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ANS GLOBAL’S LIVING WALLS RECEIVE CLASS ONE FIRE SAFETY
STANDARD Manufacturer of living walls ANS Global has put its products to the test and has been awarded first class classification for BS 476: Part 7: 1997 ‘Method for Classification of the Surface Spread of Flame of Products’.
The manufacturers living wall modules were tested to determine their reaction to fire.
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ALARMCALM CONTROL FALSE FIRE ALARMS IN
CARE HOMES False and unwanted fire alarms are one of the big issues in fire safety and building management today.
The care home and social care industry in particular has unique needs when it comes to false alarm management (FAM).
To meet these needs, fire industry leader Advanced has released a new document that shows the potential of automatic fire systems to help reduce unwanted alarms in these settings.
The document outlines the features of Advanced’s AlarmCalm FAM upgrade and its key components, as well as providing an overview of the areas within care homes where different false alarm strategies may be required, based on risk, building design and resident needs.
AlarmCalm is a total package and features enhanced firmware, comprehensive configuration software for Advanced’s fire systems and new intelligent alarm acknowledgement devices called AlarmCalm Buttons. It provides total, easily-managed control
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total weight of 7kg, to conclude how quickly fire could spread across the surface. This was done by measuring the lateral spread of a flame along the surface of a specimen living wall module whilst in a vertical position, and the classification was given as a result based on the rate and extent of which the flame spread.
Scott Anderson, Director of ANS Global said: "We are very pleased to have had such a good fire rating on our living wall system, it will not only give architects yet another reason to specify our living walls, but also it could slow down or prevent the spread of fire compared to other building products which ultimately could save lives."
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over alarm verification periods and investigation delays to outputs.
It allows a site to be divided into false alarm management zones called building areas (up to 200 per panel or 40,000 per network). These are virtual areas used for FAM programming that by default match fire zones but can be set independently to cover multiple zones and points or individual points. The use of building areas makes even complicated cause-and- effect easy to set up.
There is growing awareness of the role that care home staff can play in helping to reduce unwanted false alarms. Advanced’s loop-powered alarm acknowledgement device, the AlarmCalm Button, can be used to manually verify if an alarm signal is false.
By pressing the AlarmCalm Button, a staff member initiates a ‘second stage’ verification time and (optionally), the local sounder can be silenced. If after the second stage time the signal has cleared, the system will reset to normal conditions. If the signal in the detector is still present, a full fire condition will be signalled.
During the second stage period, a fire condition is also indicated if the alarm is confirmed by another method such as sensitivity change or second detector. AlarmCalm Buttons can only extend verification time once (before a system reset). If a real fire ensues, a full fire condition will be signalled.
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