Seminar for Water Mist Systems

INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS,SINGAPORE (IFES) COURSE 2025

Seminar for Water Mist Systems - Regulatory Framework and application with specific emphasis on Data Center

Seminar Information

Modern water systems are now employed in a wide variety of environments, including commercial and residential buildings, industrial facilities, marine and transportation infrastructure. Technology’s

versatility allows it to address a diverse array of fire risks, including new and emerging hazards. Many of the applications are traditionally protected with sprinkler or gaseous systems. With new fire risks and challenges in the new world, industry is accustomed to carrying out fire tests, enabling quick responses to new or evolving risks. Water mist systems are well-known in typical applications

with performance-based fire safety design methods. Recent advancements have addressed fire safety issues related to cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures, tunnel protection, lithium-ion battery applications, power generation, aircraft hangers, data centers, various industrial risks, and complex steel and glass structures. Water mist systems have been getting more common in mitigating these new risks and demonstrating their abilities.

This seminar will discuss the adoption of first principles or fire safety engineering approach from the identification of fire scenarios, its effects and risks, the designs of water mist system and effectiveness proven by fire simulations and tests.

Target Audience

Fire Safety Engineers, Professional Engineers, Registered Architects, Fire Investigators, Fire Safety Managers, Safety Officers, Suppliers of Fire Products, Building Owners, Developers, Building Contractors, Facility Management and Maintenance Personnel, Authority Having Jurisdiction, etc.

Program

Time Topic

15:00 – 15:30 Registration

15:30– 16:00 Regulatory Frameworks of water mist systems: from fire scenarios, acceptance criteria to mitigations – Er. Yeo Swee Khiank

16:00-16:45 High-pressure Water Mist System for Data Centre – Mr.Zen Lim

16:45-17:30 Deploying Low Pressure Water Mist in the Dynamic and Fast-Growing Data Centre Industry: An Outlook from Liquid Cooling to Li-ion Batteries- Mr. Riccardo Cerati

17:30-18:00 Ansys Fluent: Fire Simulations, Fire Suppression Strategy and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) – Ts. Ahmad Faiz

18:00-18:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A

19:00-21:00 IFES Members’ Night

Date and Time

10 October 2025 (Friday), 3.00pm to 6:30pm

Venue

Furama City Centre

60 Eu Tong Sen Street, Singapore, 059804

Ballroom 2, Level 5

Fees

a. Members: $50

b. Non-members: $100 $200 (inclusive of dinner)

c. IFES Members’ Night is complimentary to all members, regardless of seminar registration

All fees are inclusive of coffee breaks (for seminar only). GST is not applicable.

Continuing Professional Development

a. Qualified CPE hrs by SCDF to FSE - TBA

b. Qualified CPD points by SCDF to FSM - TBA

c. Qualified PDU points by PEB – TBA

Speaker’s Profile

Er. Ho Victor (Moderator) is a Council Member of

IFES, P.Eng, RI(Eng), Reg FSE. He is also a Director

of HiLT Pte Ltd, a fire engineering consultancy

practice. He has been actively involved in fire safety

consultancy for the past 30 years. He is a member

author of the inaugural Singapore Fire Engineering

Guidelines 2015 and also sits in the review

committee of the Master Fire Code 2023 and the

SCDF Standing Committee. He recently completed

his term in the working group for the Code of

Practice Fire Precaution for Road Tunnels and the

adoption of UL9540A for the testing standard for

thermal runway in battery systems. He has also

completed numerous projects using water mist in

road tunnels, cable tunnels, data centers, and

various hazard groups.

Er. Yee Poh Kin (Co-Moderator) is a Fellow Member of IFES, current Vice President of IFES, QP (M&E), RI (M&E), FSE, IFE, IFE representative in SCDF Fire Safety Standing Committee and Fire Code Review committee. Convenor of Working Group on Specification for fire shutters (SS 489: 2015), Members of the Working Group on Specification for Fire Damper (SS 333: 2012) and Code of practice for use and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers (SS 578: 2012)on for fire shutters (SS 489: 2015), Specification for Fire Damper (SS 333: 2012) and Code of practice for use and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers (SS 578: 2012)

Er. Yeo Swee Khiank (Speaker) is a Council

Member of IFES, P.Eng, Reg FSE. He is also a Deputy

Director of SP PowerGrid Ltd. He is a member

author of the inaugural Singapore Fire Engineering

Guidelines 2015, sits in the committee of the Code

of Practice for Fire Precautions in Rapid Transit

Systems Review Committee, and Works Group on

Main Failure Standby Generating Systems (SS535:2018).

Riccardo Cerati (Speaker) serves as the Sales

Director for EMEA and oversees the Data Center

vertical market at VID FIREKILL. With more than 10

years of expertise in fire protection and water mist

technologies, he has spent more than 5 years

specializing in fire protection systems within the

Data Center sector, including edge, colocation, and

hyperscale sites. Riccardo possesses a broad

understanding of various fire suppression methods

and strategies, such as sprinklers, gas suppression,

and water mist, along with the integration between

extinguishing systems and fire detection. His

passion for fire protection drives his strong belief

that water mist is the optimal solution for the future.

Zen Lim (Speaker) is a Business Development

Manager in Hydrocore Pte Ltd with over a decade of

experience in fire alarm engineering and product

certification sales. With a strong technical

foundation and deep industry insight, Zen

specializes in high-pressure water mist systems—a

cutting-edge fire protection technology gaining

traction across critical infrastructure sectors. He

has played a key role in the successful delivery of

numerous large-scale projects, including SPPG

substations and cable tunnels. Zen is known for his

ability to bridge engineering expertise with client focused

solutions, helping stakeholders implement

effective and compliant fire safety strategies. His

pragmatic approach and in-depth knowledge make

him a valuable voice in discussions around

advanced fire suppression technologies.

Ts. Ahmad Faiz Bin Mohd Fauzi (Speaker) is a

Senior Application Engineer – CFD in ANSYS Fluent.

He consults CFD projects, delivers 3D design and

CFD training. He also consults on fire suppression

system simulations for battery and smoke

mitigation analysis in building environments. He

delivered Engineering Fire-Resilient Buildings:

Leveraging CFD for Design and Smoke Control at

the IES Seminar Simulation Series.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Closing Date Registration closes on 3rd Oct 2025 or seats fully sold out whichever is earlier.

Host or Publisher IFE Singapore