Swedish municipalities to stop water sprinklers
On the local news show “Tvärsnytt” (Swedish television, SVT), Örebro municipality announced that they join the growing number of municipalities that limits the ability to connect water sprinkler systems to the municipal water supply network. In order to secure the water quality and to keep costs down, the municipality has begun to minimize the services […]
Research shows that water sprinklers are not effective
In the article “Directed actions can save lives” in Fireproof magazin (Brandsäkert in Swedish) researcher Marcus Runefors (LTH) highlights the need for individualized measures to come to terms with the fatal fires. Even if all accommodations would be protected according to the SBF 501: 1 Rules for residential sprinklers, the study shows that half of the […]
Small news: Q1 mini
Q1 mini is a version without tank designed to be connected to a water supply. It is only 82 cm high in the double version which gives two protected areas. Shall just one space be protected, you can get the device with a flat top with a total height of 52 cm. It makes it […]
Vacation time!
We are on vacation from week 28 to week 31. If you have urgent matters that can’t wait, it’s best to call us. You find our phone numbers on the Contact Us page. We are back in full operation as of 3rd of August. We wish all our customers, partners and suppliers a great summer!
Q-Fog protects chargable fishing boat in Norway
Through our Norwegian partner Vekos we have delivered a customized version of our water mist sprinkler to a battery-powered boat. The boat has two battery rooms of 3.5 cubic meters filled with lithium ion batteries. The system is primarily intended to cool the batteries if any of them goes into what is called a thermal […]
List of incidents
Now we have an English version of our database with incidents available. See it on our Reference page!
Water sprinklers does not save lifes
Tragic fire incident highlights the need for mobile residential sprinklers At the turn of 2014-15 there was a fire at a retirement home in Denmark where a care taker died. The Nursing home’s own description: The nursing home is new and modern built in 2012 and it is water sprinkled including the residents’ apartments. The […]
Results from the Danish pilot study
In 2012 the Copenhagen Municipality rolled out a pilot study with mobile fire sprinklers within the Health and Care Administration. The technology was tested in different kinds of special accomodations where there lived people with increased risk of fire due to age, abuse or other factors. The main purpose of the sprinkler is to complement […]
New web site
From today Q-Fog’s web site runs on WordPress. If you miss some information or have feed back of some kind don´t hesitate to contact us.
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