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Fire Safety in High-rise buildings.
If you are responsible for Fire safety or are a resident of a high-rise, multi-occupancy property you will be only too aware of the increased awareness of the need for enhanced fire detection and evacuation processes.
The former ‘stay put’ guidance is now regarded as unsafe and has been replaced by a ‘simultaneous evacuation’ strategy.
Many properties have deployed a waking watch service; this is a fire protection service and involves marshals patrolling to lookout for potential signs of a fire. They are also responsible for raising the alarm.
These services are costing property owners and residents thousands of pounds. A Waking Watch service can be replaced by a wireless Fire Detection System. This meets all the required standards and is quickly and easily installed. The total one-off cost of a Fire Detection System can be less than 10 weeks of a Waking Watch service.
The environmental classification indicates the conditions most likely to prevail in the premises in which the security system is installed.
Class I – Indoor
For use in residential or commercial properties where the temperature is well maintained.
Class II – Indoor: General
For use in corridors, halls or staircases, and where condensation can occur on windows, as well as in unheated storage areas or warehouses where the heating is not well maintained or is intermittent.
Class III – Outdoor: Sheltered
For use out of doors where the system components are not fully exposed to the weather.
Class IV – Outdoor: General
For use out of doors where the system components are fully exposed to the weather.
