Swindon tenants get maximum protection from Aico

Swindon Borough Council has announced that it will replace all existing smoke alarms across its 10,500 properties, with Aico Radiolink Professional alarms.

Aico Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms will also be installed for the first time, interlinked with the smoke alarms.

The systems will be managed through Aico Alarm Control Switches.

The existing smoke alarms - a mix of Aico 150 and 160 Series alarms - are coming to the end of their working lives.

Swindon Borough Council is replacing these with optical smoke alarms with Radiolink bases, allowing the alarms to be wirelessly interconnected.

In houses, one alarm is fitted per floor, on the upstairs landing and in the downstairs hallway.

When one alarm activates, it will send a radio frequency signal to trigger the other alarm, ensuring the warning can be heard throughout the property.

Swindon completed its previous smoke alarm installation programme using Aico's Radiolink system shortly after the product was launched.

The new Radiolink CO alarm from Aico was chosen as it not only has all the features and quality build that professionals have come to expect from Aico alarms, but incorporates Radiolink Professional wireless interconnection for the first time.

This allows it to wirelessly interconnect to the smoke alarms so that when the CO alarm detects dangerous levels of CO, all the alarms interconnected on the system will sound.

This is important as a CO alarm is generally away from a bedroom area so may not be heard if there is a CO incident when occupants are asleep.

An Aico wall-mounted Alarm Control Switch is being installed in properties to allow residents to quickly locate the exact alarm which has detected the fire or CO leak and take appropriate action.

The Switch is completely wireless and can also be used to test all the alarms on the system as well as silencing the alarms if they are accidentally triggered.

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