Feature Fire Safety Aiming for a healthy solution
St Michael’s Primary Care Centre in Enfield is using Apollo Fire Detectors’ Discovery range of fire detection products to provide life and property protection
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community-based care facility, the St Michael’s Primary Care Centre provides a range of com- munity health services to the people of Enfield. The site encompasses six buildings including a unique inpa- tient service - The Magnolia Unit. The previous fire detection system was starting to show its age and so integrated security systems provider, Drax, was contracted to replace it with a new, reliable technology that met the
Above left: St Michaels Care Centre
Magnolia Unit
Above right: rehabilitation facilities in the Magnolia Unit
current needs of St Michael’s and did so while meeting the centre’s limited budget. There was an urgent need to have a reliable, accurate system in place quickly, and as such, from con- firmation of the order, the Drax team completed the installation of the new equipment in just under eight weeks. The local NHS Trust specified an open protocol approach so Drax rec- ommended the supply and installation of six Advanced MX Series control
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ico’s 140 Series smoke and heat alarms have recently been updated to allow for full compatibility with the company’s Alarm Control Switches. The 140RC Series, as it has now been updated to, retains all the features of the previous ranges but with the opportunity for contractors to add Alarm Control Switches to a system. With best practice supporting larger alarm systems compris-
ing three, four or more smoke and heat alarms interconnected - more frequently also with CO alarms - improved control func- tions are vital to ensure the system is easy for residents to use. Aico offers a range of wall mounted Alarm Control Switches to
allow residents to ‘Test’ and ‘Silence’ all alarms, as well as ‘Locate’ the exact alarm that has triggered the system. In the case of a mixed fire and CO system, the ‘Locate’ feature is
vital if the resident is to take the correct course of action, i.e. turn off appliances, ventilate the property and call a registered engineer if it is a CO leak or leave the property immediately if it is a fire and call the Emergency Services.
The 140RC Series comprises optical, ionisation and heat alarms which come with alkaline battery back-up, an easi-fit base, built-in test/hush button and a five year guarantee. 140RC mains powered smoke and heat alarms can also be wirelessly interconnected by installing on Ei168RC RadioLINK bases. This means that all the alarms on the system communicate with each other by radio frequency (RF) sig- nals, saving time and money over traditional hard wired systems. Aico
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panels, with Apollo Discovery devices installed throughout the site. Keith Hickman, key account manager at Drax UK explained, “We regularly use Apollo systems because of the company’s reputation for reliability. In an environ- ment such as a health centre, where the evacuation process is predominately ‘one out - all out’, the client has to have a system they can trust. Apollo’s Discovery range offers that guarantee, along with an extensive choice of detectors ideal for this type of environment. “Apollo’s open protocol approach also allows us to install protection that meets the unique requirements of each site. For example, the trust required fire alarm and fault conditions from the centre to be signalled to a remote site several miles away in Tottenham. In order to achieve this, we installed our own AMS TCP/IP communications node to transmit the signals via the trust’s network infrastructure. Using an open protocol system made planning for this process considerably easier. “Our team has always enjoyed working with Apollo products, not just for their reliability, but because they are easy and straightforward to install. This was particularly impor- tant when we installed equipment in the Magnolia Ward. The nature of the care taking place there meant we had to carry out the fit around inpatients. It was therefore essential that we were able to do this with minimum disrup- tion. All of the team were familiar with Apollo, which allowed for a smooth and efficient installation.”
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