IFC is a specialist independent fire safety practice established in 1985, providing consultancy in several areas of expertise such as smoke control, fire resistance of building materials, structural safety, fire fighting, suppression and alarm and detection systems. Senior IFC Group consultants provide further consultancy in fire testing of materials, designing, surveying and fire assessment of building products. IFC frequently assists clients with insurances and approving authorities in negotiations to pursue cost effective solutions to fire safety problems.

Water Mist (WM)
Water mist is an established means of fire protection in several applications with equivalent suppression and/or extinguishing capability as other halon alternative agents.

The benign nature of WM and the latest developments of its deployment in a system arrangement enabled its adoption in traditional applications where gaseous agents are normally used.

IFC recognise the potential benefits of water mist to projects and have established the necessary expertise to evaluate such systems and provide independent professional consultancy for system installation.

Undertake relevant surveys and audits to determine:

• Fire hazards, ignition sources, air availability and movement as well as area classification, all of which are key parameters to WM system design;
• Specification requirements for fire protection systems including WM & Detection and application and draft conceptual block and instruction diagrams (P & IDs) for tender purposes;
• Details of existing installations and provide cost effective solutions without compromising safety and regulations.

• Adequate testing of systems has been conducted to develop design rationale and its relevance to the application in question;
• Adherence to associated standards, directives, rules and regulations either local or international;
• Quality assurance procedures are in place and methods of compliance are followed;
• Compatibility of overall system design (suppression & detection) with rest of plant features;
• System suitability to application, whilst specifying limits of efficient operation.
  

• Evaluation and advice on tender selection in terms of fitness for purpose versus cost;
• Turn key system hand over through:
  - review of detailed P & IDs;
  - checking overall system functionality against performance claims;
  - checking quality of construction materials and the operational features of system components against data sheets and approval certificates;
  - implementation of good engineering practices, addition of further safety features whilst following up-dated environmental directives.
• Project completion within time and budget;
• Training of staff on operating systems and procedures.