Grassalkovich Castle, the central venue of the Hungarian rotation of the Presidency of the European Union, has been fitted with Apollo Fire detection technology.
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| Picture courtesy of Andras Peter Nemeth |
Hungary holds the EU Presidency from January to June 2011, and up to 250 events are scheduled to take place in the riding hall and stable wing of the recently renovated castle.
The contract to equip the castle with fire detection was awarded to Elektrovill Ltd, who has represented Apollo in Hungary for 22 years.
The fire detection system has been built around Apollo’s XP95 analogue addressable technology. All XP95 detectors have been fitted with Apollo’s XPert card, which which has been designed to “ensure that the detector address remains assigned to one location and will not need reprogramming if the detector head is removed for servicing, maintenance or replacement,” Apollo said.
Around 70 XP95 smoke and heat detectors were arranged in three separate areas of the castle and are controlled by Global Fire Equipment’s Juno-Net panel.
Apollo interfacing devices, such as input/output units and switch monitor units, were used to enable the Apollo fire detection system to link with other critical equipment including aspirating detectors. It was fitted to comply with Hungary’s national fire safety regulations.
The baroque castle, which was built in the middle of the 18th century, fell into disrepair during the Second World War. However, large-scale renovation works began 15 years ago to make the venue suitable for hosting events relating to the Hungarian EU presidency.
