Visual Alarm Devices Archives

Dr Zzeus Q&A: If fire alarm indicator devices do not meet the required standards, is the system compliant?

|Date: 5 August, 2024

Dr Zzeus Q&A: If fire alarm indicator devices do not meet the required standards, is the system compliant?

In this regular column, Dr. Tom Brookes, MD at Zzeus Training and chairman of the FSA, answers your quest ...

In this regular column, Dr. Tom Brookes, MD at Zzeus Training and chairman of the FSA, answers your questions related to fire safety. In this month's edition he looks at compliance of fire safety syst ...

5 August, 2024
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Why are Visual Alarm Devices (VADs) being ignored?

|Date: 23 May, 2024

Why are Visual Alarm Devices (VADs) being ignored?

Jake Hardcastle, Electrical Design Engineer at Thornley & Lumb Partnership, ponders why the use of VA ...

Jake Hardcastle, Electrical Design Engineer at Thornley & Lumb Partnership, ponders why the use of VADs as a fire safety device continues to be ignored in some quarters. BS 5839-1 clause 18 states ...

23 May, 2024
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VADs: Where Should They Be Used?

|Date: 26 May, 2017

VADs: Where Should They Be Used?

C-TEC’s Marketing Manager, Andy Green, clarifies the use of visual warning devices on fire detection and ...

C-TEC’s Marketing Manager, Andy Green, clarifies the use of visual warning devices on fire detection and alarm systems, while summarising where, why and when current guidance recommends such devices s ...

26 May, 2017
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