BS 8489-1:2016

This standard BS 8489-1:2016 Fixed fire protection systems. Industrial and commercial watermist systems is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.220.01 Protection against fire in general
• 13.220.20 Fire protection

This part of BS 8489 gives recommendations for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of watermist systems. It gives performance criteria for fixed watermist systems for specific industrial and commercial hazards, for both life safety and property protection.

The British Standard excludes:

1. applications and occupancies which are not covered by relevant fire test protocols;

2. watermist systems on ships, in aircraft, on vehicles and mobile fire appliances or for below ground systems in the mining industry;

3. the use of watermist for explosion protection.

NOTE BS 8458 covers watermist systems in residential and domestic premises.