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Sussex University
chooses Dorgard
Sussex University has recently
bought a number of Dorgards to
overcome the practice of illegally
holding open fire doors located in
busy corridors of academic buildings
on the university campus, a
practice that breached the
University’s own fire safety guidelines.
This latest order follows the successful
use of Dorgards in accommodation
areas at the University’s
Institute of Development Studies
where they have proven to be the
easiest and most cost-effective
way of legally holding open fire
doors.
Dorgard offers significant cost
advantages as it can be
retrofitted in minutes,
with no wiring required.
And with more than
125,000 Dorgards
installed across the UK,
Fireco’s listening technology
is recognised as
the safe, cost-effective
way of legally holding
open fire doors in busy
environments in any position
and automatically
releasing them when the
fire alarm sounds
The Dorgard range is now
acknowledged as an
established technology
offering a solution over
the widest range of
applications, and complies
fully with all relevant
British Standards,
EC Directives and UK
Workplace Fire
Regulations.
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fire & hazard protection
Understanding the burning issues
Demand for fire resistant glass is rising in line
with increasingly stringent fire safety regulations
in both the public and private sectors.
Gary Colliver, National Account Manager at
Float Glass Industries talks to PFM magazine
and offers his view on the latest issues and
developments in this burgeoning market.
As one of the UK's largest glass distributors, the
supply of fire resistant glazing products is an
important part of Float Glass Industries' (FGI's)
offering. Faced with an array of fire glasses and
performance claims many designers and facilities
managers look to their chosen fire door
manufacturer or glazing contractor for advice.
Although wired glass continues to dominate the
fire glazing market it is limited by its dated and
institutional appearance. The glass industry has
developed a wide range of more sophisticated,
clear view glasses, of which multi-layered intumescent
laminates provide the most attractive
performance characteristics. Much is also made
of a product's integrity in a fire situation, that
is the time period the glass will prevent flames
from breaking through, such as 30 minutes or
60 minutes. However, at FGI we strongly recommend
the use of products that are able to
offer in addition a degree of insulation as well
as the specified integrity, for the following reasons.
If there's a fire burning on one side of a
fire resistant glass that offers no insulation
value, the temperature on the non fire side will
rise rapidly. This represents an increased danger
to people passing by and could cut off what
may have been intended as a safe means of
escape.
Fire glass that offers the appropriate level of
integrity required with the added benefit of an
insulation value can, therefore, be a real lifesaver
in the event of a fire. At FGI we believe
we have a role to play in raising awareness
amongst architects and facilities managers of
fire glass developments, and, of course, to provide
the products that meet current and future
requirements in this fast moving field. That's
why we have been working closely with
Pilkington, Europe's largest glass manufacturer,
to add products like its Pyrodur range to our
fire glass collection. In fact, we are one of the
few independent stockists of the complete
suite of Pilkington Fire Resistant Glass in the
UK.
Let's take a closer look at Pyrodur Plus, which
is an excellent example of a tried, tested and
trusted integrity only glass offering a degree of
insulation. Pilkington's Pyrodur Plus is only 7mm
thick and contains just one specially designed
intumescent layer sandwiched between two
pieces of glass. It offers 30 minutes integrity
and also provides insulation against the heat
generated by a fire being radiated through to
Hochiki selected for
Iceland’s schools system
More and more educational establishments
worldwide are specifying
Hochiki detection devices to
meet increasingly stringent and
demanding safety standards with
reliable cost-effective fire protection.
In Iceland the schools system has
recently been decentralised. Local
municipalities now manage the
schools and are therefore responsible
for all funding of these facilities.
Hochiki detection devices
answer the demands of the municipalities
for quality and reliability
and also satisfy operational criteria
to ensure the lowest cost of maintenance.
Hochiki detection is the technology
of choice for Ark Security whose
projects include five new Icelandic
schools, like their latest at
the non-fire side. In the event of a fire the
glass cracks allowing the intumescent interlayer
to swell and protect both people and property.
It will sustain a very steep temperature
gradient across its thickness and continue to
hold the pieces of glass together even though
they have been broken by the heat. This makes
Pyrodur Plus one of the safest choices in the
market place today. In Addition Pyrodur Plus
also boasts good acoustic qualities, thereby
incorporating privacy and security into what is
primarily a fire safety package. Additionally,
being a clear glass it's especially suited to
installations where visual appeal and fire protection
are both important considerations. As
such it is an ideal solution for all kinds of internal
glazing applications, such as fire doors,
screens and partitions in offices, schools, hospitals
and other buildings.
Depending on the exact application, fire resistant
glazing can contribute to protecting the
structure of the building from collapse,
restricting the spread of flame across its internal
linings and prevent fire from spreading to
adjoining properties.
Arguably even more important though is the
ability of fire resistant glazing to make a significant
contribution to protecting means of
escape routes, as well as maintaining fire-fighting
access for the emergency services.
With a proven track record in such hostile environments
as oilrigs and chemical works, intumescent
laminates offer architects and facilities
managers a clear conscience and peace of
mind knowing that he/she did everything they
could to provide every possible second in the
event of a fire.
Gardabæ with a fire protection system
centred on hundreds of
Hochiki ALG-E analogue addressable
photoelectric smoke sensors
(featuring Hochiki’s ‘High
Performance Optical Technology’
which allows the sensor threshold
level to be increased, thus extending
sensitivity to a much wider
range of combustible materials).
This schoolhouse complex covers
8000 square metres and the system
is also supported by Hochiki manual
call points with all devices integrated
to a Kentec Syncro control
panel and Focus+ repeater display.
In addition, Hochiki I/O interface
modules are installed for monitoring
and controlling from the loop
ancillary equipment such as sprinklers
and dampers.
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