ESP is played to its strengths

Birmingham City FC's 30,000 capacity St Andrew's stadium sees high attendances for each game. The club recently appointed Birmingham based Argus Services to install a new fire detection system from Hochiki Europe to protect staff, players and supporters from the dangers of fire.

The work required the installation of a BS5839 compliant Category L4 addressable fire detection system based around Hochiki's Enhanced Systems Protocol (ESP). A Category L4 system is one in which detectors are only installed within escape routes. ESP is a total communications solution for intelligent fire detection and fully integrated systems. It has a multi-purpose structure that provides the flexibility and expansion to accommodate simple addressable systems through to sophisticated integrated building management and safety systems.

A wide variety of Hochiki products were installed including 84 call points, 59 base sounders, 33 sounder controllers, 25 mains relay output units and 45 multi-sensors. 321 Hochiki optical smoke sensors were also used, featuring the company's high performance chamber technology.