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.