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Fire & Security systems for the Telecommunications industry

“With VESDA we always know we have the best chance of catching any fire before any other measure might be needed. VESDA has never let us down and in a business like ours, that is critical.” Karl Smith, Building Services Manager - SunGard Availability Services Read their success story more

Fire detection solutions

VESDA smoke detection systems are the most widely used very early warning smoke detectors in the telecommunications industry. From data centers to mobile phone huts to telephone exchanges, the service provision of telco companies around the world is protected by VESDA smoke detection.

Some of the key benefits that VESDA smoke detection provides to Telco companies are:

• The earliest possible warning of a fire, buying time to prevent service disruption
• High sensitivity without nuisance alarms
• Minimizing the risk of ‘computer cancer’, caused by the corrosive compounds released by overheating or burning electrical components.
• Monitoring of air being pulled into a building by economy cooling systems, preventing external smoke reaching sensitive equipment in a telco facility

Security solutions

As well as protecting Telco facilities from fire, Xtralis's products can protect the same facilities from theft and vandalism. The ADPRO range of video security products can secure multiple geographically-spread sites from a central location, allowing:

• Virtual guard tours, using CCTV to check that everything at a remote site is OK. This can include monitoring lone workers at isolated facilities.
• The cause of an alarm to be confirmed with video before sending someone to respond. This reduces the cost of patrolling security guards.
• Response to an alarm or call button using the 2-way audio system integrated with the ADPRO products. This can be used to quickly warn off an intruder or ask a visitor at a call point for ID.
• Interfacing with control systems to do things like turn off lights, open gates or control machinery.
• Confirmation of the arrival/departure and contents of goods deliveries

Links Brochures In the Press Success stories Design guides White papers Presentations

Learn more Protecting small, business-critical Telco facilities This brochure (PDF) describes the fire-risks within a small Telco facility and how to design a smoke detection system to minimize those risks. SunGard customer success story Learn why SunGard has come to depend on the unparalleled protection provided by VESDA smoke detectors to protect their key new London Technology Centre Protecting Internet data centers from fire This brochure (PDF) describes how a very early warning smoke detection system can be used to ensure the service provision of a data center. Air Sampling – early detection by VESDA This article in The Data Centre Journal brochure describes how a VESDA very early warning smoke detection system can be used to protect a mission-critical facility. Fire Protection for Telecommunication spaces This article appeared in Workplace protection magazine and discusses the risks associated with fires in Telco facilities, possible solutions and the development of the NFPA 76 standard covering Telco facilities. Nuisance alarms in critical telecommunications systems Proceedings of the 3rd NIST fire detector workshop. Telco perspective of fire detection presented by Bellcore, AT&T and UL The way forward for fire prevention This article appeared in Security Oz magazine and discusses some of the latest fire protection and detection technologies. Data Centre design guide This ‘How to’ guide provides engineers with guidelines on designing a VESDA detection system for a data center. VESDA smoke detectors Get more information about our VESDA range of air sampling smoke detectors. What is remote video verification? Learn what remote video verification is and how it can make a security operation more efficient by responding only to alarms that represent a real threat. ADPRO security products Get more information about our ADPRO range of video security products.

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