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FireClass a Solution Focused Approach
The FireClass product range has been consistently developed with the views and needs of customers and end users. All
our products are specifically focused on providing the most effective and efficient system for the environment and for those
responsible for installing and maintaining the system. Below are some examples.
Customer Requirement:
Often on a construction site, such as a newly built office block, fire detection installation contractors are requested to provide a first
fix installation to all detectors but they are not able to return to the site for several months to complete the installation due to the
installation of the ceiling.
Solution:
On a recent installation with Fire Detection and Suppression, Bristol, for installation of all detectors FireClass recommended that our
customer use the Ceiling Tile Adaptor Kit (517.050.060), this way the engineers were able to not only first fix devices but they were
also able to install and commission all smoke detectors and complete programming and testing in one visit.
The engineers clipped their standard bases to the ceiling tile adaptor back box then installed the detectors. They were then able to
connect the devices to the loop and test each device.
On this project, the engineers were able to leave the ceiling tile adaptor bezel and clamp, which had been installed by the ceiling tile
contractor, in positions marked on the installation drawings. This was done by drilling a 127mm hole in each tile and then pushing the
bezel and clamp into the hole. The contractors were then able to pull through each detector as they installed the ceiling tiles.
Upon return to site the fire alarm engineers simply re-tested the system and handed over to the client to manage. No additional visits
were required to second fix detectors, therefore offering a cost saving to the end user.
Outcome:
FireClass was able to save the end user costly re-visits for continued testing and commissioning of the system. This enabled our
customer to win further work with this client and other clients as they had the time available to send their engineers to site.
Customer Requirement:
When dealing with a monitoring gas extinguishing system for instance in a server room with addressable fire detection in all areas,
customers often require the system to be controlled by a central panel located in the engineers’ maintenance office.
Solution:
Within the FireClass range, we offer an addressable panel which uses addressable smoke and multi sensors in the server rooms.
This could be used to distinguish a fire condition in each server room giving full details and enabling Quad Input/Output units
(555.800.771) to be programmed to operate a Prescient III gas extinguishing panel to operate the gas suppression required in the
correct area.
The system also uses addressable detection for all areas outside of the server rooms and effectively reports back to the same
panel. Using a four loop panel provided the capacity to have up to 1000 addresses, consequently leaving the end user enough
space on the loop for future expansion.
These signals were all then reported back to a FireClass Graphics system (FCG-001) where, with the full flexibility of a computer,
the end user was able to monitor all activations from site on a graphical representation of the area where the incident occurred.
The user friendly software also enabled the end user to customize how they wanted to see the screen and all relevant buttons for
controlling the fire alarm panel.
Outcome:
Using FireClass the customer was able to provide a building solution, using an addressable fire alarm panel and devices together
with gas extinguishing panels and a full graphical interface to control the system and mimic the status at all times.
The FireClass product range has been consistently developed with the views and needs of customers and end users. All
our products are specifically focused on providing the most effective and efficient system for the environment and for those
responsible for installing and maintaining the system. Below are some examples.
Customer Requirement:
Often on a construction site, such as a newly built office block, fire detection installation contractors are requested to provide a first
fix installation to all detectors but they are not able to return to the site for several months to complete the installation due to the
installation of the ceiling.
Solution:
On a recent installation with Fire Detection and Suppression, Bristol, for installation of all detectors FireClass recommended that our
customer use the Ceiling Tile Adaptor Kit (517.050.060), this way the engineers were able to not only first fix devices but they were
also able to install and commission all smoke detectors and complete programming and testing in one visit.
The engineers clipped their standard bases to the ceiling tile adaptor back box then installed the detectors. They were then able to
connect the devices to the loop and test each device.
On this project, the engineers were able to leave the ceiling tile adaptor bezel and clamp, which had been installed by the ceiling tile
contractor, in positions marked on the installation drawings. This was done by drilling a 127mm hole in each tile and then pushing the
bezel and clamp into the hole. The contractors were then able to pull through each detector as they installed the ceiling tiles.
Upon return to site the fire alarm engineers simply re-tested the system and handed over to the client to manage. No additional visits
were required to second fix detectors, therefore offering a cost saving to the end user.
Outcome:
FireClass was able to save the end user costly re-visits for continued testing and commissioning of the system. This enabled our
customer to win further work with this client and other clients as they had the time available to send their engineers to site.
Customer Requirement:
When dealing with a monitoring gas extinguishing system for instance in a server room with addressable fire detection in all areas,
customers often require the system to be controlled by a central panel located in the engineers’ maintenance office.
Solution:
Within the FireClass range, we offer an addressable panel which uses addressable smoke and multi sensors in the server rooms.
This could be used to distinguish a fire condition in each server room giving full details and enabling Quad Input/Output units
(555.800.771) to be programmed to operate a Prescient III gas extinguishing panel to operate the gas suppression required in the
correct area.
The system also uses addressable detection for all areas outside of the server rooms and effectively reports back to the same
panel. Using a four loop panel provided the capacity to have up to 1000 addresses, consequently leaving the end user enough
space on the loop for future expansion.
These signals were all then reported back to a FireClass Graphics system (FCG-001) where, with the full flexibility of a computer,
the end user was able to monitor all activations from site on a graphical representation of the area where the incident occurred.
The user friendly software also enabled the end user to customize how they wanted to see the screen and all relevant buttons for
controlling the fire alarm panel.
Outcome:
Using FireClass the customer was able to provide a building solution, using an addressable fire alarm panel and devices together
with gas extinguishing panels and a full graphical interface to control the system and mimic the status at all times.
