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College installs Advanced technology


CHICHESTER COLLEGE is now using Advanced’s MxPro 5 panels, which were installed by PA Fire Systems and include an Advanced TouchControl touch screen repeater. Advanced stated that the West


Sussex college was opened in 1964, and houses over 5,000 full time students studying for a range of qualifi cations. Having been ‘substantially upgraded and refurbished’ in the last few years, the site has now seen Advanced’ MxPro 5 panels installed for fi re protection, with around 300 individual components making up the installation. Phil Calvey,


Advanced’s sales


manager for the South West, made the


following comment: ‘Advanced panels are now installed in a


THIS NEW range of glazed fi re door side panels is third party audited by CERTIFIRE and is available in three glass styles. The company stated that the panels are also available in nine frame colours, and have been launched to complement its fi re door range, launched in 2015. These new panels have also been fully tested to FD30 standards, with the company commenting that they give specifi ers ‘even more options to meet fi re safety requirements without compromising on aesthetics’. Patrick Dean, head of sales and marketing at door-stop,


said: ‘Our


side panels adhere to all of the same regulations as the fi re door range. Rather than relying on global assessments, we have taken the steps to physically burn all side panel combinations as a complete doorset, in order to test their spread of fi re capabilities.


number of educational establishments from Edinburgh University to Brighton College. MxPro offers an unbeatable mix of innovation, quality and reliability, combined with intuitive operation, training and support, making it ideal for installations like this one.’ Julie Sleeman,


offi cer at Chichester College,


chief operating said:


‘The redevelopment of Block B was a major commitment for us and, as it plays host to diners in the restaurants and cafés, it is also part of the public face of the college. We needed the right fi re system to cover this block, including kitchens,


APOLLO REPORTED it has installed new devices at state broadcaster RTV, based in its capital city, Ljubljana. The company fi rst installed alarms there in 1994, and has added upgrades through its partner and installer Zarja Elektronika with the ‘latest technological advances’. Buildings needed to remain open and accessible due to RTV broadcasting ‘around the clock’, and 350 SOTERIA optical and heat detectors were fi tted, with 360 due to be fi tted later this year. Around 2,000 devices will be replaced with upgraded units. For more information, visit www.apollo-fi re.co.uk


Detection kits dining rooms,


teaching spaces and communal areas, and, after working with PA Fire, MxPro seemed the ideal solution.’


Door-stop launches fire door side panels


ION SCIENCE launched the ‘world’s fi rst’ photoionisation detector (PID) fi re investigation kit, for detecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the sites of suspected arson incidents. The kits include detectors, a probe, battery pack, charging cradle and other


elements


within a carry case, and are said to be ‘easy to use with minimal


training’. Ion adds


that fi re investigators will be able to detect hydrocarbon compounds found in petrol, alkanes and cycloalkanes. For more information, visit www. ionscience.com


New magazine


SSAIB HAS released a new version of its annual magazine for its registered fi rms, ‘The Standard’, ‘SSAIB


which replaces News’. This new ‘Fire door and side panels not only


save lives, but they can look good too. In fact, our new fi re door side panels can be selected with frosted glass, which has a more modern and expensive feel than the usual offering of clear or wired aesthetics. What’s more, the doors are available in all of our contemporary colours, including Chartwell Green and Anthracite Grey.’


publication brings together talking points within security, fi re and manned guarding sectors, and it also analyses a series of important topics including new EU led data legislation, changes to industry standards, and schemes and new technologies. Visit www.ssaib.co.uk for more information


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