Siemens FireFinder XLS Smoke Control

FIREFINDER XLS CONTROL PANEL Control System Manual 315 034853 0 Building TTTTecececechnologies Building Building Building Building S S Safety Safety S of Contents 1 1 of Smoke Control 2 Control Systems 4 Pressurization System 5 Smoke Control 7 Smoke Control 7 Control in Large Volume Spaces Malls and Atria 8 Equipment and Control 9 Control System Emergency Condition Operation 10 Control System Non emergency Condition Operation 10 Relay Output Connections to the HVAC Equipment 12 Control Relay Sample Program 16 Requirements 16 Block Diagrams 17 Application Programming Flow Chart Figure 16 18 Limitations for Smoke Control Systems 19 List of Installation Instructions 19 for the FSCS 19 to the Remote Annunciator 19 Consumption 20 Specifications 20 Specifications 20 FSCS Manufacturers 20 Smoke Control Sequence 20 Application Sample 22 a Smoke Control Sequence 25 to Start a Smoke Zone Sequence 25 Enable Logic for the Five Zone Sample Building Application 26 Control for Each Fan Damper 26 Section 28 Activation Due to Alarm 28 Activation Due to Initial Conditions 28 Control 28 Activation Due to Time Based Function 28 Section 31 Verification Process 31 XLS family of fire alarm panels XLS XLS with can be configured as a smoke control station comply with UL UUKL UL 684 and NFPA 92A Edition and ULC ORD C100 1992 requirements gives the XLS system the capability to monitor override smoke control systems and equipment at designated locations within the same The smoke control system is primarily used high rise structures where control of smoke in the is critical to life safety and proper egress in event of a fire situation document discusses the concept of smoke control the XLS hardware requirements In addition it sample program configurations for compliance the UL UUKL UL 684 NFPA 92A 2000 Edition The XLS control panel is listed for systems and non dedicated systems fires produce smoke that will spread throughout building if it is not controlled thereby endangering and damaging property smoke control system should be designed to inhibit flow of smoke into means of egress exit passage or other similar areas of the building Limiting fire size by providing automatic sprinklers or other will generally be necessary for effective and control of smoke in most occupancies smoke control system should be activated during early stages of a fire emergency to maintain a environment in the area to be protected The control system should be functional during of evacuation and should not counteract other safety systems purposes of a smoke control system are to Maintain a tenable environment in the means of during the time required for evacuation Control and reduce the migration of smoke from fire area conditions outside the fire zone that will emergency response personnel in search and rescue operations to locate control the fire Contribute to the protection of life and reduction property loss definitions of the following terms are derived NFPA 92A 2000 edition Section 1 4 and NFPA 2000 edition Section 1 4 as it applies to smoke strategy A large volume space created by a floor or series of floor openings connecting two or stories that is covered at the top of the series of and is used for purposes other than en stairways elevator hoistways or escalator or utility shaft used for plumbing electrical or communicating facilities Space Spaces within the building have an open pathway to a large volume space that smoke from a fire in a communicating space move unimpeded into the large volume space Verification A process in which fans dampers are monitored using vanes sails differential switches and degree of opening to verify that the fans and or dampers have their required end state Fighter Smoke Control Station FSCS This has monitoring and overriding capability over control systems and equipment provided at location s within the building for the use the fire department Volume Space An uncompartmented space two or more stories in height within which from a fire either in the space or in a communi space can move and accumulate without Lamp General term for an indicating that shows power ON or OFF such as an LED lamp etc