Turnkey fire protection installations in Argentina

Vernassa is an Argentine company with more than 40 years of experience, dedicated to the project, engineering and assembly of automatic fire protection and industrial installations. It designs and installs fire prevention, detection and suppression systems for industries, large facilities and major civil works.

It means Vernassa takes care of the whole project: engineering, study and design of the prevention, detection and suppression solutions; prefabrication and assembly of the installation; and training and commissioning of the system.

Vernassa installs intelligent, aspiration, explosive-atmosphere, conventional and linear heat detection systems.

Vernassa installs water systems (sprinklers, pump rooms, monitors, hydrants and dry systems), foam systems (proportioners, bladder tanks, foam chambers and foam trucks, emulsifiers and eductors) and gas systems (CO2, FM-200, Argonite and Novec 1230), as well as new technologies such as Vortex, Stat-X and Ultra FOG.

Vernassa manages quality under ISO 9001:2015, holds the IRAM Service Conformity seal for the design (IRAM 3501-3, license DC-P-P117-001.1) and assembly (IRAM 3501-4, license DC-P-P117-002.1) of fixed fire protection installations, and is a member of the Argentine Chamber of Security (CAS). Its director, Lucas G. Vernassa, is a member of NFPA.

Vernassa works for industries, warehouses, logistics centers and large projects. Its works include Makro, YPF, Adidas, General Motors, Ternium, Renault Argentina, Bayer Argentina, Grupo Vientos and Faplac.

The offices are at Superí 3135/41 (C1430FEU), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone: +54 11 4543-2217. Email: info@vernassa.com.ar. Vernassa carries out prefabrication and assembly of installations both in Argentina and in other countries.

They are steel tanks assembled on site from standard-size steel sheets, using European technology and prefabricated at origin under ISO 9001. Compared with traditional API tanks they take less time to install, have a lower total cost, can be shipped by container or truck, need minimal maintenance and last between 30 and 50 years depending on the coating.

They are used to protect the manufacture, storage and transport of large volumes of hazardous chemicals and flammable liquids. Applications include chemical industries, fuel storage tanks, airports, petrochemical plants, offshore platforms and vessels.

A good integration between detection systems, fire alarm and suppression systems is key to identifying the incident at the right moment and extinguishing it, minimizing damage. Vernassa offers detection systems according to the type of risk to be protected.

It is the standard that regulates and certifies companies that design and install fire protection systems, and the requirements for them to have the technical and operational capacity to carry out projects. Vernassa holds the IRAM seal for design (3501-3) and for assembly (3501-4).

Vernassa is the trade name of Pimiaci S.A., based at Superí 3135, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Pimiaci S.A. holds the IRAM 3501-3 and 3501-4 licenses and the DNV ISO 9001:2015 certification (first certified in 2006) for the project, engineering and assembly of automatic fire protection installations.

Yes. Vernassa is listed as the partner for Argentina on the partners and international presence page of APRO Industrie, a French manufacturer of liquid storage tanks installed in more than 50 countries. Vernassa offers these modular bolted steel tanks in Argentina.