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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The former ‘stay put’ guidance is now regarded as unsafe and has been replaced by a ‘simultaneous evacuation’ strategy.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.
External Detection devices will detect the activity of intruders. In the event of a sensor being activated the system will ensure the camera view is directed to the incident.
An immediate automated verbal warning system is activated to make the intruders aware they are under surveillance. If the intruders persist and enter further onto the premises, a full alarm condition is generated with the siren creating 110 decibels of sound and strobe lighting is activated.
When the system reaches either the verbal warning stage or the audible alarm condition the Video Transmission System will engage and transmit images through to the Remote Video Response Centre (RVRC).
When the system has reached “full alarm status” a separate alarm signal is also sent to the RVRC via the Digital Communicator.
