19 Sep Differentiating Dust: Smart Fire Solutions
You’re out on holiday, soaking in the sun, finally putting the world on hold and taking some time for yourself. Your neighbor calls you and tells you, the office fire alarm keeps going off. Now you have a whole new set of fears in your head, how much damage has been done? Who can get to the scene quickly? Did the sprinklers work? All of this, only for the fire alarm to have picked up – dust.
Dust is the cause of many false positives. Recently, it has become a major selling point for smart fire systems to point out their ability to differentiate smoke from dust. When enough dust gets inside a fire alarm, or tricks cameras or sensors, a fire alarm is triggered, believing it to be smoke.
Even with air filtration, offices, warehouses and homes suffer from dust build-up, smart fire solutions identify not only the composition of the air, through cameras and other forms of identification, but also by covering the motion pattern of fire. Siemens Fire Solutions checks each minute of every day to understand the expected layout of an office and refers this layout to known colours, patterns and motion of fire. When a fire appears in the office, the smart system checks a number of criteria, as opposed to just one, ensuring accuracy, and keeping you peace of mind.
With a smart fire solution, as opposed to a traditional one, instead of having your holiday interrupted, you’ll be able to flag the right people at the right time, knowing you’ll never be bothered by false positives.