At Intersec 2016, the Siemens Building Technologies Division will showcase its fire safety and extinguishing products and solutions for areas with special requirements. The highlig...
Electromagnetic interference has always been a major issue for planners of fire detection systems as it can easily lead to costly false alarms. Surely today‘s detectors usually comply with all the norms such as the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, but this is not enough. The risk of false alarms caused by electromagnetic interference does also highly depend on how and where these detectors are being installed. Planners and installers therefore need to know about sources of pollution and the strength of magnetic fields that might influence the detectors.
The biggest aviation fire training facility in Scotland was officially opened on 29 October at Edinburgh Airport following a £1.3m investment. Keith Brown MSP, was at the airport t...
The appropriate firefighting equipment can be critical for a fireman, for his own survival on the one hand, and for saving the lives of others on the other hand. To ensure the safe...
The SigniFire Video Fire Detection (VFD) system from Fike Safety Technology (FST) has been deployed in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) hangar to protect some of the na...
There is a myriad of legislation and standards that govern the protection of buildings and its occupants and the consequences of not bringing all these together and ensuring the hi...
When fires cause substantial property damage or even put lives in danger then this is usually a consequence of accepted risk, which is associated with the permanent applicable risk...
It is used at home, factory, shopping mall, hotel, restaurants, office etc. When one detector is triggered, the interconnected detectors within 200m will make sound and light alar...
Ensuring the safety of visitors is a top priority for the London Borough of Redbridge, which owns and maintains the Kenneth More Theatre. Its technical manager, Rob Mitchell-Gears,...
Ensuring the safety of guests is naturally a fundamental requirement for all hotel owners, operators and licensees. The possibility of fire in any hotel should always be a concern,...
Paul Pope, Business Innovation Manager EMEA at Apollo, suggests that while January might be the time for personal resolutions, building owners and those responsible for fire detect...
Bosch and Wagner celebrated 10 years of successful cooperation in air sampling smoke detector systems on 23 September 2013 in Langenhagen. The program also included the presentatio...
The addition of two new detectors from Siemens - again featuring the company's unique ASAtechnology (Advanced Signal Analysis) and selectable parameter sets - means the comprehensi...
The introduction of a new standard [EN54-23: Fire alarm devices - Visual alarm devices] has been postponed until 31 December 2013, but manufacturers need to act now to ensure thei...
Some manufacturers of professional voice alarm systems and electro-acoustic emergency warning systems are currently working on loop technology for the connection of 100 V loudspeak...
In the event of a fire, evacuation of the area or building concerned is always the top priority. Therefore, there is a strong need to link fire alarm and public address systems wit...
Explosion isolation systems of IEP Technologies are implemented where dust explosion hazardous containers and devices are connected by pipelines or conveying systems. Because of th...
Infrared cameras can perform wide-area monitoring of temperature trends. This is why they are very effective for early fire detection and continuous condition monitoring. Through t...
In 1999, 39 persons died in a major fire in the Mont Blanc tunnel. While aiming for high levels of tunnel safety, it is also important to make best use of public resources. Society...
Buildings today can have any number of systems installed in order to control security, heating, lighting and ventilation. It is common practice, particularly in larger scale buildi...
The façade of a building is an important part of the building as it provides a significant proportion of the building's thermal insulation and is also the outward face of the build...
If the ancient wisdom in the headline is true, the launch of Tyco Fire Protection Products's new fire detection solution at Intersec 2013 should help installers and fire system int...
Over the years, buses and coaches have become technical marvels in terms of comfort and safety, not least with fire protection having become an area that both manufacturers and ope...
In the event of a fire, a traditional emergency lighting system does not facilitate signs to be ‘shut off', allowing people to walk directly into the path of danger. By responding ...
The Oxo Tower on the banks of the Thames has been a riverside landmark since the 1930s but entered a new lease of life in the 1990s when Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) refur...
The view across the countryside in Germany is continually being changed by wind turbines. In many regions, dozens of these unmanned power generators are shooting out of the ground ...
The Novar, Esser and Ackermann brands, among others, all belong to the giant international Honeywell concern. While it is sometimes easy for smaller acquired companies to be envelo...
According to ISO/TR 25743/201 (International Standards Organisation), lifts can play a part in the general evacuation of tall buildings; however whether they reduce or increase eva...
DuPont: clean agent fire safety technology. DuPont FE clean agent fire extinguishants cease the combustion process through heat absorption and chemical interaction at a molecular l...
Victaulic: FireLock NXT devices. Victaulic, specialist in pipe joining system manufacture, has got to the heart of fire protection with the launch of its new range of FireLock NXT ...
Bosch Security Systems: new fire alarm visual notification appliance. Bosch Security Systems has added a visual notification appliance to its range of 420 Series firedetector acces...
Du Pont de Nemours: 40 years of innovations to protect people at work. DuPont Nomex, the heat resistant fibre used in products ranging from protective apparel to electrical insulat...
Bosch Sicherheitssysteme: precautions at AsiaWorld-Expo. AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong-Kong’s largest and most modern exhibition, events, conference and entertainment centre, was officially...
Apollo Fire Detectors: fire safety at Dover Docks. A major project to upgrade the fire protection at Dover Docks, Europe’s busiest and most successful ferry port, has been complete...
C-TEC: Hush Buttons - a tool to reduce false alarms. Statistics relating to fires and fatalities in houses of multiple occupation make ominous reading. In the United Kingdom, HMO o...
