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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The former ‘stay put’ guidance is now regarded as unsafe and has been replaced by a ‘simultaneous evacuation’ strategy.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 Avalon S is a 4, 8 or 16 camera Digital Video Recorder (DVR). It has a built-in hard drive, to record the camera footage and an internal CD drive and USB ports for identified footage to be copied onto external devices. Individual camera set up is possible, allowing different frame rates per camera to be set. Various recording options are also available, such as Continuous, Motion and Sensor activation etc. Output displays can be customised to show a single camera, 4 way, 9 way, 16 way, Picture in Picture or Sequenced view. The user interface is mouse controlled providing an icon-based easy screen layout. This makes the DVR easier to operate/control compared to earlier DVRs.
It can be networked for local or Internet access and uses either dedicated Windows software or Internet Explorer (also compatible on Apple Mac OSX if running Parallels software). Control of the Dome cameras can be done using the mouse which is directly connected to the DVR or if connecting remotely, by using the mouse for the remote PC. User accounts can be created to provide access yet control and restrict functionality depending upon the user. The Log function can then provide a list of user activity.
Key Features
Choice of 4, 8 or 16 camera models
Can be networked for local or Internet computer access
Choice of different screen layouts
Individual camera setup
Various recording options such Continuous, Motion etc
Icon and Menu based control screen
User access control
Covert camera option
Digital Zoom
Identification Help
Black DVR
Circular Jog/Shuttle wheel on front right
CD tray on front left
Bank of 8 buttons to the left of the Jog/Shuttle wheel – 4 buttons on top row, 4 buttons on lower row
Top row of buttons are for screen layouts and show a single square, a quad square, a 9way square and a 16 way square
Lower row of buttons show Power, Magnifying Glass, 2 Cogs and 2 cameras
