According to the latest Home Office report, released recently, false alarms make up 98 percent of automatic fire alarm confirmed incidents in 2020/21; 90 percent of this figure is due to faulty apparatus.
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.
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,...
