Austratronics

Smoke and toxic gases are the main causes of death in building fires. Experience has shown that deaths have occurred in locations remote from the fire due to the spread of smoke and gases and their ability to cause disorientation, incapacitation and ultimately death, depending on the concentration and length of exposure.

Fire Sprinkler Systems are designed to automatically contain and extinguish a fire. When the heat from the fire gets to a certain temperature the fire sprinkler heads operate spraying water over the fire. The Wet-Pipe: This system is charged with water that connects to the sprinkler heads, which activate automatically in case of a fire.

An emergency warning and intercommunication system is required for some Class's of buildings, in accordance with the Building Code of Australia. They are installed for the purpose of enabling the orderly evacuation of the building.

Ability to communicate to one or more Wardens via the (WIPs - Emergency Red phones) Duration of the Alert Signal The alert signal shall continue on until the Fire Brigade or Fire Warden takes manual control of the system.If not responded to within a prescribed time from initiation the automatic Evacuation sequence shall commence.

Australian Standards AS4214 - "Gaseous Fire Extinguishing Systems" and AS1851 - "Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems & Equipment" both require room integrity testing to be completed for "total flood" gaseous suppression system installations. Under these standards, room integrity is required to be tested initially as part of system commissioning, and then re-tested annually.

Fire orders are issued by Local Councils or the NSW Fire Brigade when the level of fire safety within the building is brought to their attention through a development application, a change of building use or when a complaint is received. The building will initially be inspected by the Local Council's Fire Safety Officer, a Council Building Surveyor or a NSW Fire Brigade Representative.