Article archive for Geofire
Wire-free Salamander the fully compliant fire door solution (21 October 2015)
A range of radio controlled free-swing fire door closers and fire door holders are battery operated and connect wirelessly to a mains-powered controller unit, which is easily wired into existing fire alarm systems, ensuring that fire doors will safely close in the event of a fault or fire. One controller unit can manage up to 99 fire door closers or fire door holders.
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Deaf swim coach alerts hoteliers to fire safety danger. (20 October 2015)
Louise Halvey, a profoundly deaf swim teacher for deaf children, who travels extensively across the UK, more often than not finds that fire safety provision for deaf people staying in hotels is inadequate, potentially putting her own life and other deaf people’s lives in danger.
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Fire door holders are perfect prescription (16 September 2015)
Agrippa acoustic fire door holders are proving a great success at one of the North East’s largest hospital trusts, where they are legally holding open fire doors, helping to ease access through busy corridors whilst protecting occupants in the event of a fire alarm.
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Open doors improve ventilation and protection (20 August 2015)
A range of radio-controlled fire door holders have been installed at one of London’s most prestigious apartment complexes, to legally hold open fire doors and improve ventilation in the building’s corridors, while protecting occupants in case of a fire emergency.
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Wire-free ‘listen and learn’ fire safety (25 May 2015)
The latest addition to the highly successful Agrippa acoustic range is a new Agrippa Pillow Alarm. Part of the Agrippa 'listen and learn' technology, which is also available in the door holder and closer, is being used to alert deaf or hard of hearing people if the fire alarm sounds while they are sleeping.
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Compliant fire doors save the day at care home (05 April 2015)
A fire at a Hampshire care home, which caters for vulnerable adults, could have caused fatalities had the fire doors not been firmly secured, according to firefighters called to the scene.
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School gives top marks to fire door holders (24 January 2015)
Agrippa wire-free fire door holders have been installed at one of Birmingham’s largest schools, enabling fire doors in school corridors to be legally held open, releasing them in the event of a fire alarm to protect students and staff. With over 1400 students and 270 Sixth Formers, Fairfax Academy in Sutton Coalfield is typical of many larger, busy schools that have to balance access with safety. Geofire’s advanced, wire-free technology offers the most reliable way to legally ease access in thes
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