Cinema Project
Introductions

This project installs a comprehensive fire safety early warning system for French Cosmography cinema in Toulouse. There are a spacious lobby, ticket area, snack bar, lounge, and auxiliary areas, 10 screening rooms. Over 1,000 viewers can watch movies at the same time. The public spaces and screening rooms are designed for comfort without compromising user experience. 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 EN14604 &EN50291 fire safety regulation for this cinema. The system uses 56pcs alarms (smoke alarms, heat alarms, CO alarms) and controllers. It enables early fire warnings, lower false alarms, timely evacuation, easy maintenance and emergency response in the initial fire or carbon monoxide leak stage and simultaneously gives the information to cinema management and viewers.

😔 Challenges

  • Dense crowds and zero false alarms: There are air conditioning recirculation, smoke sprayers (for special effects), and low-light conditions in the cinemas, which can potentially trigger smoke alarms.
  • Differences in Functional Spaces:Various people go to different functional spaces, such as the ticket area, rest area, popcorn kitchen in the same air ventilation system, and may make false alarms or missed alarms.
  • Equipment Concealment: Alarms must not detract from the overall cinema aesthetic, and the alarm lights and buzzers must meet the standards while minimizing disruption to watching movies.

☺️ Solutions

  • Differentiated detection technology Combination together: Different types of detectors are used in different areas: Photoelectric smoke detectors are used in reading and book storage areas.
  • False Alarm Resistance Design Logic: The engineers optimize MCU multi-parameter alarm signal and algorithm to filter environmental noise and photo sensor sensitivity to reduce false alarm.
  • Double Verification of Installation and Commissioning: Each Alarm installing location on ceilings or high walls and avoiding near ventilation openings, air conditioning vents, should have the cross-verification for installation height, airflow impact, and measured response time.
  • Aesthetics and Functionality together: The alarms use concealing wiring and wireless connectivity and is installed in a not easily noticeable location, but the function is not affected. Adjusting LED brightness and sound without disrupting the viewing experience meets the standard.

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.
Entrance and selling tickets area + Public corridors + Waiting room for watching movie + Snack bars, lounge, and auxiliary areas + Screening room

  • 4pcs smoke detectors for entrance and selling tickets area
    4pcs smoke detectors for public corridors
    2pcs smoke detectors for waiting room for watching movie
    5pcs smoke detectors for snack bars, lounge, and auxiliary areas
    30pcs(3×10) smoke detectors for screening room(3pcs per room)
This project used total 45 pcs smoke detectors, the details are as follows:
  • 45pcs CS13R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo alarms

Heat Alarms

Popcorn and ice cream making area + Electrical equipment room + Technical maintenance room

The project used total 6 pcs heat alarms, the details are as follows:
  • 6pcs Wireless Interlinked heat alarms HD11R.
  • Heat alarms are installed in visible fire areas where smoke may easily cause false alarms.
  • Normally 2pcs heat alarms per computer room.
CO

CO Alarms

Boiler rooms + Backup power room + Gas equipment rooms + Underground parking

The project used total 5 pcs heat alarms, the details are as follows:
  • 5pcs 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 Cinema

Based on the cinema’s spatial type and risk characteristics, the project will achieve fire (smoke/temperature rise) detection in all critical areas within the cinema 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:

Smoke Alarms

Photoelectric smoke alarms use an infrared LED (IRED) and a photosensitive LED in a chamber; smoke scatters the IRED light, generating a signal that triggers the alarm. They are highly sensitive to slow-smoldering fires that produce dense smoke and carbon monoxide, providing 10–15 minutes of early warning for residential and public buildings.

The system should cover densely populated cinema areas, such as screening rooms, corridors and rest areas, ticketing and entrance areas, snack areas, and storage rooms. The project used the CS13R Wireless Interconnected Smoke Alarms system.

CS13R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo Alarm

Lifetime: 10 years

CS14R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo Alarm

Lifetime: 10 years

Heat Alarms

Heat alarms detect rapid temperature rises or high ambient temperatures, triggering an immediate alarm. They are suitable for areas with minimal smoke and fast heat increases, such as popcorn and ice cream production areas, electrical equipment rooms, and areas with steam, dust, or smoke.

To reduce device and wiring requirements, the project used the Wireless Interlinked Heat Detector HD11R.

HD11R Wireless Interlinked Heat Alarm

Lifetime: 10 years

CO Alarms

Carbon monoxide, the “silent killer,” is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and non-irritating toxic gas that easily accumulates in areas with incomplete combustion and poor ventilation. Reliable CO detectors must be installed in underground parking, cinema boiler rooms, backup power room and areas containing gas-burning equipment, also help protect the residents from CO poisoning.

To reduce the number of separate devices and wires numbers in this project, using Interlinked Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Combo Detector CS14R.

CS13R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo Alarm

Lifetime: 10 years

CS14R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo Alarm

Lifetime: 10 years

AT THE END

Project Summary

The French cinema alarm system operated stably with no false alarms or complaints for 1.5 years and passed monthly routine security checking. Our system not only improved overall safety without impacting the viewers experience but also meeting public cultural buildings core:

When you start a new public project such as libraries, cinemas, theaters, exhibition halls and museums, you must consider system false alarm controlling and use combo alarms, choose a factory-type supplier that understands both the product and installation and customization capabilities.

  • Safety must be reliable, and no false alarm.
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Products That Are Used In This Project

  • HD11R Wireless Interlinked Heat Alarm

    Unit Size: 120 * 120 * 31mm

  • CS13R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo Alarm

    Unit Size: 120 * 120 * 31mm

  • CS14R Wireless Interlinked Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Combo Alarm

    Unit Size: 120 * 120 * 31mm