Fire Alarms ...

Mercury Security have installed a great deal of fire protection equipment in the area. Our systems adhere to British standards and we only use good equipment. Opposite is a guide to where your equipment might be placed should you have a fire alarm installed. A jargon buster section is below. As always e-mail or order an on-line quote for more information.

Recommended Placement Of Equipment
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Break Glass Call Point.
A switching device provided so that an alarm can be raised manually.
Conventional Fire System.
A system in which signals from each circuit are identified at the panel as a 'zone'. Multiple circu:its are available.
Fire Alarm Control Panel.
Apparatus containing power supply, detection circuitry, and visual indications.
Heat Detector.
An automatic detector which signals an alarm at a fixed temperature or a specific rate of rise in the temperature, or a combination of both.
Ionisation Smoke Detector.
An automatic detector which responds to a presence of hot smoke in the chamber which triggers an ionisation monitoring current.
Loop Powered Sounder.
Audible device which derives its power from the detection loop. Only available on analogue addressable fire systems.
Optical Smoke Detector.
An automatic detector which responds to the scattering of light by smoke in the chamber.
Remote Alarm Indicator.
Gives a visual indication of a fire condition to someone in a different location. Usually consists of one LED.
Sounder.
A device which gives an audible warning of a fire.
Xenon Beacon.
A device which gives a visual warning of a fire.
Zone.
A subdivision of the protected premises which is indicated separately from other subdivisions on the fire detection system.