26 | NOVEMBER 2018
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WELCOMING WITH OPEN DOORS
AT MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
Compliance Made Easy
Welcoming
with open doors
at Missionaries of Charity
Welcoming with open doors
The Edinburgh Missionaries of Charity convent is a
at Missionaries
of Charity
The
Edinburgh
Missionaries of Charity
convent is a five-storey
building in a picturesque Georgian
five-storey building in a picturesque Georgian crescent.
Dorgard Pro holds fire doors open, releasing them to close when
crescent. Five days a week the sisters and their volunteers provide meals to the homeless.
Five days The
a week
the sisters
and their of
volunteers
provide meals
Edinburgh
Missionaries
Charity convent
is a
the fire alarm sounds. It features a separate Transmitter that is
to the homeless.
five-storey building in a picturesque Georgian crescent. directly
into doors
the fire
alarm
panel.
Dorgard
Pro wired
holds fire
open,
releasing
them to close when
Five
Between 50
and days
65 a week the sisters and their volunteers provide meals the fire alarm sounds. It features a separate Transmitter that is
homeless people
are homeless.
fed at
to the
directly wired into the fire alarm panel.
Colin said: “The Missionaries of Charity building has a hard-wired
Between
50 around
and 65
each
meal, with
10 homeless people are fed at each meal, with
others serving and clearing
around 10 others serving and clearing away. The dining room is
fire alarm system serving the whole building. Andy placed his
Colin said: “The Missionaries of Charity building has a hard-wired
Between
50 in and 65 homeless people are fed at each meal, with
away. The dining
room is
Transmitter
of building.
fire alarm
is on the
located
in around
the
with access
doors
from The
the dining
corridor
the
basement,
with basement,
access
10 others serving
and clearing
away.
room and
is
fire demo
alarm system
serving on
the top
whole
Andy panel
placed which
his
doors from the corridor
to the commercial
kitchen
and with
store
room.
ground
floor. We
around
18 doors
that
Dorgard
demo
Transmitter
on walked
top of fire
alarm all
panel
which is
on needed
the
located in the
basement,
access
doors from the corridor and
and to the commercial
kitchen and to
store
the room.
commercial kitchen and store room.
ground
walked
around all linked
18 doors to
that
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the
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With so many people in
Colin Beer, owner of CJ
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and in
the the
transmitter
linked
to all ground
of them,
whether
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so many
people in Solutions
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floor
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to mealtimes,
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building
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so
many
people
in
the
basement
at
mealtimes,
it’s
a
very
busy
were
in
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basement,
on
the
ground
floor
or
the
first
floor.
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was
times, it’s a very busy area.
the answer. He spoke
has a hard-wired fire alarm
very impressed.”
area. To avoid the room find
feeling
hot and stuffy and
to keep foot traffic
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room To
feeling
to
Fireco,
who
sent
an
the traffic
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very impressed.”
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and to serving
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and stuffy
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to do a on
survey
of
building. Andy placed his
flowing,
the
doors
were engineer
held open
hooks.
flowing, the doors were held open on hooks.
foot traffic flowing, the
the Missionaries of Charity
demo Transmitter on top
“I had
looked
at a hardwired
magnet but
system
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looked
at a hardwired
magnet system
the cost but
was the cost was
doors were held open on
building.
of fire alarm panel which
hooks.
said: “I
looked
at premises
is on
the
ground floor.
fire Colin
inspector
he
advised
that
the
phenomenal.
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as well
buying
magnets
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When the When
local the
fire local
inspector
visited
the the
premises
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advised
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phenomenal.
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as the
buying
the themselves,
magnets themselves,
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The visited
Edinburgh
Missionaries
of Charity
convent
is
a
When the local fire in-
a number of different
walked around all 18 doors
the
expense
and
disruption
of raggling
cables
into cables
the
walls
and the
hooks
on
fire doors
not
compliant
with fire
fire
regulations
the
expense
and disruption
of raggling
into
walls
and the
hooks visited
on
fire
doors
were were
not
compliant
with
five-storey
in a regulations
picturesque
Georgian
crescent.
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Pro holds
fire
doors
open,
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spector
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options
with
Andy,
the building
that needed
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then all the decorating costs on top of that.”
and that
needed
removed.
solution
to hold linked
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ises, he advised
the to be
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engineer. A For
what was
and needed
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days a week
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and
provide
meals
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then all
the decorating
costs
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top of sounds.
that.” It features a separate T
and needed
to were
be removed.
A in solution
was to needed
to whether
hold their
the volunteers
hooks on fire
doors
needed and
the
building,
all of them,
fire
doors
open was
legally
safely,
as keeping
them
closed
not
fire legally
to safely,
the Dorgard
homeless.
directly wired into the fire alarm panel.
we decided
that
they were them
in the basement,
fire compliant
doors with
open
and
as keeping
closed
all the
time was Pro
not
practical
in such a bustling
environment.
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regulations and
needed
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work best.”Dor-
on the ground
floor or the
all be the
time A solution
was not practical
in fire
such
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Pro was
and installed
away it the
best
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to
removed.
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doors a bustling
first floor. environment.
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new
to the product
but I far
easily
myself
— option.
it’s
was needed to hold the
open, releasing
them 50
to and pressed.”
Colin
“The
Missionaries
of Charity
building
65 to
homeless
people are not
fed
at each
meal,
with
new
to the
product
but
easily
installed
it myself
— it’s
rocket
science!
It really
is I said:
a very
good
system.”
Colin Beer, owner
of CJ Between
Solutions
was asked
find the answer.
fire doors open legally and
close when the fire alarm
“I had looked at a hard-
around
10
others
serving
and
clearing
away.
The rocket
dining room
is tivated. It
fire
alarm
system
serving
the whole
building.
He spoke
who
sent an
to
a survey
of the
alarm good
and Dorgard
Pro
safely,
keeping
them to of Fireco,
sounds.
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a engineer
sep-
system,
but
the expense
and disruption
It only
releases is
the a fire
not
science!
really
very
system.”
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owner
CJ
Solutions
was
asked wired
to do magnet
find
the
answer.
doors
auto-
closed all the
time was not of Charity
arate Transmitter
is basement,
the cost was
phenomenal.
of raggling
cables
into
the event
of
a fire
demo
on top
of fire
alarm panel
located that
in the
with
access doors
from the
corridor
and doors in some
of Transmitter
the
floors released
were
a the
little
building.
He spoke Missionaries
to Fireco, who
sent
an engineer to
do a survey of the “As it’s such an old building,
matically. The sisters are
practical in such a bustling
directly wired into the fire
As well as buying the mag- the walls and then all the
alarm. Other systems I’ve
uneven. We just installed a floor
plate in
these cases,
and
the all 18 doors tha
to the commercial nets
kitchen
and there’s
store room.
ground
walked
around
because
the fire a little
environment.
panel.
themselves,
decorating
costs such
on top an
of old
seen building,
react
to loud floor.
noises We
“As it’s
some
of happy
the floors
were
Missionaries of Charity alarm
building.
Dorgard Pro units worked and
perfectly.”
officer
is
happy,
so they
that.”
close
the
doors
when
Pro and the transmitter linked
to all of them
uneven.
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“Dorgard
Pro was
and installed a floor plate in these cases, and the
With so many people in the basement at mealtimes,
it’s
a very
busy
were in the basement, on the ground floor or th
away the best
option.
I was
Dorgard
Pro
units
worked
“Another
plus
with
Dorgard
Pro
is perfectly.”
that it is directly connected
new and
to the
but I traffic
very impressed.”
area. To avoid the room feeling hot and stuffy
to product,
keep foot
to the
fire alarm
panel and radio-activated. It only releases the
easily
installed
it myself
flowing, the doors were held open on hooks.
— doors
it’s not in rocket
science!
the event
a fire Dorgard
alarm. Other
seen
react connected
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plus of with
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is that I’ve
it is
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had
looked
at
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hardwired
to loud noises and close the doors when you don’t want them to magnet system
system.”
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fire alarm
panel and
radio-activated.
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the
When the local fire inspector visited the premises
that suitable
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such
an old be
which
wouldn’t
in phenomenal.
the noisy environment
the the magnets th
doors
in of regulations
the
event of a fire
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building,
some
the floors
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expense
and systems
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of raggling
cables i
hooks on fire doors were not compliant
with
fire
dining
room.”
were a little uneven. We
to needed
loud a noises
and
the doors
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them
to
all the when
decorating
costs want
on top
of that.”
and needed to be removed. A solution was
to plate
hold
the close then
just installed
floor
can tick
another
these
cases,
and the
you
don’t want
them
to noisy
said: them
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is
working
fine.
tested
them
by task off of the
which
wouldn’t
be
suitable
in We’ve
the
environment
fire doors open legally and safely, as in Colin
keeping
closed
the list! Dorgard Pro does
Dorgard Pro units worked
which wouldn’t be suitable
setting
off room.”
the fire alarm and Dorgard Pro released the doors
dining
all the time was not practical in such a perfectly.”
bustling
environment.
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Pro
far
what it
says and
on the away
tin. It’s the bes
in the noisy
environment
of was
Colin said: “I looked at a number of different options with
automatically.
The sisters
happy
because the very
fire good.”
officer is
“Another plus with
the are
dining
room.”
new to the product but I easily installed
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that can
it is tick
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said: “Everything
Andy, the Fireco engineer. For what was needed in the
happy, Pro
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www.fireco.uk
call
rectly
connected
to the
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rocket
science!
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is a by very
Colin Beer, owner of CJ Solutions was asked
to find
the
answer.
fine. working
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tested
Colin
said:
“Everything
is
fine.
We’ve
building, we decided that Dorgard Pro would work best.”
what it says on the tin. It’s them
very by good.”
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Welcoming with open doors
at Missionaries of Charity
oming with open doors
issionaries of Charity
burgh Missionaries of Charity convent is a
building in a picturesque Georgian crescent. Dorgard Pro holds fire doors open, releasing them to close when
week the sisters and their volunteers provide meals the fire alarm sounds. It features a separate Transmitter that is
eless. directly wired into the fire alarm panel.
and 65 homeless people are fed at each meal, with
others serving and clearing away. The dining room is
he basement, with access doors from the corridor and
mercial kitchen and store room.
‘
Another plus with Dorgard Pro
Colin said: “The Missionaries
of Charity
building
has a hard-wired
is that
it is directly
connected
to
fire alarm system serving the fire
whole
building.
Andy
placed his
alarm
panel and
radio-
It only
releases
the
demo Transmitter on top activated.
of fire alarm
panel
which
is on the
doors in the event of a fire alarm.
ground floor. We walked around all 18 doors that needed Dorgard
’
Pro and the transmitter linked to all of them, whether they
y people in the basement at mealtimes, it’s a very busy were in the basement, on the ground floor or the first floor. I was
d the room feeling hot and stuffy and to keep foot traffic very impressed.”
doors were held open on hooks.
He spoke to Fireco, who sent an engineer to
do a survey
of fire
the alarm and Dorgard Pro released the doors
setting
“I had looked
at off a the
hardwired
magnet system but the cost was
“As are
it’s happy
such an
old building,
of is
the flo
Missionaries
of
Charity
building.
Colin said: “I looked at a number of different options with
automatically. The sisters
because
the fire some
officer
cal fire inspector
visited
the premises he advised that the
phenomenal. As well as buying
the
magnets
themselves,
there’s
Visit
www.fireco.uk
Call uneven.
us
today
01273
320650
We off
just the
installed
a floor Pro
plate
in thes
Andy, the Fireco engineer. For what was needed in the
happy, so they can tick another task
list! Dorgard
does
ire doors were not compliant with fire regulations
the expense and disruption of Dorgard
raggling
cables
into the
walls and
Pro
units worked
perfectly.”
building, we decided that Dorgard Pro would work best.”
d to be removed. A solution was needed to hold the
what it says on the tin. It’s very good.”
then all the decorating costs on top of that.”
“Another plus with Dorgard Pro is that it is di