In response to a specific customer requirement, Kentec Electronics has developed an Evacuation and Alert Control Indicating System (EACIE) to provide fire and rescue teams with an intelligent communication structure to support staged evacuation – Evac-Point.
Kentec’s ‘Evac-Point’ system uses user-defined zone reference labelling to enable Fire Services to sound alarms in targeted areas of a building, such as a specific flat or floor, so that the public can be evacuated in line with how an incident develops.
It is being delivered through Kentec’s Special Applications engineering department. The modular design is said to allow for greater flexibility and site customisation for the installer and end user and reduces lead time availability.
Its development follows the Grenfell tragedy and the 2019 BS 8629 Standard which seeks to ensure residential buildings over 18m are provided with an effective means to help the fire brigade evacuate efficiently and effectively, regardless of the manufacturer or specific design.
It is available in two and three loop versions (expandable to four loops) with a modular design where banks of five can be added to increase capacity if required.
Derrick Hall, Sales Director at Kentec, says: “Other products on the market are only available in the largest sizes, meaning paying for functionality that is not required.
“Another differentiation is its in-built LED control panel illumination, provided as standard. The BS 8629 Standard recommends a lit environment, so this additional feature saves installing dedicated lighting separately. Our role as life-safety manufacturers is, as ever, to make the lives of our installers and the end users easier and safer.”
The Evac-Point is available with a flush bezel so that it can be set into the wall, designed to provide a secure and robust, two-point locking, steel enclosure. It is based on Syncro AS technology, with an open protocol architecture that it is compatible with Hochiki and Apollo protocols to provide greater system design flexibility.
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