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ADVANCED PANELS PROTECT LANDMARK
SWANSEA STADIUM The Liberty Stadium, home of Premier League club Swansea City and Rugby Union Pro12 side Ospreys, is now protected by intelligent fire panels from Advanced.
Opened in 2005, the 20,750-capacity stadium was the first venue in Wales to host Premier League football, and is the country’s third largest.
The new Advanced MxPro 5 fire panels in the Liberty Stadium were supplied by Discount Fire Supplies and installed by Kelden Fire and Security Limited, both long-time Advanced partners. The installation, covering the entire stadium including all public and back-of-house areas, is comprised of six MxPro 5 panels, linked by fault-tolerant network cards and supplemented by two touchpad display terminals.
Lee Kellaway, Director of Kelden Fire and Security Limited, commented: “Advanced are our first choice of panel every time, combining innovation, intuitive operation and reliability. The system has been installed in all of the open concourse areas of the stadium, which are regularly used by sports fans, so it is important that the fire system is kept up to date.”
LUCION CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS ASBESTOS
DANGERS Risk management and occupational safety company Lucion Services has launched a new campaign to highlight the hazards of asbestos containing materials in schools.
The Asbestos in Schools initiative comes as Lucion publishes its new White Paper, setting out the case for reassurance air monitoring using high powered Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).
A campaign video features Lucion’s Managing Director Dr Patrick Morton warning about the possibility of harmful airborne asbestos fibres finding their way into the classroom and other areas, where they could be inhaled by teachers and pupils. This can lead to damaging health effects in both teachers and children and in severe cases, people developing fatal illnesses such as mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos.
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Thousands of schools built between the 1950s and 1985 are particularly at risk, before the UK outlawed the import and use of some types of asbestos used in building materials and products in 1985.
Asbestos was incorporated into these schools in significant quantities because of its fireproofing and insulation properties and it can still be found in ceiling and floor tiles, decorative textured surfaces and wall panels.
The video forms part of a wider campaign to highlight the problem of asbestos in schools, and more importantly what can be done to enable the risks to be identified and assessed more effectively. There remains widespread concern over the potential damage to health from asbestos despite Health & Safety Executive and legal duties on schools that help to cut the risks.
Advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) technology can improve the measurement of the amount of airborne fibre than traditional techniques and should be
Gordon David, Building Services Manager, spokesperson for The Liberty Stadium, said: our stadium is more than just a building; it's our spiritual home and a landmark in the city. This means it's worth protecting and, after liaising with the installation team, we concluded that Advanced panels offered the right combination of quality, reliability and functionality required for this vital system.”
Phil Calvey, Advanced Sales Manager for the Midlands and South West, commented: “The Liberty Stadium is the latest in a long line of sporting venues, including Tottenham’s White Hart Lane and the Cardiff Principality Stadium (Millennium Stadium), to benefit from Advanced protection. It’s one of the most popular sporting venues in Wales, and is known by sporting fans all over the world. The Advanced panels installed in the stadium are renowned for their quality and ease-of-use, which makes them ideal for a high-profile installation such as this.”
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considered as part of an annual re- inspection programme.
This approach can improve the way asbestos is measured in school premises, enabling experts to better assess the risk and provide recommendations for its safe handling and, if necessary, removal.
Dr Morton said: “There is no 'safe' limit for asbestos for teachers and pupils to breathe. Utilising SEM technology gives duty holders a major opportunity to establish new standards of best practice for air sampling and monitoring, which will better protect the health and safety of our schools.”
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