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Daniel Miller, electrical manager at
Greenfields Community Housing, said: ‘As a social landlord, we have to adhere to the Decent Homes Standard that ensures all properties are suitable and safe for occupation. ‘As part of this, we are constantly
looking to far exceed this standard by utilising the latest technologies available in the marketplace to improve the safety and living conditions of our tenants, and we felt that the FireAngel alarms complemented this perfectly.’
He added that the decision to roll out the smoke alarms throughout the building stock was guided by the number of benefits on offer. Not only would the alarm react quicker in a genuine situation across both fast flaming and slow smouldering fire types, but it would also help to reduce nuisance alarms. ‘Nuisance alarms, generally
caused by toasters, can lead to tenants removing the battery or the smoke alarm completely, putting the safety of the property and its occupants at risk. The maintenance costs associated with nuisance alarms are generally quite high for housing associations. ‘However, whilst FireAngel alarms
increase the fire protection of our tenants, they also prove a far more cost effective solution over the long term. In addition, the alarm itself has a stylish aesthetic, helping to complement the modern interior of our properties,’ he said. James King, sales director for
FireAngel, commented: ‘Greenfields Community Housing is now able to utilise the latest sensing technology, as used by over 90% of the UK fire and rescue services, to enhance the fire protection of both its tenants and property portfolio in a far more sustainable manner.’ In addition, Mr King said that
Greenfields would be looking in the future to use wireless smoke alarms, enabling the entire range of alarms to be interlinked within a property, helping to increase both fire and CO protection whilst reducing installation time and costs
recovered from alarms were identified and this allowed us to begin developing predictive algorithms. The information and alerts generated
by FireAngel Predict is particularly useful for vulnerable individuals, as it provides relatives, social care organisations or local fire services with information that allows early intervention when a risk is identified. This will hopefully reduce the likelihood of a fire occurring. For example, if a person living with dementia has experienced a number of false alarms due to leaving food cooking on the hob for too long, this evidences a pattern in high risk behaviour and enables preventative measures to be implemented before a life threatening fire incident occurs. Optical, multi sensing and interconnected
alarm technologies are continuing to redefine the expectations and abilities of the industry, not only successfully identifying different fire types for greater reaction times, but also predicting if harmful patterns can be rectified before a fire incident occurs. This enables professionals to go above and beyond, to achieve constant compliance and to ensure not only that the greatest levels of protection are installed, but also that individuals have the maximum amount of time to evacuate
James Hall is technical director at FireAngel. For more information, view page 5
www.frmjournal.com JUNE 2018 47
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