Certification of Water Extinguishing Systems

Detailed information for simplifying your processes

Your VdS-Approval – why all this?

Many defects on and in the complex WES combinations cannot be detected with the naked eye – but do in an emergency demolish the life-saving extinguishing process.

VdS ensures the long-term reliability of your developments

• from microscopic investigations of the dreaded "tip breakage" to pressure and flow loads for valves with large nominal widths,
• with clearly confirmed effectiveness under various laboratory conditions including insensitivity to pressure fluctuations, environmental influences, etc.,
• up to the practical proof of your full extinguishing success in exact replicas of e.g. office complexes or production machines.

So you can clearly demonstrate to your buyers + also to authorities, consultants and insurers: My system will work when it counts. Even after decades. Even under the toughest conditions.

For sure.

With VdS.

• Fast and cost-effective Approval for changes, modifications and custom-made parts simply from technical drawings.
• All relevant certification services from a single source: VdS, DIN / EN, CE / CPR, UKCA, ISO – you save costs and effort + significantly reduce your time-to-market.
• Win-win situation for you: We are a subsidiary of the German Insurance Association with 460 companies – who particularly demand reliable protection technology due to annualy 2 billion Euros fire damage payments.
• Acceptance agreements with all top EU laboratories.
• Immediately precise test plan with reliable time specifications.
• Unique expertise for your protection thanks to more than 30,000 on-site system inspections each year.
• Always included: globally accepted, detailed test report precisely listing the strengths of your product for every decision-maker.
• Your VdS voice in more than 90 norm committees worldwide – we pave the way for future safety.
• Series or custom-made product: we ensure your success along the entire value chain, also with testing during your development phase.

In addition to the sales boost, you now cover all relevant standards and the requirements of the major insurers directly from a single source. Done.
 

All WES components and systems approved for optimum safety.

All test details and important production support for free download in the VdS-Guidelines – called "technical holy books" by the global fire protection and construction press.

Our test specifications, renowned for precision and practical relevance, set safety standards worldwide and repeatedly form the basis for new international standards.

Directly to the compact VdS-Guidelines for sprinkler and water mist products + systems.

all components of water extinguishing system as e.g.:

• sprinklers and nozzles
• alarm valve stations, accelerators / exhausters, pressure switches / alarm pressure switches, alarm gongs
• sprinkler pumps, regulation float valves, check valves, flow meters, strainers, shut-off valves, tension fabric
• pipe systems, pipe fasteners and accessories, pipe couplings and special fittings, welded connections
• ceiling adapters and flexible hoses
• nitrogen generators and diesel engines
• switch gears, E90 cables
• foaming agents, corrosion and antifreeze agents
• all components + systems in water mist extinguishing systems

and also

• proof of efficiency (fire tests) for various scenarios

No standards or VdS-Guidelines for your new developments? With the No.1 for safety, you can still prove the optimum reliability of your product right from market entry: Through individual test agreements developed together with you.

Which often form the base of new EN or ISO standards.

For your planning security. we also provide rapid clarification of the certifiability of your innovations. The so-called "testability test". 

Far more than 1.000 worldwide Approvals:

All WES components and systems approved by VdS for optimum safety can be found here.

And here the renowned

VdS-Guidelines for free download:

Sprinkler technology – products and systems

Water mist technology – products and systems

Our experts are happy to offer comprehensive advice + support:

cs-fire@vds.de     +49 (0)221 77 66 - 6449

Keywords on the tech you want to have approved will do – the appropriate expert will contact you.

• You need a laboratory test of old sprinkler heads? All details + contacts here.
• You wish for official tests of special protection concepts, proof of effectiveness directly in practice or VdS-approved extinguishing tests? With pleasure: vds.de/inspect