Fire protection for Cultural heritage
The generations of today are responsible for protecting irreplaceable historic sites and cultural collections for future generations. We help keep people and precious buildings protected, as well as provide peace of mind. At Marioff, we have decades of expertise in designing, installing, and servicing fire protection systems for historic buildings like libraries, museums, theaters and more.
The Marioff HI-FOG® water mist fire suppression system safely controls and effectively suppresses fire by discharging a fine water mist at high velocity, creating significantly less water damage than other conventional fire suppression systems.
HI-FOG® water mist fire suppression system protects many internationally renowned buildings, such as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, the St Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC, US, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre or the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Germany. Collections and buildings are now safeguarded with a discreet and secure system.
An easy to install, discreet water mist suppression system
The challenge of keeping your building, collection, and personnel safe while valuing your building’s unique characteristics drives our team of specialists forward. Because the HI-FOG piping is low-diameter and lightweight compared to low-pressure systems, it is easier to find discreet but efficient solutions that preserve the aesthetic integrity in your heritage building. As the system uses less water, it also needs a smaller water tank compared to traditional sprinkler systems.
Low-diameter tubing makes it possible to keep the disruption to your operations to the minimum during the installation project. HI-FOG is also both modular and highly flexible, meaning it can be easily expanded to cover possible new extensions of each facility.
You can use HI-FOG to fire protect many types of historic buildings:
- Museums and art galleries
- Cathedrals and churches
- Theaters and music houses
- Libraries and archives
- Historic buildings and tourist attractions
- Heritage hotels
HI-FOG fire protects the entire historic building
HI-FOG has been tested on a wide variety of different spaces, which means it can provide an effective solution for areas subject to freezing or areas where the risk of any kind of false discharge needs to be minimized. For outlying buildings where the municipal supplies are limited, the solution can be an independent stand-alone system which requires neither external electricity nor access to municipal water supply.
HI-FOG protects all spaces in your historic building with a single system:
- Emergency generators
- Exhibition galleries
- Storage rooms
- Lobbies and corridors
- Auditoriums and conference rooms
- Offices, shops, and restaurants
- Domes/cupolas, attics, roof structures
Marioff HI-FOG protects historic sites from fire
Read the success stories of how HI-FOG protects unperishable sites, the buildings as well as the precious items from fire like Teylers Museum, located in Haarlem, Netherlands, opened to the public in 1784. The historical significance of the site meant that the fire protection solution had to be implemented with utmost care, complying with all local regulations while serving the needs of each unique space.
Comprehensive lifetime services
We’ll support you over the complete lifecycle of the HI-FOG fire suppression system, from initial design to lifelong maintenance. Dedicated Marioff teams are at your service around the world. Our subsidiaries and dedicated partner companies have strong local presence and deep knowledge of the conditions their customers operate in. We’ll help you maintain your HI-FOG system so that it performs as it was designed throughout its lifetime.
Fire protection for Hotels
Marioff has over hundreds hotel references spread across five continents. Some of the HI-FOG systems are installed in irreplaceable heritage buildings converted into hotels.
Fire protection for Office Buildings
The Marioff HI-FOG fire suppression system is well suited also for office space, where full coverage can be challenging, and the layout continues to evolve over the years
Pre-action fire suppression systems
HI-FOG water mist systems can be optimized to offer fire protection for a variety of locations with different system types. The pre-action systems provide peace of mind as they will not activate unless there actually is a fire. This minimizes the risk of any unnecessary water damage to valuable artifacts, at cultural heritage buildings as with data centers.
Familiarize yourself with the technology of pre-action fire suppression system
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