A case study of fire detection products at Corey’s Sports Bar, a newly refurbished nightspot in Tamworth, Staffordshire.
The town centre bar opened at the end of 2014. The installer Justice Fire & Security, designed and fitted Fike Safety Technology (FST) Duonet single-loop intelligent addressable fire alarm. Steve Grant, Installations Manager at Justice, said: “The innovative technology built into the Duonet panel is designed to significantly reduce false alarms and provide the flexibility required for demanding environments such as nightclubs. This flexibility combined with the benefits of FST’s multi-criteria detectors made Duonet an obvious choice for this project.”
Forty devices including Multipoint ASD detectors, call points, sounders and beacons, were installed in the bar; up to 200 devices can be installed on a single loop. The Multipoint ASD detector offers multiple choices of detection mode, with an optional built-in 90dBA sounder and strobe. The unit can be set to a single mode or a combination, for a choice of up to 15 settings. Each detector also has an in-built loop isolator as well as optional I/O for local control and switching. This single device can be used in all fire detection applications by changing its mode of operation. For example, the detectors protecting the dance floor have been programmed to a heat mode as the bar uses a smoke machine for effects. This allows the system to be re-configured if the layout of the venue changes.
Steve added: “As a system designer and installer the flexibility of the Multipoint ASD Detectors is a great advantage. We only have to stock a couple of different versions of detector and they can easily be re-programmed on site if we come across any problems during commissioning.”
To aid evacuation in the event of fire, standalone strobes were installed in the toilets as well as on detectors on the dance floor. The use of integral strobes eliminates the need to install a separate strobe and therefore saves time and money. Loop mounted I/O modules were used to automatically turn off the sound and turn on the lighting if an alarm is triggered. The Duonet panel provides up to two-loops, whereas Quadnet, a larger product, has a capacity of up to four loops making addressable Multipoint ASD detectors available to customers with systems of up to 800 devices.
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