Specialist Detection Devices
Fire detection systems that offer the earliest possible warning of a potential fire
To fulfil the criteria of 'earliest possible warning', a detection system is needed that can adapt to the unique characteristics of any given environment.
Specialist detection devices need to be considered when the following criteria are present:
- When business continuity is paramount
- When smoke is difficult to detect
- When maintenance access is difficult
- When unobtrusive detection is required
- When evacuation is a challenge
- When environmental conditions are difficult
- When suppression systems are present.
Examples of just some of the types of intelligent, specialist detection devices available from BFP include:
Early warning smoke detectors
Early warning smoke detectors provide the earliest warning of a potential fire. This buys time to investigate and intervene, potentially avoiding the damage, downtime and cost of suppression release.
This is critical for:
- Telecommunications facilities
- Server rooms
- Financial data centres
- Utility facilities
- Clean rooms
- Power generation facilities.
Specialist early warning smoke detection systems need to be highly reliable and deliver high performance levels to ensure business continuity and freedom from nuisance alarms.
Reflective optical beam smoke detectors
The Firebeam protection system includes a motorised head unit containing an infra-red transmitter and receiver, a ground level controller and prism reflector.
Making use of the prism reflector, the returned infrared beam is analysed for smoke contamination and registers a fire condition at a pre-determined level. At ground level the controller unit is used to make operational adjustments.
Loop-powered beam detectors
Beam detectors are designed to replace individual point detectors and protect large open spaces such as atria, museums, churches, warehouses and factories.
Typically, they are made up of three main parts:
- The transmitter - which projects a beam of infra-red light
- The receiver - which registers the light and produces an electrical signal
- The interface - which processes the signal and generates alarm or fault signals.
Beam detectors are powered directly from the zone (or loop), so no additional power supply is required.
Self-aligning beam detectors
The persistent problems of alignment, power and accessibility can all be addressed by providing a beam detector that's reliable and easy to maintain and more importantly, reduce the risk of expensive false alarms.
A BFP self-aligning beam detector will allow you to complete all of the following at ground level:
- Commission
- Threshold adjustment
- Contamination compensation checks
- Time to fire and fault
- Latching mode changing
- Turn on and off
- Self test
- Event count
- Full diagnostics.
Water detection systems
Air conditioning, sprinkler systems, water-cooled processors and heating systems are all potential sources of water leakage which, if undetected, can seriously damage many of today's complex electrical, communication and computer networks.
Even a small leak can prove to be disastrous, but with a water detection system installed, continuous monitoring can be carried out in vulnerable areas for potential hazards - around the clock, year in year out.
Please contact us for more information on our range of specialist fire detection devices or for further detail on our full range of fire prevention products.
