Students attending the Galashiels campus of Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University are being protected by an Apollo Discovery intelligent fire detection system.

The Apollo Multisensor was supplied and installed and is being maintained by Safe Services. The system is equipped with optical smoke and heat sensors and offers five operating modes.

Graeme Millar, senior fire engineer at Safe Services, explains: “As there was a closed protocol system in place before, the main difficulty with upgrading the system in the two accommodation blocks was bringing in the new one without losing coverage. Everything had to be rewired, as nothing on the old system could be used.”

The final changeover was completed in a day, and a new connection to the alarm receiving centre was created.

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