European-Style Apartments Project
Introductions

This project installs a comprehensive fire safety early warning system for UK’s European-Style Apartment in London. There are 5 floors and 100 rooms, and various functional spaces including public recreation area, public Wi-Fi areas, public laundry and dry-cleaning facilities, and unground parking in this building. There is a typical high-risk commercial service establishment for its diverse functional spaces and high volume of people. Referring to the building’s functional layout and operational requirements and product types and technical characteristics, the project is comprehensively designed and planned the fire detection and alarm system with the British BS 5839 fire safety regulation for this apartment.

The system uses 168pcs alarms (smoke alarms, heat alarms, CO alarms) and controllers. It enables early fire warnings, timely evacuation, and emergency response in the initial fire or carbon monoxide leak stage, and simultaneously gives the information to the management, original owner, residents, and tenants.

😔 Challenges

Fase Alarms: Ordinary smoke alarms may frequently trigger false alarms in apartment cooking activities areas and steam areas, that let Resident dissatisfaction and complaint against the property management company.
Architectural style and wires routing: Hiding wires or wireless doesn’t affect architectural appearance but needs comply with EN54 wiring’s standard.
Alert and notification Interconnection System: Providing real-time alert and notification to the management/security center without false alarms by interconnection of smoke, heat, and CO alarms system.
Regulatory compliance: The system must meet German local fire safety inspection and insurance requirements.

☺️ Solutions

Develop a Detailed Construction Plan: Use on-site survey data to develop a detailed wiring diagram, prioritizing wireless connections and pre-embedded conduits in the ceiling to minimize structural damage.
Zonal Installation Design: Divide rooms according to function, and install smoke detectors or combined smoke/CO detectors in residential, public potential risk areas, and install heat alarms in areas with significant temperature changes or less noticeable smoke， install combined smoke/CO detectors in gas boiler rooms, etc.
Compliant installation: There are most effective location configurations from this project referring to BS 5839 regulations as follows: installing smoke alarms in the center of the ceiling or the top of the stairs, installing heat alarms far away from vents and steam, and installing CO alarms 3m height and away from ventilation openings.
Installing Combo alarms: Reduce false alarms in areas such as restaurants, conference rooms, and corridors, the project used photoelectric + heat combination detectors or multi-sensor wireless interconnected alarms to detect actual fires.
Training and Maintenance Planning: Provide training on equipment use and daily maintenance to apartment security and logistics, including monthly inspections, dust cleaning, and signal testing.

How Many Alarms

Explore how different areas are equipped with the appropriate types and number of alarms, ensuring effective fire safety across various environments.

Smoke Alarms

Following EN 54 standard (applicable to Europe): The coverage area and detector spacing for each detector are standardized.
100 Rooms + 5 Floors + Lobby + Relaxation area + Restroom + Public rooftop area

100pcs smoke detectors for 100pcs rooms (1pcs alarm per room)
15pcs smoke alarms for 5 floors ( 3pcs(200÷80) smoke detectors for approximately 200 m² corridors and public passageways per floor )
3pcs smoke detectors for Lobby, relaxation area and restroom
2pcs smoke detectors for public rooftop area

This project used total 120 pcs smoke detectors, the details are as follows:

80pcs SM17R Wireless Interconnected Smoke Alarm
30pcs SM02 cooking Mini Smoke Alarm
10pcs CS13R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo Detector

Heat Alarms

2 Boiler rooms + Dry cleaning room +
Shared kitchen + 30 Studio

The project used total 39 pcs heat alarms, the details are as follows:

2pcs Wireless Interlinked heat alarms HD11R per boiler room
2pcs Wireless Interlinked heat alarms HD11R per dry cleaning room
3pcs Wireless Interlinked heat alarms HD11R per shared kitchen
1psc Wireless Interlinked heat alarms HD11R for studio.

Heat alarms are installed in visible fire areas where smoke may easily cause false alarms.

CO Alarms

Boiler rooms + Gas Equipment Rooms + Public water heater area + Underground parking

The project used total 9 pcs heat alarms, the details are as follows:

9pcs CS14R Interlinked Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Combo Detector

At least 1pcs CO detector per equipment room, with horizontal distribution across multiple floors

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Choose The Right Alarms For Apartments

Based on the apartment’s spatial type and risk characteristics, the project will achieve fire (smoke/temperature rise) detection in all critical areas within the apartment and CO detection and early warning in areas where carbon monoxide leaks may occur (such as boiler rooms and machine rooms), so the project used three type alarms: