropriately located on the basis of a specific fire risk assessment, in order to supply water in adequate quantities to fight the largest fire (maximum incidental condition).