Fire & Safety



Making Maponya Mall safer
February 2009
GE Security’s fire detection technology is making Soweto’s flagship mall a safe place to shop. Maponya Mall, Soweto’s first mega-regional upmarket shopping centre was opened in September 2007. With an ...

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Cavernous fire protection
February 2009
Dinorwig hydro-electric power station has chosen Kentec Syncro analogue addressable control panels for the upgrading of its fire detection system. Known to thousands of visitors as Electric Mountain, ...

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Integrated hospital
January 2009
GE Security’s fire detection technology has made Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town a safer place for doctors and patients alike. Groote Schuur is the chief academic hospital of the University of Cape ...

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Nitrogen and water extinguishers
January 2009
Every fire needs three elements: oxygen, heat, and fuel. If only one of these elements is removed, the fire cannot spread and will inevitably go out. Automated extinguishing systems are designed on the ...

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Fire protection doors
January 2009
Roll-Up Serranda’s fire protection roller shutters are the first of their kind in South Africa to achieve international credibility through certification by TUV Rheinland, a German-based testing facility. ...

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Sigma XT+ multi-area gas control
January 2009
For extinguishing systems with up to four areas, an integrated control solution is provided by Kentec’s Sigma XT+ range, which combines feature rich Sigma CP conventional fire detection from two to eight ...

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Multiple sensors to reduce false alarms
November 2008, Bosch Building Technologies
There is evidence that systems using multisensor detectors have, as a rule, a lower incidence of false alarms than those with single-sensor detectors

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Sporting with fire
November 2008
Sinteso fire detectors are at the heart of a sporting arena which has won one of Germany’s most significant accolades for fire prevention in buildings. The Allianz Arena is an ultra-modern stadium which ...

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International trends in standardising aspirating smoke detectors (ASD)
November 2008
As a signatory country to the worldwide ISO standards, the South African fire detection industry should take interest in the publication and adoption of EN54-20 'Fire detection and fire alarm systems ...

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Customised solutions to cover all fire risk scenarios
November 2008
ADT Security, through its affiliation to Tyco International, not only offers customers access to security resources, but also access to technologically advanced fire protection systems combined with the ...

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Recreational fire
November 2008, Bosch Building Technologies
Bosch modular fire panel system installed in major Baltic recreation resort. The choice based on ease-of-use plus easy customisation and expandability. A Bosch modular fire panel 5000 Series system has ...

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Syncro ASM fire panel range marine approved
November 2008
Kentec’s Syncro ASM single and two loop, analogue addressable, fire control panels are now available with Lloyds Register type approval for a wide range of marine and offshore fire alarm system applications. ...

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Stop burning cash
November 2008, Masc Solutions
Saving money is in everyone’s best interest, particularly in a very competitive fire protection industry. The Fike ProInert Fire Extinguishing System design includes a distinct pressure regulating valve ...

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Future-proof safety
November 2008
In today’s world of 24/7 global communications the beating heart of businesses is the area of electronic data processing, the vital organisational centre that, as risk managers will be only too aware, ...

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Where size matters
October 2008
The Syncro AS is part of a range of open protocol fire alarm control panels fully compatible with existing Syncro fire alarm panel technology. Now available with two or four detection loops capable of ...

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Fire detection technology in the HDI-Gerling administrative centre
July 2008
Siemens provides highest safety at the insurer with a comprehensive concept for fire detection and extinguishing

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CF3000 fire panels
July 2008
The Cooper CF3000 range of panels, available locally from ADI International, offers a high-specification, analogue fire detection panel solution which is available in a 1, 2 or 4-loop configuration. The ...

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Bosch Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series
July 2008, Bosch Building Technologies
Bosch Security Systems' Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series allows a fire alarm system to be configured according to the specific needs of the building: from an isolated control panel with one loop to a complex ...

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Fire panel system based on full-scale modularity
June 2008, Bosch Building Technologies
Bosch Security Systems has designed a fire panel system based on full-scale modularity within the panel itself and in the network. This allows for easy installation and expansion in a wide variety of ...

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Hot tips for load shedding periods
May 2008
According to Chubb Fire, more often than not, it is not fire that kills, but the lack of control that does. Picture the following scenario... One morning a homeowner experiences one of the recurring ...

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