Fire Protection - Case Studies

The lift station had 14” pumps dating back to 1961 that were still in service; failing valves flooding the station; a motor control center from 1984; and drive shaft-driven pumps that had become antiquated. “The station had become a local legend for operators in Mansfield,” said Bob Coker, wastewater treatment plant manager for the city of Mansfield. “Nobody understands the troubles with that [station anymore],” Coker said, noting that previously workers would spen...

C-TEC’s new CAST ZFP fire alarm system is protecting an exciting new hospitality venture in Cheshire, United Kingdom. Situated in the beautiful village of Tattenhall, The Bear and Ragged Staff has been radically transformed from a derelict shell into a high-end pub, restaurant and hotel, by a team of talented professionals, including Brian Mellor, an award-winning chef, and Martin Hilton, an industry-renowned beer sommelier. Featuring a fabulous bar/restaurant, eight en-suite bedrooms, a...

An intelligent network of 20 Axis EN fire panels from fire and life safety systems manufacturer, Advanced, has been installed at HaDo Centrosa Garden in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. HaDo Centrosa Garden is a 70,000 m2 development of eight 30-storey luxury residential towers and 115 townhouses located in the heart of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. The upscale condominium complex’s facilities will include a swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts, fitness centre, rooftop...

After the initial order four years ago, AQUASYS has now again equipped six vehicles of the Polish train manufacturer NEWAG with a fire fighting system. These wagons reinforce the already existing fleet on the Italian railway line near Bari. The acceptance of the six vehicles for the ‘Ferrovie del Sud Est’ line took place in Italy in January of this year. The train manufacturer already installed the AQUASYS components in the production line and they were then put into operation by th...

BINZ has delivered 11 water rescue vehicles based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter KA 416 CDI 4 × 4 to the DLRG Bavaria. There are vehicles with high or flat roofs, as well as additional equipment such as awning, Martin system, inverter, and additional heating, tailored to the requirements of the respective local associations. Features The clear and effective rear extension concept provides plenty of space and storage space.  The emergency vehicles are equipped, among other things, w...

The Vizcaya Provincial Council in Spain, has invested seven million euros in its fire prevention, firefighting and rescue services. Almost 25 percent of the existing fleet will be replaced by new trucks, which will enhance efficiency and improve rapid response. The 15 new vehicles include six heavy-duty urban fire trucks, three heavy-duty large-tank pumpers, three first-response trucks and three automatic turntable ladders, all fitted with Allison fully automatic transmissions. Heavy-duty urba...

Marioff has signed a contract with the Satakunta Hospital District in Finland to provide a HI-FOG® high-pressure water mist suppression system to the psychiatric hospital in Pori.  The HI-FOG system will protect the building from fire, which spans 20,000 square meters. The system includes a HI-FOG Land Pump Unit (LPU) and 3,500 sprinklers. Installations are scheduled to start in the fall. Marioff, a pioneering developer of water mist fire protection technology...

FlamePro, a renowned British manufacturing specialist of life safety garments and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for firefighters, has been awarded a £4 million contract by Capita, to provide its firefighting PPE for the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD), across the next decade. Firefighting PPE tender The competitive tender, part of Capita’s contract with the MOD, saw four different PPE providers bid for the contract, with FlamePro being appointed to provide its full ensem...

A fire that destroyed hundreds of rented units at a three-story self-storage warehouse in Manchester, United Kingdom, has once again brought into sharp focus the wider impact of fire and the vulnerability of buildings with no sprinkler systems. Self-Storage Tameside facility fire About 125 firefighters and 25 fire engines were called to battle the blaze at the Self-Storage Tameside facility, in Denton, on 21st February 2021. Thankfully, there were no injuries, but the wider impact to the hundr...

Marioff announced it has signed a contract with Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) in Rauma, Finland, to deliver HI-FOG® high pressure water mist fire suppression systems to four new Pohjanmaa-class multipurpose corvettes, part of the Finnish Navy’s Squadron 2020 project. RMC, one of the foremost shipbuilding companies in Europe, is building the ships for the Finnish Navy. Marioff, a foremost developer of water mist fire protection technology, is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, th...

A fault-tolerant network of Axis EN fire panels from Advanced has been installed at one of Crete’s newest and most exclusive beachfront hotels. Based in the coastal town of Ierapetra in Crete, the Robinson Club is designed around neighborhoods of hotel rooms across a 150 acre-site. This unique layout meant that the fire system specified needed to deliver seamless detection and notification of a potential fire to the hotel’s staff and guests, who could be located anywhere across the...

The innovative and globally renowned manufacturer of lightweight construction technology, Nemak Linz GmbH, has been relying on the high pressure water mist (HPWM) technology from AQUASYS for over 20 years. At the beginning of 2021, the extraction system was expanded. AQUASYS upgraded the new sections with single nozzles in less than 2 weeks and thus, ensured the rapid restart of business. Highly efficient cooling effect of HPWM The highly efficient cooling effect of the AQUASYS HPWM system pr...

Based in the heart of Leicester, Beauchamp City Sixth Form has recently opened its doors for its first term to welcome 350 A-Level students, following a dramatic renovation of a city center office block, formerly home to BT. The new four-story college, opened by The Lionheart Academies Trust, presents classrooms, labs, and IT suites, as well as study spaces and a library which will give students “access to the latest academic research in their chosen areas of study”. To ensure fire...

In Kazakhstan, in the city of Shymkent, the municipal authorities launched a pilot project to install carbon monoxide detectors in private houses. The goal of the project is to help the socially disadvantaged as they are the ones most often affected by CO incidents. Ajax wireless fire detectors were chosen for the project. This month they saved the lives of three people, and, as a result, Ajax security system is planned to be mass-installed in thousands of homes. FireProtect Plus detector At...

The installation of a fire detection and alarm system throughout a triple tower complex located in a newlydeveloped district of Tallinn. Project Size: 2800 devices Market Sector: Public sector System Type: Wired Protocol: Argus Vega Control Equipment: 9 x Kentec Networked, 4 Loop Panels Solution The 24000 square meter Tax administration offices required the fitting of 2800 intelligent smoke and temperature sensor devices, within a network of nine Kentec Syncro four-loop analogue addre...

The original fire alarm system did not meet the coverage required by current BS5839 requirements and due to the age of the system and the asbestos on site, it could not be extended. A quick install was required to minimize the disruption of the working Health Center. The Health Center is also a Grade I listed building. Built in 1935-38 and partly restored in the mid-1990s, it was designed by Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton architecture practice. Services housed at the center include the Michae...

When the English Whisky Company, the first whisky distillery built in England in 120 years, needed to upgrade their fire detection, an Argus system was the obvious solution. Project Size: 80 devices Market Sector: Retail System Type: Wireless Protocol: Vega Control Equipment: 2 Loop Kentec Panel Project Description Their insurers were demanding more robust and high spec fire detection for the distillery and warehousing, but the extremely thick concrete floors in the main building comb...

The installation of fire detection and alarm system in a new development in Tallinn, comprising two towers built for Estonia’s Eesti Energia power company. Project Size: 1800 devices Market Sector: Public Sector System Type: Wired Protocol: Argus Vega Control Equipment: 10 x Kentec Networked, 4 Loop Panels Solution To achieve the maximum fire safety coverage the 15000 square meter development required the fitting of 1800 intelligent devices, within a network of ten Kentec four-l...

Heathfield is a dynamic and vibrant boarding school for girls aged 11-18, surrounded by stunning grounds in Ascot, Berkshire, with outstanding facilities. The school has an unrivaled emphasis on nurturing each girl so that she achieves the best possible results while living life to the full by participating in sport, drama, music, art, and an extended variety of extra-curricular activities. Work has just been completed on the new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) facility. This...

FCC Environment is one of the waste and resource management companies. With activity throughout Europe, Africa, North and South America, FCC is one of the world’s largest environmental services companies, they provide a range of services, from collecting business and municipal waste of recycling and processing, and the generation of green energy from waste. Fire protection systems AFS provides turnkey fire protection systems for FCC Waste Recycling sites in the UK, each project typicall...

A vast multi-functional business park in South Africa’s Cape Town is the latest prestigious site to be protected by C-TEC’s revolutionary CAST fire alarm system. Owned by Inospace, a rapidly-expanding operator of serviced business parks, the textile exchange is a 2-hectare park located just minutes from Cape Town’s International Airport. Featuring a fully-kitted business hub, warehouse storage areas, high specification meeting rooms and restaurants, the park is home to a wealt...

A fault-tolerant network of fire alarm control panels from Advanced has been selected to protect the 3Ts Redevelopment program at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. 36 4-loop MxPro 5 fire panels, 46 repeater panels, and two custom-built AdSpecials panels from UK-manufacturer, Advanced, are to be installed at Brighton’s 3Ts hospital redevelopment as part of phase one of the program. Custom-built panels Phase one involves the construction of a 13-story building with two basement levels, lo...

Vimpex's Hydrosense Water Leak Detection System has been installed in Dublin Airport’s new Visual Control Tower (VCT) to protect the new state of the art facility from water ingress, which could seriously damage electrical, communication and computer networks. Visual Control Tower (VCT) The 87-meters high tower is Ireland’s tallest occupied structure and a commanding new addition to the city’s skyline. It comprises three separate but integrated building elements, the control...

On this occasion, the end-user and client is one of the largest and popular retail hypermarket chains in the world, who are locally present in the GCC, Middle East, and Asian Territories. They own and operate over 250 hypermarkets in 15 countries across the region with future desires and plans to extend into another 38 countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and Russia. For this foremost multinational retailer with high-value investments, the management company required a comprehens...

C. Miesen GmbH & Co. KG were able to manufacture a total of five new ambulances to strengthen the customer's fleet in the future Ambulance Syd in Denmark. The basis for the ambulance vehicles is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 416 CDI, wheelbase 3,665 mm, with original high roof, all-round glazing, and an additional left sliding door. Features The equipment of these vehicles offers some highlights that make daily work easier and safer for the emergency services:  In addition to the integ...

C. Miesen GmbH & Co. KG were able to manufacture and deliver the first five of a total of 12 identical ambulances with box body construction to the Swiss "Rescue St. Gallen".A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4x4 chassis, with a wheelbase of 3,665 millimeters, serves as the basis for these tailor-made emergency vehicles. Features Due to an extensive special signal technology based on LED, these vehicles are perceived and detected at an early stage in road traffic. Numerous external access flaps p...

The flames and billowing smoke rose high enough to veil as an acre of bone-dry grasslands was ignited by a slow, fiery ooze belching from something called a drip torch. The initial wave of heat could have easily seared the clothing of the sturdy crew of firefighters who purposely set this section of land aflame, but they knew which way the wind was blowing and lit accordingly. That is what a prescribed burn looks like. USDA Forest Service employees repeat similar scenarios on national...

In the Midwestern Illinois city of Rochelle, the local fire department took delivery of its first Toyne Apparatus, a fully customized rescue/pumper. The Rochelle Fire Department's (RFD) new rescue/pumper will replace an older fire truck built-in 1995 that had served the department for 26 years. Built to take the call, the department’s latest fire apparatus addition is ready to protect the community. Established in 1877, the RFD has been serving the residents of Rochelle for nearly 145 yea...

Following the successful delivery of more than 5,000 sets of high-quality structural firefighting PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) from globally renowned specialist PPE manufacturer, MSA Bristol (MSA Safety Incorporated) and its Australian distributor, Pac Fire Australia (Pac Fire), Australia’s Fire & Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) fire service has continued with their roll out and expect to have an additional 5,000 sets of structural PPE delivered by June 2021. The expectation is...

London Ambulance Service announced that 529 violent incidents have been reported between April 2020 and January this year. To protect their frontline workers, the Ambulance Service has started to roll out Motorola Solutions VB400 body-worn video solutions to help their frontline workers to deal with assaults and threats. “The health, safety, and wellbeing of our crews are of utmost importance. We want to take every precaution possible to ensure that our frontline people are safe whilst at...