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    OUR VOICE CAPABILITY

    In an emergency, being able to get your message across clearly and quickly is vital. Any mistake or delay may cost lives. In a world where the warning could relate to fire, security, terrorism, or any number of threats, the message given needs to be precise.

    The effectiveness of the spoken word over sounders has proved itself many times.  Senseco offers a wide range of systems to harness this potentially lifesaving method of communication.

    With the latest legislation, voice plays a big part in your safety strategy. Our team knows the market inside out ‒ including its stringent standards ‒ and has access to the most advanced products around.

    So whether you need design, installation or maintenance, we have proven experience working with all emergency voice communication systems.

    VOICE ALARM ‒ VA

    Voice Alarm is a requirement instead of sounders as part of your fire detection and alarm system, if your building is used by a large number of the general public who are unfamiliar with their surroundings, or if it’s one of London’s tall buildings.

    Voice communication provides clear, concise messages regarding the nature of the incident and also instructions, whereas electronic sounders can cause confusion.  In addition to pre-recorded messages, it’s also possible for live speech to be broadcast for specific emergency instructions.

    Voice Alarm systems must meet specific stringent standards in terms of equipment, design, installation, monitoring and operation.

    PUBLIC ADDRESS ‒ PA

    We supply and maintain Public Address (PA) systems for routine paging, announcements and background music.

    The important thing to remember is that while a Voice Alarm (VA) system can also be used as a PA system, the opposite isn’t true. A PA system can’t be used as a VA system because it isn’t designed to the same standard and doesn’t have essential features such as a monitored back-up battery supply, fire resistant cable, and comprehensive fault monitoring of circuits and critical functions.

    FIRE TELEPHONES

    In an emergency, fire telephones provide an effective means of secure communication between a firefighter or fire warden on the floor of your building and a control centre.

    Fire telephones are typically installed in stair cores of large or tall buildings, and are linked to the panel in the fire control centre or security room.

    We can provide you with combined fire telephone and disabled refuge systems. Plus, we can offer and support fire telephone systems that are an integrated part of your life safety system.

    DISABLED REFUGE

    Under the Equality Act you must provide a safe and effective means of evacuation from your building in the event of a fire or other emergency. This must be provided for all occupants, including people with disabilities.

    In most large buildings it’s essential that you provide disabled refuge areas and an emergency means of communication to a control station from these refuge points. Many of the disabled refuge systems we offer can also include disabled toilet systems and pull cords linked in, so they offer a wider range of functionality.

    VOICE SOUNDERS

    The effectiveness of voice messages compared to a tone from electronic sounders has been proved time and time again.  Voice provides a clear message and avoids confusion particularly for the general public and where users are not familiar with the building.

    However not all clients have the budget for a full Voice Alarm (VA) systems or it may be impractical to install VA in an existing building which does not have the wiring infrastructure.  This is where speech sounders could provide a suitable compromise.

    There are a variety of electronic sounders with either standard or custom pre-recorded voice messages programmed into them.  Whilst you do not have the ability for live speech over these units they provide a practical, simple solution for many applications.

    We can advise on the most suitable system to work with your fire detection system and to suit your building.

    VOICE MAINTENANCE

    As you’re most probably aware, there is a legal requirement for you to maintain your fire systems, which many emergency voice communication systems form an integral part of. As they are relied upon in emergency situations it is important they are kept in full working order.

    Building changes can affect speaker coverage and/or how well the message can be heard and understood. Therefore, it’s essential they are considered as part of projects works and changes taking place within your building.

    Our team includes specialist voice engineers, as well as combined fire and voice experts, who have experience in a wide variety of different systems.

    Our Product Partners

    We are proud to be system integrators for many leading product manufacturers across all areas of our business. We service and maintain equipment from most manufacturers, including open, managed and closed protocol systems. In addition, we can install the majority of products and systems on the market, to suit existing installations and meet your individual needs. Here’s an example of some of the manufacturers / products we work with.

    • Advanced
    • American Dynamics
    • Apollo
    • Aquamist
    • Argonite
    • Avigilon
    • Baldwin Boxall
    • C-Cure
    • Carrier Corporation
    • drax
    • ED
    • EST
    • FirePro
    • FIREscape
    • FM200
    • Gallagher
    • Gold Partner
    • Grosvenor
    • Hochiki
    • Honeywell
    • Honeywell/Gent
    • Hyfire Authorised Partner
    • Indigovision
    • Inergen
    • Janus
    • Janus C4
    • Kentec
    • Kentec Installation
    • Notifier Honeywell
    • Novec
    • Penton
    • Pro-Inert
    • Sapphire
    • Sateon
    • Siemens
    • Siemens
    • Taurus
    • TeledyneFLIR
    • Truvision
    • Vesda
    • Ziton

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    Somerset House

    Somerset House is a heritage property dating back to 1547 in the heart of London. Although it is well known for it’s outdoor skating rink at Christmas and open air concerts in the summer, it has many other uses and accommodates many other tenants. It hosts the UK’s largest creative community working globally across art, technology, business and social enterprise.

    The South Wing of Somerset House had a mix of hard wired fire detection system, an obsolete radio / wireless fire detection system and many aspiration systems, most no longeroperational. The project was to replace all of the systems in the South Wing with a single fire detection system for all areas and provide graphical representation of this wing and two other wings with legacy systems on a single graphics platform.

    This was all to be carried out within a listed building with mixed use and different tenants with minimal disruption to day to day operations.

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    Castle Mall

    Located in the centre of Norwich City, Castle Mall shopping centre comprises of 60 stores and food outlets, across five levels of retail and leisure, including an 8-screen Vue cinema. The centre also boasts a 790 space multi-storey car park.

    The fire detection and alarm system installed in the shopping centre was a Honeywell FC90 system, which was closed protocol and had reached the end of its working life. A replacement system was therefore needed to provide a modern supportable system for the shopping centre.

    This is a working shopping centre so minimal disruption to the operation of the shopping centre, retailers and shoppers was of paramount importance.

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    Uniper Enfield

    Uniper’s portfolio combines large-scale power generation and management of energy supply chains. Uniper’s former parent company was E.ON, who now focus on the new energy world.

    Uniper Power Station in Enfield had fire, suppression and voice alarm systems that had reached the end of their serviceable life.  They needed modern control equipment which would combine controls for different extinguishing systems into a centralised control station.  The extinguishing systems themselves also needed replacing or updating.

    Senseco were chosen to provide a bespoke solution providing controls and upgrades for gas extinguishing, water mist and deluge systems along with a replacement voice alarm rack.  Our power station expertise and ability to provide flexible, custom built solutions to meet Uniper’s needs were key to the project.

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