Partners
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 AR-IST LLC is the official distributor of VID Fire-Kill ApS, VID Fire-Kill is a world leading innovative developer and manufacturer of water based firefighting products. VID Fire-Kill specializes in fixed water-based systems utilizing environmental friendly firefighting methods. The company is located in Denmark, where all products are developed and manufactured in our ISO 9001 accredited production facility. Watermist, being small droplets of water, has been around for many years. The earliest watermist patent is traced back to the 19th century, however from a commercial perspective watermist did not become known before innovative thinking in Scandinavia was combined with an environmental friendly law, and a fatal fire on a ship. Several fatal accidents with CO2 systems in engine rooms on ships increased the use of Halon systems, however with the implementation of the “Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the ozone Layer” in 1989; the maritime industry needed a new technology to replace Halon – the answer was Watermist using only pure water, and this soon after became the market standard within enclosure / machinery space fire protection. In 1990 a deadly fire on the “Scandinavian Star” ship occurred and this showed that there was a need for better fire safety requirements and new fire protection technology onboard ships. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) had regulations and requirements for sprinklers onboard ships but the latest revision was from 1974 and therefore lacked the subsequent advantages that had been made in the sprinkler technology. As updated technology was needed, a sub-committee was instructed to develop guidelines for equivalent sprinkler systems and in 1995 this work was conducted and put into an IMO Resolution. With this resolution in place it did not take long before automatic watermist systems became the market standard onboard ships in areas normally protected with sprinklers.  Why is VID Fire-Kill watermist systems effective even though they use less water? Through specially designed nozzles, VID Fire-Kill systems distribute watermist droplets with a high velocity and with a large range of droplet sizes ranging from near invisible to large droplets. The large range of droplets help fight the fire in many different ways at the same time. The largest droplets penetrate the fire plume and end on the fuel surface where they prohibit flammable gasses from being created. The medium size droplets penetrate the fire plume and evaporated inside the fire creating a lot of inert gasses where needed. The small size droplets are evaporated at the outside of the fire creating cool atmosphere which ensures that the fire does not spread. The water steam created both inside and outside the fire help slow down the fire, and makes it possible for more water to penetrate to the fuel surface. VID Fire-Kill Watermist enables four firefighting methods at the same time, thus optimizing the water use most.  Total value proposition & unique selling points A watermist system from VID Fire-Kill shall always give positive value to the end user. Positive value in our eyes is when the total sum of all benefits we supply is larger than the cost of obtaining the system. To create these benefits all our products and systems are created with unique selling points enabling us to provide as much value as possible.  VID Fire-Kill advantages to other low pressure watermist suppliers – Offering FM approved automatic and open nozzles, – Offering fully MED and Type approved product range to all IMO standards, – Offering largest product range with most covered variety of applications, – Specializing 100% in watermist solutions, – Production system is ISO 9001 accredited, FM approved and DNV/GL and Lloyds Register MED-B approved, – More than 25 years knowhow within watermist R&D, manufacturing and sales.  |
