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News Release from: Apollo Fire Detectors | Subject: Emkay Fire Detection project
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 April 2006
Emkay installs Apollo in schools
refurbishment
Emkay Fire Detection Limited has won various contracts to supply Apollo-based fire detection systems in schools across North Lanarkshire.
Emkay Fire Detection Limited has won various contracts to supply Apollo-based fire detection systems in schools across North Lanarkshire The contract, which covers refurbishment of lighting and fire alarms in schools throughout the area, was awarded by North Lanarkshire Council to various Electrical Contractors of which Emkay Fire Detection was the Supplier
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 1 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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North Lanarkshire in the heart of Scotland has a population of around 321,000 and covers one of the largest local council areas in the country.
The Council is responsible for 130 primary schools and 26 secondary schools, as well as a number of nurseries and special needs units.
To date, Emkay Fire Detection has fitted modern fire systems in ten schools as part of the Council's refurbishment programme.
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Most of the schools have straightforward fire protection requirements and range in size from Auchinloch Primary, a 1930s village school serving 100 pupils, to Mossend Primary and Nursery which has around 360 pupils.
Emkay chose Apollo's XPlorer range for these installations.
The XPlorer range has been designed to provide the benefits of analogue systems without having to commit to complex design and commissioning.
Key features include proven digital technology, a pre-alarm to help reduce false alarms and flexibility of system configuration.
The range includes an optical smoke detector, a standard heat detector, a high temperature heat detector, a manual call-point and a choice of two bases.
A range of XPlorer interfaces for equipment switching is also available.
On larger projects such as Cumbernauld High School, however, Emkay recommended that Apollo XP95 analogue addressable fire detectors should be used.
"The XP95 range is better suited to the scale and complexity of buildings like Cumbernauld High, plus it was more economical for this particular application," explained Tommy Flynn, Emkay's Managing Director.
XP95, like all Apollo intelligent detector ranges, is based on a digital, open protocol.
This ensures backwards and forwards compatibility, greatly simplifying extension of the system or replacement of detectors to meet future requirements and changes of use.
An open protocol also makes upgrades logistically easier because work can be carried out in phases over time.
The XP95 range includes an ionisation and optical smoke detector, a heat detector and a multisensor.
The detectors are robustly designed and can operate over a wide range of temperatures and humidity levels.
They are also equipped with a drift compensation feature to minimise false readings caused by dust.
Cumbernauld High School comprises a main building that houses classrooms in three low-rise blocks, plus separate buildings linked to the main block by corridors that house the departments of technology, business studies and sciences and home economics.
There is also a large main assembly hall and a PE block that includes a swimming pool.
The existing fire protection treated each building separately, with no communication between the different blocks.
Emkay supplied a networked fire detection system comprising five Advanced Electronics control panels - one for each of the main buildings.
These monitor around 400 Apollo XP95 fire detectors and will trigger an immediate evacuation of the entire school in the event of an alarm.
The complexity of this site meant that part of the installation had to take place during term time.
Emkay phased their work around the normal school timetable and ensured continuous fire protection throughout the refurbishment.
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