Here you will find publications by IWMA and IWMA members about water mist and IWMA published in different magazines.
Issue 101 (March 2025): Water Mist Compliance with residential Building Regulations (by Guy Briscoe, iCo Products)
Issue 99 (September 2024): Overview of modern Water Mist Systems (by Max Lakkonen, IFAB), read the mag online!
Issue 99 (Sepember 2024): Ragnar Wighus Award 2024 goes to Cédric van de Vondel (by IFP)
Issue 98 (June 2024): Advancing Prison Infrastructure Security with high-pressure Water Mist (by Aquasys)
Issue 97 (March 2024): Impacts of E-Micromobility on Fire Safety and the new Design Fire Curve for E-Bikes (by Max Lakkonen, IFAB)
Issue 96 (December 2023): Water Mist Systems Design and Review - The Matrix from IWMA (by Luciano Nigro, Jensen Hughes)
Issue 95 (September 2023): How sustainable Fire Protection in Data Centres succeeds (by Ralph Paulwitz, Fogtec) ... read it online!
Issue 95 (September 2023): IFP interview the International Water Mist Association's Young Talent Award Winner Martin Thielens (by IFP) on page 61
Issue 94 (June 2023): Fire Protection for Energy Storage Systems (by Marie Kutschenreuter und Markus Metzler, Fogtec) ... read it online!
Issue 93 (March 2023): IWMA Young Talent Award - Thesis on the Protection of Aircraft Hangars wins third Place (Interview with Karolyn Steranka) on page 16 ... read it online!
Issue 92 (December 2022): IWMA Young Talent Award - The Runner-Up is Nicharee (Interview with Nicharee Thinnakornsutibutr) on page 34 ... read it online!
Issue 92 (December 2022): Watermist applied (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 56
Issue 92 (December 2022): Fire Protection for Parking and Charging Areas for electric Vehicles (by Rüdiger Kopp, Fogtec) on page 21
Issue 91 (September 2022): IWMA Award goes to young Australian Scientist (interview with Haydn Lewis) on page 52 ... read it online!
Issue 91 (September 2022) How to find a good Water Mist System Manufacturer (interview with David Sherrington and Lewis Oxley, Danfoss Fire Safety) on page 20
Issue 91 (September 2022) High-Pressure Water Mist protects modernised Office Building in Berlin (by Aquasys) on page 62
Issue 90 (June 2022): Water Mist at its Turning Point (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 118
Issue 89 (March 2022): AQUASYS high-pressure water mist systems - an expert report about innovative fire protection in data centres (by Aquasys) on 34
Issue 87 (September 2021): Water Mist's Past and Future (approaching Top Gear) (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 59
Issue 86 (June 2021): European Standard for Watermist Systems finally published (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 99
Issue 84 (December 2020): Heal the World by Design (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 68
Issue 83 (September 2020): 25th Anniversary of Water Mist Standard FM 5560 - Groundbreaking Standard to be expanded (page 83)
Issue 82 (June 2020): Fire Protection in sensitive areas with high pressure water mist (by Aquasys) on page 52
Issue 82 (June 2020): An innovative Way of fire protection with the FT10e water mist turbine (by EMIControls) on page 22
Issue 81 (March 2020): The Rise of Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems (by David Sherrington, Ultrafog) ...https://ifpmag.mdmpublishing.com/the-rise-of-water-mist-fire-suppression-systems/
Issue 79 (September 2019): International Water Mist Conference in Berlin (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 15
Issue 78 (June 2019): The rise of water mist fire suppression systems (by David Sherrington, Ultra Fog) on page 31
Issue 72 (December 2017): 2018 will be a busy year for the IWMA (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 18
Issue 71 (September 2017): IWMA announces winner of this year's "Young Talent Award / Ph.D." (based on a press releases, 14th July 2017), on page 11
Issue 70 (June 2017): Water Mist - the firefighting system and the Organization behind it (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 89
Issue 56 (November 2013): IWMA Paris Conference Review (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA), on page 12
Issue 55 (August 2013): Paris to host IWMA Conference (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 12
Issue 54 (May 2013): 15 Years of IWMA (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 76
Issue 53 (February 2013): Water Mist Systems get Middle East Recognition (by Rüdiger Kopp, Fogtec) on page 56
Issue 25 (May 2024): In the Data Centre Industry, Sustainability is fundamental - from Design to daily Operations (article by Christina Linaa Hansen, VID Firekill)
Issue 25 (May 2024): High-pressure Water Mist - suitable for modern Data Centre cooling Methods (article by Lewis Oxley, Danfoss Fire Safety) ... read it online!
Issue 19 (November 2022): How to find a good Water Mist System Manufacturer (Interview with David Sherrington and Lewis Oxley, Danfoss Fire Safety) on page 60
Issue 17 (May 2022): Equal or better? (Interview with Dean Reeve, VID Fire-Kill) on page 76
Issue 16 (February 2022): Water Mist - from gap filler to stand-alone technology (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA and Derek Killaspy, Fireworks Fire Protection Ltd.) on page 70
Issue 15 (November 2021): Green, Greener, Watermist (article about the eco-friendliness of water mist by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 40
Issue 5 (May 2019): Water Mist - the firefighting system and the organization behind it (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 46
Issue 87 (October 2023): Water Mist System Design and Review - The Matrix from IWMA (by Luciano Nigro, Jensen Hughes) ... read it online!
Issue 86 (July 2023): Heal the World by Design (article about the eco-friendliness of water mist by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) ... read it online!
Issue 46 (June 2013): IWMA: Past, Present and Future (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 18
Issue 45 (March 2013): Water Mist Technology - History, Effectiveness and Efficiency (by IWMA Chairman Ragnar Wighus and Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 27
Issue 43 (September 2012): 2012 IWMA Conference goes to Barcelona, on page 17
Issue 30 (April 2023): Heal the World by Design (article about the eco-friendliness of water mist by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 46
Issue 29 (January 2023): Watermist applied (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 121
Issue 27 (July 2022): Water Mist at its Turning Point (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 108
Issue 25 (January 2022): Alternatives to Foam for Hangar Fire Protection (by Aaron Johnson) on page 66
Issue 17 (January 2020): Fire Protection of Containers at Sea (by Erik Christensen, NOVENCO) on page 77
Issue 15 (July 2019): Water Mist - the firefighting system and the organization behind it (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 44
Issue 63 (September 2024) There is always something happening (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 54 ... read it online!
Issue 62 (August 2024) Fire protecting Aircraft Hangars (by Christina Linaa Hansen, VID Firekill) on page 48 ... read it online!
Issue 60 (December 2023 / January 2024): Looking ahead towards IWMC 2024 (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA)
Issue 58 (July 2023): 25 Years of IWMA (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA)
Issue 57 (April 2023): Water Mist for Data Centres (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA and Marioff)
Newsletter 20th April 2022: Evaluating a Range of Airflow Conditions with high-pressure Water Mist Activation in Data Centres (article by Danfoss Fire Safety)
Issue 51 (October 2021): One big Step for Water Mist (article about the publication of EN 14972-1:2020 by Bettina McDowell in co-operation with Danfoss Fire Safety and Aquasys) on page 34
Issue 47 (October 2020): Heal the world by design (article about the eco-friendliness of water mist by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 42
Issue 32 (January 2017): Innovation in water based fire suppression (article about two presentations from the 16th International Water Mist Association, Vienna 2016) on page 112
Issue 27 (May 2015): Water Mist: Application & Activation - Past, Present, Future (article about the history of water mist, how does water mist work, fields of application by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 28
October 2024: A new Era for Water Mist Technology (an interview with IWMA president Max Lakkonen / IFAB) ... read the complete issue online!
July / August 2024: Who is who (IWMA company profile)
March 2024: Mist-Conceptions and Reality (an interview with chairman of the IWMA scientific council Max Lakkonen / IFAB)
February 2023: In case you mist it (by IFB editor Rebecca Spayne and member of the IWMA scientific council Kemal Sarp Arsava) ... read the teaser online!
May 2022: Future Technology and Fire Prevention (article which mentions the possibility to use water mist), on page 39
April 2022: Connecting the Dots (article by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 40
February 2022: Ask the Expert - Changing Suppression (an interview Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 12
July/August 2021: The 20th International Water Mist Conference (an interview Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 65
June 2021: Ask the Expert - Standardised, eco-friendly Water Mist (interview with Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 36 (link to IFB webpage)
Volume 29, Edition 19 (December 2018): Raising Awareness of Water Mist Technology on page 72
Volume 27, Edition 2 (April/May 2015): The Adantages of Water Mist - the fire-fighting System and the complex Organisation behind it (article by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 94
Issue May 2021: European Standard for Water Mist finally published (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA / sorry not available)
Issue Dec 2020 / Jan 2021: Sustainable by Design (article about the eco-friendliness of water mist by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 44
Issue 44 / April 2025: Progress and Potential - Max Lakkonen, President of IWMA, looks back at the past three decades of water mist systems (by Max Lakkonen)
Issue 28 / November/December 2023: IWMA at 25 (an interview with IWMA President Are Wendelborg Brandt)
Issue 25 / July/August 2023: Eco-friendly Innovation with Ultra Fog (an interview with Ultra Fog's marketing manager Mihaiela Bocancea) ... read it online!
Issue 25 / July/August 2023: Water Mist System Design and Review (by Luciano Nigro, JensenHughes) on page 20 ... read it online!
Issue 20 / February 2023: Practical Water Mist Applications (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 36 ... read it online!
Issue 13/2022: When Things are starting to come together (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 68 ... read it online!
Issue 8/2021: The Growth of Water Mist (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 26
Issue 3/2021: IWMA: A Guide to Water Mist Systems (interview with Michael Bindreiter, Aquasys and Rüdiger Kopp, Fogtec) on page 22
Issue 2/2020: Heal the World by Design (article about the eco-friendliness of water mist by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 48
Issue Nov/Dec 2024: Next-Gen Suppression Systems for safer Homes with Plumis (interview with Yusuf Muhammed, Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer at Plumis) ... read it online!
October 2023: IWMA introduces The Matrix
September 2022: How to find a good Water Mist System Manufacturer
May 2022: Water Mist Systems - Equal or better than Sprinkler Systems?
May 2022: IWMA and FRIC about to start a Research Project
April 2022: IWMA Scientific Council welcome new Member
February 2022: Water Mist - from Gap Filler to stand-alone Technology
November 2021: IWMA Award 2022 will go to the best Master Thesis
November 2021: Form IWMA President Ragnar Wighus has passed away
October 2021: Peter Clauss returns to IWMA Board
Issue 3 / 2023: Compliance with the EN 14972 Water Mist Standard ... How to apply it in Practice (by Maarit Tuomisaari, Marioff)
Issue 3 / 2023: Water Mist ... an Alternative to conventional Systems? (by Kamil Swietnicki, VdS)
Issue 3 / 2023: IWMA elects new Scientific Council Chair
Issue Jan/Feb 2024: Performance-based Fire Engineering - Advancing Design Strategies for complex Buildings (by Max Lakkonen) ... read it online!
Issue 27.3 (August 2019): Water Mist Conference in Berlin (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 142
Issue 27.3 (August 2019): Protection of high-rise Buildings with Water Mist (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 141
Issue 26.5 (January 2019): International Water Mist Association (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 42
Issue Jul-Aug 2021: EN 14972-1:2020 - A European Standard on Water Mist Fire Protection with global Perception (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA, Alex Palle and Henrik Bygbjerg), on page 34
Issue May-Jun 2021: What you need to know about Water Mist (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA), on page 39
Issue Nov-Dec 2020: Heal the World by Design (By Bettina McDowell, IWMA), on page 51
Issue Nov-Dec 2020: Water Mist - How does it work? What can it protect? (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA), on page 41
December 2021: Brandbekämpfung von Elektrofahrzeugen in Garagen (by Stephan Klüh, Fogtec), page 66
Issue 02.2022: Sicherer Rettungsweg mittels Wassernebellöschanlage (by Heike Hohmann, Bauaufsicht Hamburg) on page 24
Issue 3 2021: IWMA - Wassernebel macht Fortschritte (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 31
Issue 12 2022: Nachhaltiger Brandschutz in Rechenzentren (by Rüdiger Kopp, Ralph Paulwitz und Alexandra Langstrof) on page 10
Issue 9/2015 (September 2015): Brandschutz und Brandbekämpfung mit Wassernebel (Article on Fire Protection with Water Mist, in German by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 8
2014 (Feuerlöschanlagen): Moderner Brandschutz für ein altes Schloss (interview) on page 24
Volume 40. No. 2 (June 2018): Fire Protection of high-rise Buildings with Water Mist (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 23
Issue 01/2021: L'Intervista: Tecnologia Water-Mist e sostenibilità (by Antonio Mazzuca, EPC Periodici), on page 106
For the link to the online version of the interview please click HERE!
Issue 08/2019: L'intervista: Verso l'International Water Mist Conference / The interview: Towards the International Water Mist Conference (by Antonio Mazzuca, EPC Periodici), on page 108
Issue 06/2020: W trosce o srodowisko (Article in Polish on the "eco-friendliness of water mist" by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 28
Issue 05/2020: Technologia gaszenia mgłą wodną (Article in Polish by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 30
For the link to the online version the article please click HERE!
Issue 9 / 2021: Gaszenie pożarów mgłą wodną (Article in Polish on water mist and IWMC 2021) on page 11
Issue 6/2018: Testy domowych systemów tryskaczowych i systemów z dyszami wytwarzającymi mgłę wodną pokazują ich skuteczność w zwalczaniu pożarów w domach (Article in Polish by Magnus Arvidson, RISE)
Issue 1/2018: https://www.zabezpieczenia.com.pl/podsumowania/miedzynarodowa-konferencja-ochrona-przeciwpozarowa-z-wykorzystaniem-mgly-wodnej (Article by Ela Konka, Zabezpieczenia)
Issue 4/2017: Jak działa system mgły wodnej? Przyjedź do Krakowa, aby się przekonać! (Article in Polish by Bettina McDowel, IWMA)
(This publication was discontinued!)
December 2015: Demystify the Mist (Article in Dutch on the 15th International Water Mist Conference in Amsterdam)
Issue 168 (July/August 2014): Article on Water Mist (in Turkish by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 14
Awards Issue (May 2017): Best Fire Suppression Technology Advocacy Germany & Award for Excellence in Sustainable Safety Technology Development
Issue 110 (Winter 2017): Rome in the Mist (article about the 17th International Water Mist Conference by José Sanchez), on page 42
Issue 109 (Autumn 2017): Smiling in the Mist (article about the publication of prEN14972 & the IWMA Award by Bettina McDowell, IWMA), on page 44
Issue 107 (Spring 2017): Archimedes in Practice (article about the Archimedes principle of buoancy by Ragnar Wighus), on page 47, for more details click HERE!
Issue 107 (Spring 2017): Gas v Water (article about high-pressure water mist for data centres by IWMA members Fireworks and Danfoss Semco), on page 36
Issue 106 (Winter 2016): Bright Future (article about the 16th International Water Mist Conference by José Sanchez), on page 24
Issue 106 (Winter 2016): Mists of Time (article about high-pressure water mist and heritage buildings by IWMA member Fogtec) on page 12
Issue 106 (Winter 2016): Tried and Tested (article about a low-pressure water mist system by IWMA member Xcell Misting) on page 18
Issue 106 (Winter 2016): Best Practice (article about the British Standards by Bob Whiteley) on page 22
Issue 104 (Summer 2016): Research Possibilities (article about the IWMA Research Project / Step II by Bettina McDowell / IWMA) on page 48
Issue 103 (Spring 2016): A giant step for watermist (interview with Angel Abbud-Madrid by José Sanchez) on page 10
Issue 102 (Winter 2015): Growing in Confidence (article about the 15th International Water Mist Conference by José Sanchez) on page 24
Issue 101 (Autumn 2015): Setting Goals for the Future (Statement by IWMA Chairman Ragnar Wighus) on page 50
Issue 100 (Summer 2015): Atomized Futures (article about the history of water mist, how does water mist work, fields of application by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 54
Issue 98 (Winter 2014): Lost in the Mist (article by José Sanchez about the 14th International Water Mist Conference in Istanbul, Turkey) on page 44
Issue 94 (Winter 2013): Paris in the Mist (article by José Sanchez about the 13th International Water Mist Conference in Paris, France) on page 54
Issue 91 (Spring 2013): Interview with Ragnar Wighus (on the occasion of the 15th birthday of IWMA) on page 40
(This publication was discontinued!)
Issue 103 (3rd quarter 2016): Brothers-in-arms: using guns to fight fires (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 38
Issue 100 (4th quarter 2015): Water Mist on Wheels (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 35
Issue 98 (2nd quarter 2015): Lances and Nails (by Bettina McDowell, IWMA) on page 30
(This publication was discontinued!)
