Fire Suppression Advice & Updates
27/01/2026
BS 8458 has now been withdrawn and replaced by BS EN 14972-17. This change brings water mist systems under a single European “Family of Standards,” which the UK is required to follow as a member of the European Committee for…
25/03/2025
There has been some confusion regarding the omission of water mist systems from BS 9991: 2024, leading some to believe that this standard excludes their use. However, this is not the case. The absence of a specific reference to water…
21/01/2025
Approved Document B: 2 March 2025 Changes In response to growing concerns about fire safety in high-risk settings, the UK government has introduced several updates to Approved Document B (AD: B), specifically targeting fire suppression requirements in care homes. Care…
21/09/2023
Since the Grenfell Tower disaster and subsequent investigations, the fire safety community has experienced continuous change. The introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022, particularly Section 156, marks the third phase of the Home Office’s efforts to enhance fire safety…
28/09/2022
We are delighted to be the first company to pass the FPA’s UKAS accredited BS 8458 Annex C residential and domestic watermist system test, which demonstrates the rigour of the test. Now we have passed it, we are unique in…
19/09/2018
iMist are fully BS:8458 compliant, but what exactly does this mean?