Many of us can relate to the logic that there’s no sense reinventing the wheel: Why start fire and life safety design from scratch when there are already so many tried-and-true procedures and examples from which to borrow?

This month’s issue discusses how to design and install fire and life safety systems for restricted-access zones, which may have more in common with other applications than you think. Prisons, just like hospitals, use a protect-in-place strategy, which is based on the notion that it’s unwise to discharge occupants onto the street every time a detector sounds. That strategy would be intolerable for schools, yet those serving the education market can relate to how prisons must safeguard sprinkler heads and take other vandal-proofing measures.

Borrowing great ideas makes sense. Of course, planners must always keep the unique needs and applicable codes for every installation in mind. OSHA regulations, for instance, allow mental institutions to have locked doors blocking egress routes, which leads to other necessary design considerations.

Challenging the status quo with fresh approaches and new technologies is what will help all of us excel as we move forward. System Sensor is committed to building on what works with product development aimed at bringing even greater ideas to fruition in the future.

By Jackie Lorenty,
Manager of Product Marketing, System Sensor

Tags: aspiration, Editorial

Posted in Aspiration Detection, Editorial, Intelligent Detection, Winter 2011

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