Fire safety start-up
company Lite4Life has adopted Aico’s unique Ei414 Fire / Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Alarm Interface into its Multiwatch tower block fire safety system and
AlightforLife Directional Way Finder Safety Light.
The Ei414 is being
used to alert these systems in the event of an activation from Aico Fire and CO
Alarms. In the case of AlightforLife it activates LEDS pointing to the
nearest exit.
Andy Cunningham,
Managing Director of Lite4Life, selected the Ei414 based on its ability and
Aico’s reputation in the marketplace: “It is so much more user friendly than
anything else on the market.
"We are finding
that using the Ei414 to send messages and signals to report on alarm status at
the earliest opportunity gives us valuable minutes in the protection of people
and property from a potential devastating fire.
"The recent
Hackitt report for High Risk Residential Buildings (HRRB), recommends that high
risk buildings are to be managed and our product, using the Ei414, can provide
the solution for many of the points identified by Dame Judith Hackitt. We
at Lite4life, feel it archaic to rely on a member of the public to notify the
fire rescue services, often after the fire has been alight for some time.
A fundamental change must be highlighted in the way we can approach fire
protection in high rise residential buildings and Aico go a long way in
supporting our vision.
“All of our future
projects, including those addressing the HRRB standard, will be using Aico
products. We are aligning ourselves with tried and tested companies to deliver
demonstrable cost saving with innovation. Working with Aico has been
fantastic; with our relationship with Andy Speake [National Technical Manager]
and the Regional Specification Managers, why would we use anyone else?”
The Ei414 Fire/CO
Alarm Interface from Aico provides a dedicated connection between Aico Smoke
and CO Alarms and third party safety systems. It is frequently used to
connect alarms to Telecare/Warden Call systems, Sprinkler systems and BS5839
Part 1 panel based Fire Alarm systems. The connection can be made
wirelessly with Aico’s award winning RadioLINK Radio Frequency (RF) technology
or hard wired directly between the two devices.
The Ei414 can be
powered directly from the mains or from a 12-24V DC supply and has built-in
tamper-proof rechargeable Lithium Cells which will power the device in the
event of any mains failure. Reliable, easy to install and use, it
features a ‘test’ setting to test the entire system including a signal being
transmitted to the third party system.
Aico, an Ei company,
is the market leader in residential fire and CO protection in the UK. All
alarms are designed and built in Ireland specifically to meet the UK standards
and regulations.
