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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The former ‘stay put’ guidance is now regarded as unsafe and has been replaced by a ‘simultaneous evacuation’ strategy.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.
As the first step into IP to follow the latest security trend, 360 Vision have released their single-channel Analogue Encoder (CODEC). In a hybrid system, different technologies can exist within the same system. During the process of migration from existing analogue systems to the latest digital systems, a hybrid system is required as an interim solution. It enables existing components to be replaced step by step. One such interim step on the way to a purely digital solution would be the replacement of analogue video camera cabling with IP Network capabilities while still retaining the legacy analogue camera equipment. The 360 Vision Codec allows a cost-effective, upgrade path into IP based network systems with minimal disruption and cost.
