Whilst the main focus of a fire protection strategy should be to prevent fire there is always a possibility that a fire situation may occur and therefore automatic fire detection is essential. Every second saved through early warning facilities could make a difference to a company or site recovering from a fire without too much disruption. We can help you provide the earliest possible warning in the event of a fire situation which in turn facilitates swift and safe evacuation of people from your premises.

The type of detection system and level of coverage installed within a commercial property should be determined and categorised by carrying out a risk assessment and involving any interested parties. Fire Safe Services can design, supply, install, commission and maintain a wide range of fire detection systems suitable to your requirements, in accordance with

BS 5839-1:2002

 

 Conventional systems - are often found in smaller establishments.

The system will cover the property by zones. Automatic fire detection and break glass units would be connected to those zones. In the event of a fire situation and the alarm sounding the control panel will indicate which zone is in fire and any panel auxilary items such as on board relays or outputs would operate all sounders are usually operated by panel sounder circuits.

 

Addresable systems - are often found in larger establishments

Analogue addressable systems are much more state of the art in comparison to conventional systems, each detector linked to the system has its own address pinpointing the device that is in fire or fault. This is very important in order to locate the exact location of a fire quickly, particularly in a large building. Another main advantage of having an addressable system is so that the system can be programmed to operate in a certain way such as a pre alarm, timed evacuation or an interface to shut down gas valves for example, these type of operations are far easier to operate on a site wide basis and cut down on long cable runs as all items can be operated from one or multiple loops thus cutting down on installation costs.