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ADT Fire Protection believes that fire risk assessment should not be seen as a burdensome process, but as one that can help streamline a business.
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n 2012, one in every 100 UK companies will be making a claim for fire loss or damage. Commercial fire insurance payouts for 2005 were up 60% on the previous year, and most single-site businesses that suffer a major blaze will shut down within 18 months.
A comprehensive fire risk assessment carried out by a competent person – as required by the latest regulations – will help prevent fire threatening businesses and the lives of people on the site. The assessment process can also enable companies to streamline their business, provide clear guidelines for future evolvement, become the basis for a general disaster recovery plan, and identify immediate cost savings.
False alarms
Another issue to be considered is the reduction of false and unwanted fire alarms. Of particular interest is the Chief
●factfile... Saving power
Power support company, shentongroup, has launched a range of standby diesel generators and associated control systems that meets the life safety requirements of BS EN8519: 2010.
Fire Officers’ Association policy to issue every remotely monitored fire alarm system connected to an alarm receiving centre with a unique reference number.
Most fire services now require premises that have false alarms to register their system and provide information about the system. Once registered, future false alarms performance will be monitored and, if the system fails to meet reasonable standards of reliability, the fire service may review the emergency response provided to unconfirmed signals. If a company is suffering above average levels of false alarms, it may want to speak to its insurers about their potential to suspend policy cover should the local fire service not want to turn out to another false alarm. In some areas brigades are now refusing to attend automatically generated alarms passed to them via Alarm Receiving Centres (ARC), without a call back to site to confirm whether it really is a fire or a false alarm.
Reliable solution ADT fire detection says it offers
complete protection of a business using its MZX Technology, the benefits of which include: zero tolerance to false and unwanted alarm; one of the lowest service
footprints of any fire alarm system (25 years’ investment); innovation; and service support, from remote diagnostics to local engineers. ●
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Called PhoenixPower, the generators are available in sizes from 20kVA to 800kVA and have been specifically developed to provide secondary power for ‘Life Safety’ and fire-fighting systems. As buildings have evolved to become taller, larger and ever more complex, it has been necessary to develop new fire-engineered solutions in case of fire and other life-threatening events. These solutions are required to provide a high level of performance to protect life in the event of fire, especially the emergency services which are at even greater risk if such systems fail. BS EN8519 provides guidance and recommendations on the selection and installation of fire resistant power and control cable systems for ‘Life Safety’ events. shentongroup’s PhoenixPower range differs from ‘normal’ standby power solutions by being specifically designed to meet BS EN8519. Switching the supply from the mains power to the PhoenixPower generator or secondary mains supply is carried out automatically by
shentongroup’s PhoenixControl changeover panel, which is designed for dual mains sources and meets the new standard. The PhoenixControl changeover panel detects a ‘Life Safety’ event and automatically switches the power source from the normal mains power the to the PhoenixPower generator or the secondary mains supply to ensure continuity of supply to fire fighting lifts and other essential equipment. Electrically and mechanically interlocked to ensure the isolation of the two supplies, the PhoenixControl has indicators to show the supply and switching status to the generator as well as a key switch to facilitate testing. ●
www.shentongroup.co.uk
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