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Solvay Advanced Polymers in Alpharetta Georgia is serious about Safety. The employees of this company, a subsidiary of Solvay America, a Fortune 100  company,
work tirelessly to improve Employee Safety, and as a result continuously
excel above industry Safety standards. A partnership between Fire
Control and Solvay seems only natural. Fire Control designed and installed
an analog addressable fire alarm in this 300,000 square foot research and
development facility. The system combines automatic detection with PC Based
Color Graphics annunciation, and
Emergin's WirelessOffice Client/Server messaging
software for instant
alpha paging to all support and Fire Brigade personnel for all emergency
conditions. In addition, Fire
Control successfully integrated to over fifty distinct industrial process
signals for instant notification in the event of process failures, improving
facilities response and reducing downtime.
This Smoke Control Panel in a State Office Building is part of a comprehensive smoke evacuation system that was designed 
by the talent at Fire Control and begins with the main Fire Alarm
control panel. In the event of a fire, software causes the respective
fans and dampers in this seven story twin tower facility to position
and respond to evacuate personnel and smoke on the floor where the
fire alarm is located. At the same time, the system pressurizes
two floors above and the floor below. In addition, the software commands
the system hardware to pressurize the fire evacuation stairwells
to permit safe egress in the event of an alarm. Should the
fire progress beyond one floor, the software will continue to add floors
to the sequence in order to maintain the correct areas of evacuation and
pressurization. Fire fighters can view at a glance the relative position
of dampers, and the status of pressurization fans, as well as override
any sequence by way of manual toggle switches.
The security console in this Historic Building was designed by Peter Monahan 
of Fire Control, with an emphasis on simplicity. Within view, and easy
reach of the security personnel are a color graphics annunciator for Fire
Alarm reporting, and a PC based Card Access System. The card access system
also restricts the Elevators (seen in the rear of photo) as necessary.
Closed Circuit television cameras monitor the various areas of the facility,
and are easily controlled by Security Officers. Not visible is a gate entry
and intercom system that reports from the parking garage gates to pre-programmed
telephone extensions.
This Smoke Control Panel in City Hall gives firefighters instant feedback as to the status of dampers, pressurization fans,  and
evacuation fans. Because the building is architecturally complex, the staff
at Fire Control designed and installed this product with firefighters in
mind...some who may have never seen the facility before....The objective
was to convey the necessary fire alarm information accurately and graphically
to eliminate a learning curve during an emergency. In addition, the controlling
software monitors the position of all dampers and devices in the system
to be certain that at least one damper is opened before a pressurization
or exhaust fan can start. These software interlocks eliminate the risk
of improper operation by an unfamiliar user which could cause damage to
the smoke control equipment.
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