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News Release from: Aico | Subject: Aico Ei160 Series mains powered alarms
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2006
Elderly tenants protected with wireless
alarms
Forest of Dean Housing Association has completed a project to protect flats for the elderly using Aico Ei160 Series mains powered alarms in conjunction with RadioLINK wireless interconnect technology.
Forest of Dean Housing Association has completed a project to protect flats for the elderly using Aico Ei160 Series mains powered alarms in conjunction with RadioLINK wireless interconnect technology Forest of Dean Housing is a housing association and registered charity with just under 3,500 homes in the Forest of Dean district
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The housing association considers tenant, staff and public safety issues as paramount.
Issues about lack of mobility, living alone, health considerations, and so on, mean that the association gives particular attention to safeguarding the health and safety of its elderly residents.
The association had already used Aico mains powered smoke alarms in its general needs housing and were familiar with the products.
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When it came to producing suitable systems for the flats housing elderly residents, a specification was provided to the association's electrical contractor, Mitchell's (Glos.) , who then researched the market place and sourced the Aico RadioLINK system on its behalf.
Forest of Dean Housing was already familiar with the Ei160 system alarms that would be used in conjunction with the wireless interconnect technology and the configuration of the blocks of flats and Community Support Worker's (CSW) house at this sheltered scheme meant that wireless was the most suitable option.
Also, the contractor had used Aico products previously and gave the association a favourable report.
Within each block there are four flats.
Each flat has a stand alone smoke alarm and Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm fitted in it.
A heat alarm is also fitted in each flat and two further alarms are fitted in the communal stairway within the block.
Each alarm is individually connected to the CSW call system within the flat or communal stair way.
The CSW call system is connected to a central monitoring centre.
If an alarm is activated this will set off a further alarm at the monitoring centre.
The CSW call system also has the facility for the CSW to switch it over to a hand held unit, which then allows the CSW to monitor the system locally and to be mobile.
The communal alarms in each block are all linked by Aico's RadioLINK.
That is to say, if any heat alarm or communal alarm is activated, which would indicate a real fire situation, then all five other heat alarms and communal alarms will activate and sound, enabling every tenant in the block to evacuate the building.
The system minimises the possibilities of nuisance alarms causing an unnecessary complete evacuation of all properties.
Installation was carried out by Mitchell's (Glos.) , purchasing the alarms and RadioLINK technology through wholesalers Rifina in Tewkesbury.
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