The market leader in
domestic Smoke and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms, Aico’s recent fire safety event
in London has been welcomed by the capital’s social housing landlords as a
valuable and informative event.
Held at the Kia Oval
cricket stadium in London, the invitation only event was attended by 75 people
from London based housing associations and local authorities. Visitors
received a one hour CPD presentation on the latest domestic fire safety standards
and regulations, along with practical advice on alarm selection and siting
within properties.
The main presentation
was followed by three further sessions, looking at Aico’s range of award
winning technology, including AudioLINK data extraction, RadioLINK+ and future
innovations; how and why to wirelessly interconnect alarms to third party
safety devices such as Telecare/Warden Call devices, BS5839 Part 1 panel
systems and sprinkler systems; and a presentation from Jim MacDonald, Lead
Officer Specialist Services, Communities/Housing Services at Fife Council on
how the Council has benefited from integrating its fire alarms with Warden Call
devices in its sheltered accommodation and HMOs. These sessions were
divided between the Oval’s conference room and two of Aico’s Mobile Training
& Demonstration Units which were on site for the day.
The Mobile Training
& Demonstration Units, launched earlier this year, enable Aico to deliver
detailed Smoke and CO Alarm product and technology information, plus its CPD
accredited Expert Installer training, right to customers’ doors. Information
boards on all Aico technologies and alarm ranges - with fully functional
product attached - are installed within the units, along with a virtual video
tour of the company’s manufacturing process in Shannon, Ireland.
“We’ve had
considerable demand from Social Housing Landlords across London for training
around fire safety” states Michael Wright, Marketing Manager for Aico.
“As training and education is at the core of everything we do, we felt it was
important to hold a large scale event to reach as many people as
possible. The event has been so popular that we weren’t able to
accommodate all those who wanted to attend, so we will be running a further
event in December.”
Aico’s Expert
Installer is a CPD accredited modular training scheme that ensures everyone
involved in domestic alarm specifications and installation has all the
information they need, from standards & regulations, alarm system design
& installation, through to specific technologies. If you are
interested in attending a training course, please contact Aico to discuss which
modules are best suited to your needs. Training is offered at Aico’s
recently expanded Centre of Excellence in Oswestry, Shropshire or can be held
in one of Aico’s new Mobile Training & Demonstration Units.
