C-TEC’s Hush Button fire alarm solution has been installed at a prestigious new housing development in Carlisle.
John Robert Gardens is a luxurious new-build development featuring 28 one and two bedroom flats each with stylishly designed contemporary kitchens, bathrooms and floors. An XFP networkable analogue addressable fire alarm panel operates in the reception area and is connected to 28 Hush Buttons, one installed in each individual flat.
Says Ray Park of Solid State, the company which fitted the system: “Hush Buttons put each resident firmly in control of their own fire detection systems, reducing false alarms, unnecessary and irritating building evacuations at all times of the day and night and the likelihood of a real fire alarm being ignored. The benefits are immense.”
Compatible with Apollo XP95/Discovery and Hochiki ESP protocols, C-TEC’s Hush Button is a major breakthrough in the battle against false alarms in houses of multiple occupation. False alarms are costly (as they invariably result in the fire brigade being called out), inconvenient (all residents must evacuate the building) and dangerous (if a building continually has false alarms, residents are more likely to ignore a true fire alarm believing that it is yet another false alarm).
C-TEC’s Hush Button solution meets and exceeds BS 5839 Part 6 in all areas, and also provides constant line fault monitoring, signaling a fault at the main panel should any detector be dislodged or damaged by a resident.
Even a building with structural fire barriers – such as a purpose-built apartment block where a communal fire alarm is not necessarily required – can benefit from C-TEC’s Hush Buttons. This is because the host analogue panel does not have to have detectors and sounders fitted in communal areas but Hush Buttons can still be fitted in each apartment to give residents greater control over their fire alarm systems. A further advantage of this approach is that the integrity and status of each apartment’s fire alarm system can be checked at all times at the host panel, plus an optional auto-dialler can be connected to the panel to send an alarm signal to the emergency services should a fire occur within an apartment.
