Morley-IAS fire system protects vulnerable patients at Bethlem Hospital Released 20 September 2002 Bethlem Hospital is a secure hospital for mentally disturbed patients set in 37 separate buildings at Beckenham, Kent. Founded in 1247, many people, including some very well known artists such as Richard Dadd, Vasilev Nijinsky and Louis Wain, have played a part in its history. The most famous Bethlem Hospital, known as “Bedlam” was notorious for the exhibition of lunatics for public amusement and was used by Hogarth as the setting for the final panel of his morality tale series “The Rake’s Progress”. The current buildings date from 1930 and the fire protection systems at the hospital have been installed piecemeal over the years. The decision was taken to install a new single, campus-wide networked system using the Morley-IAS ZXe analogue addressable family. Its open protocol capability, networking capabilities, expandability and user friendliness were key attributes, as was the wide choice of fire companies qualified by Morley to carry out servicing and maintenance. The new system consists of 39 ZXe networked control panels controlling more than 5000 Apollo Discovery smoke and thermal detectors, configured as a report and control system with three master controllers and 38 repeater panels located throughout the complex. The system protects all secure and non-secure areas and is programmed to take full advantage of the ZXe panel’s advanced features such as pre-alarm notification, staged evacuation and day/night sensitivity settings. In the secure wards, special key-operated manual actuators interact with the security system. Cover has not been compromised during the installation. If a conventional system is being replaced, the new system’s detectors are installed in parallel with the old ones and soak tested for a month with the old system still operational; the old system is then removed. Some buildings were already protected by analogue addressable systems; here, the new panel temporarily takes over the control of the old detectors by installing the appropriate interface board. The new Apollo detectors are then installed and the temporary card swapped out for the Apollo version; the loop wiring is reused wherever possible, reducing the overall cost. The installation is due to be fully completed in early 2003. *** Ends: body copy 348 words *** Notes to Editors. For further information: Morley-IAS contact: David Spencer Marketing Communications Manager Morley-IAS Charles Avenue Burgess Hill RH15 9UF Tel: + 44 (0)1444 235556 fax: + 44 (0)1444 254410 david_spencer@pittway.com www.morley-ias.co.uk Agency contact: Nigel May Parkfield Parkfield House Damerham Hants SP6 3HQ tel: + 44 (0)1725 518321 fax: + 44 (0)1725 518378 nigel.may@parkfield.co.uk www.parkfield.co.uk Morley-IAS is a leading manufacturer of high performance conventional and analogue addressable fire alarm control equipment and systems. Morley-IAS operates a policy of “open protocols” and can provide control equipment compatible with the major independent detector manufacturers, namely Apollo, Hochiki, Nittan and System Sensor as well as provide a full system solution using our range of products. In addition to standard systems Morley-IAS can also provide multi-panel networks, graphical front-end solutions and a range of peripheral products which maximise system flexibility. Morley-IAS is a trading division within the Fire and Security Solutions Division of Honeywell International.