14 Apr 2020
A custom-engineered gas extinguishant system from fire
systems leader, Advanced, is now protecting thousands of culturally important
collections at the Historical Archives of Belgrade.
The Archives play an important role in Belgrade, preserving
some of the city’s most important cultural and social assets, including 34,000 books
and journals, documents, photographs, works of art and other artefacts spanning
the 16th to the 20th centuries.
Advanced’s local partner in Serbia, TVI Ltd, undertook the
fire protection work designing and engineering a bespoke gas suppression system
to meet the site’s specific needs. Advanced’s ExGo gas extinguishant control
panel was installed alongside a TouchControl touchscreen fire system repeater
panel to protect the archive’s vast, 2,400 sq metre storage facility.
The installation involved the extensive interfacing of
TouchControl with the ExGo panel, enabling the end user to see the status of
the suppression system remotely via 3D interactive maps. The ExGo panel has
been programmed with substantial logic in order to achieve cause and effect that
activates relays and sounder circuits. These circuits are then used as mass-notification
devices and integrate with a bespoke engineered system using Touch Control.
Radomir Kerkez, Electrical Engineer at TVI Ltd, said: “As
part of the public procurement process for this project, we specifically
requested Advanced to be specified as we knew its solutions were capable of
delivering high-performance and reliable protection. Going forward we hope to install
Advanced fire protection across the rest of the 4,890 sq metre facility.
Vladimir Zrnic, Advanced’s Regional Sales Manager for
Southern Europe, said: “The Historical Archives of Belgrade required a
suppression system that effectively and reliably protects the Archive’s
contents in the event of a fire. Our ExGo gas extinguishant solution met TVI’s
requirements, combining performance, quality and ease of use, while the unique
interfacing of our TouchControl repeater panel with ExGo provides the end user
with complete visibility of the system’s status.”
ExGo has been developed specifically for sensitive and
strategic assets such as server rooms and data centres, control rooms, as well
as historic and cultural attractions. It is suitable for almost all
single-flooding area applications and includes a range of control options and
devices. It is approved to EN54 parts 2, 4 and 13 as well as EN12094-1 and is
among the first systems to combine these with EN12094 in a single solution.
(EN12094-3 relates to the integrated manual release on the front of the panel).
ExGo can be integrated into Advanced’s Axis EN fire system or any third-party
alarm system.
TouchControl is a fully-functional remote terminal and
repeater featuring integrated graphics, called Active Maps. The 10inch HD touch
device offers fire panel and network control and reporting and allows users to
immediately identify zones and devices in fire, fault, disablement and test
using dynamic colour-coded status buttons.
Advanced, owned by FTSE 100 company Halma PLC, protects many
sensitive and strategic assets around the world with its ExGo gas extinguishant
control panels, including the Hong Kong – Macau – Zhuhai Bridge, Romanian
National Library and 1,600km of Sudanese oil pipeline.
Halma is a global group of life-saving technology companies
with a clear purpose to grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone,
every day.
Advanced is a world leader in the development and
manufacture of intelligent fire systems. Advanced’s reputation for performance,
quality and ease of use see its products specified in locations around the
world, from single-panel installations to large, multi-site networks.
Advanced’s products include complete fire detection systems, multiprotocol fire
panels, extinguishing control, fire paging and false alarm management systems.
Advanced Electronics Ltd
The Bridges
Balliol Business Park
NE12 8EW
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
United Kingdom
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