Advanced’s fire protection installed in canterbury student village

Fire protection solutions manufacturer Advanced has supplied intelligent fire panels as part of a £3.5m project to improve fire safety at Cloud Student Homes’ Canterbury Student Village sites. 

With fire safety a priority, it was vital to replace the existing fire alarm system in Kentish House, Behn Hall and Tallis Court. However, as the buildings were occupied, the challenge was to keep the existing fire system working while the Advanced panels were being installed to ensure occupants were protected at all times.

Advanced’s high-performance, fault-tolerant MxPro 5 analogue addressable panels were chosen to protect the student accommodation suites, bedrooms, high-risk areas and plant rooms within two blocks of Kentish House, two blocks of Behn Hall, and Tallis Court.

Fire engineering consultants Endeavour Group selected fire safety specialists CSS as the contractors on the Canterbury Student Village fire alarm replacement project. CSS was responsible for the design, supply, install and handover of the project. The company installed five MxPro 5 4-loop fire panels which were networked and connected to the ARC for fire and rescue monitoring. All devices are Hochiki with input/output units connected to the existing AOV units throughout. The networked fire system had to integrate with the access control, lift and AOV systems. Endeavour Group reviewed the product design and functionality of the fire system package on the project to ensure it met the client’s needs.

The Advanced MxPro 5 has a number of features including a built-in multimeter that measures all voltages and currents across the fire system in real time to speed up the commissioning process. Meanwhile, the MxPro 5 panels come in four and eight loop formats. The MxPro 5 also offers design flexibility since the panels work with leading detector protocols including, Apollo, Argus, Hochiki and Nittan. In addition, the panels work with up to 254 devices per loop (depending on the protocol) and offers an overall capacity of 200,000 devices per network. CSS adds that it is easy to network up to 200 network nodes and 2,000 fire detection zones and that the panels support wired, wireless and hybrid devices making install even more flexible.

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