Advanced Fire Alarm Equipment

Decide between a conventional and an addressable panel first, then size it by zones or loops and add the peripherals the site needs.

Conventional panels

QuickZone panels are conventional / twin wire (sav-wire) panels with an integral power supply and space for standby batteries. The QZ-2 and QZ-4 provide two or four fire zone circuits plus two monitored sounder circuits, and QuickZone XL panels such as the QZXL-12HS take up to 12 fire zone circuits.

Addressable MxPro 5 panels

MxPro 5 panels are sized by loops. The MX-5201 takes one or two loops, the MX-5401A is fully expandable to 4 loops with 4 onboard sounder circuits, and the MX-5802A expands to 8 loops with 8 onboard sounder circuits. The MX-5401N is configured for the Nittan Evolution protocol and supports up to 254 devices per loop, protocol dependent, while the MX-5401D is the deep enclosure build of the Apollo XP95/Discovery and Hochiki ESP variant.

Evacuation, smoke control and extinguishing

EvacGo panels such as the SP-8629-32 follow BS8629, the code of practice for evacuation alert systems used by fire and rescue services in buildings containing flats. The SC-5101A SmokeGo panel controls smoke control fans and dampers and is approved to EN54 Parts 2 and 4, and the EX-3001 ExGo is a three zone extinguishing panel approved to EN12094-1.

Terminals, networking and fitting

The MX-5010 remote display terminal has a 240 × 64 white backlit LCD, and the TOUCH-10/FT is a 10" touch screen terminal with site maps. MXP-509 fault tolerant network cards join a large Ad-NeT+ 200 panel network, the MXP-512 thermal printer prints the event log, and semi-flush bezels such as the MXM-503 give a recessed finish.

Related categories

See also Advanced MxPro Bezels. Complete a system with fire detectors, manual call points and emergency lighting, or compare other makers in commercial fire alarm panels and fire alarm systems.