Press information To download a text file of this release, a 250 pixel wide low-res image for web use or a 300dpi print quality image, go to www.parkfield.co.uk/morley-ias House of Fraser standardises on Morley-IAS for its nationwide fire protection needs Released 30 April 2003 After extensive research, House of Fraser, the upmarket department store group with more than fifty sites nationwide, has standardised on Morley-IAS fire control panels and instituted a phased roll out of replacements and upgrades across its entire property portfolio. Mike Clare is House of Fraser's Technical Services Manager, having operational responsibility for fire protection across the group. Previously, the choice of fire protection system had been a local decision or more latterly by the M&E consultants appointed for new site development; consequently, the installed base is a disparate assortment of convention and analogue addressable systems from many different manufacturers. With such a mixture, House of Fraser has suffered excessive service and maintenance charges and some equipment was not LPC Approved. House of Fraser has now standardised on Morley-IAS control panels; the first phase of the update is to replace control panels with new Morley-IAS ones interfaced with the existing detectors. House of Fraser chose Morley-IAS for three main reasons. The equipment is LPC Approved; Morley-IAS has close relationships with more than two hundred carefully selected fire companies across the UK who can provide contractors with training, system design advice and technical product support. With such a wide network, installation standards will be maintained to a high standard and service contracts can be let on a competitive basis. Morley-IAS control panels are "open-protocol", compatible with the detectors from Apollo, Hochiki, Nittan and System Sensor Europe, the four major suppliers to the UK market, so existing detector installations, providing they are correctly installed, can be retained in the long term for use with new control panels. The programme is already underway: at the Metro Centre, Gateshead, both the control panel and the detectors have been changed; at Meadowhall in Sheffield the control panel has been changed and interfaced with an existing Apollo detector installation and at Skipton in Yorkshire, the entire system is currently being replaced. The Swansea, Bath and Bournemouth stores have been surveyed and Morley-IAS equipment is specified for the three new stores under development. *** Ends: body copy 336 words *** Notes to Editors. For further information: David Spencer Marketing Communications Manager Morley-IAS Fire Systems 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 Communications Limited 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.