NO MORE FALSE ALARMS
FOLLOWING NORTHERN IRELAND
HOUSING ASSOCIATION’S
SWITCH TO AICO ALARMS
Grove
Community
Housing
Association in
Northern Ireland
has replaced its
existing Smoke
Alarms with
Aico’s Multi-
Sensors and
Ei164e Heat
Alarms in more
than 80% of its
properties.
Established in 1977, Grove
Community Housing Association
manages 218 properties in
North Belfast, which are a
mixture of new builds and
renovated existing dwellings.
With the Smoke Alarms in these
properties coming to the end
of their ten year life, Grove
looked in to the market for
mains powered alarms that are
reliable and could reduce false
alarms. Denis Bleakley, Grove
Community Housing Association
General Manager, explains: “We
wanted 10 year life rechargeable
batteries so neither tenants
nor the Association would be
troubled by battery replacement.
Being rechargeable also means
that if for some reason the
electricity supply is off for an
extended period, the batteries
still do not need to be replaced
and the alarms function safely.
We liked the Multi-Sensor
technology to reduce false
alarms for us and our tenants,
which we found was backed
up by BRE [Building Research
Establishment] research.”
An Ei company, Aico is the
market leader in residential fire
and Carbon Monoxide (CO)
protection in the UK. All alarms
are designed and built in Ireland
specifically to meet the UK
standards and regulations. For
more information please go to
www.aico.co.uk or contact Aico
on 01691 664100 or
[email protected]
AICO ALARM INTERFACE
USED IN HIGH RISK FIRE
SAFETY SYSTEMS
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.
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?”
For more information please
visit www.aico.co.uk or contact
Aico on 01691 664100 or email
[email protected].
LIMESTONE SANDSTONE
BUILDING STONE FLOORING WALLING
MASONRY LANDSCAPING RESTORATION
01386 584384
www.stonequarries.co.uk
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