System Sensor Institution Children's Group Home

Case Study Holy Family Institute Group Homes Pittsburgh PA Hope Help Life Safety for in Need Family Institute PA CO Smoke Detectors CO Detectors CO Smoke detectors help family service provide a safer environment for at risk children Smoke Detectors in Pittsburgh and serving its surrounding Holy Family Institute has been helping families in need for more than 110 The institute provides a range of support for children and their families including programs for children with behavioral workforce development programs for youth high school graduation and childcare and support for families struggling with neglect abuse and addictions One key service of the institute is its Residential focused on safe supportive emotionally satisfying environments to youth are removed from their home due to family abuse or neglect With each group home located on multiple providing residence to about 12 children over 100 children a year are through the residential program where can extend from 3 months to 1 or more With so many children being helped fire life safety of course is a primary concern of our kids is imperative says Glenn Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Holy Family Institute kids have been enough in their lives already Family Institute We Do http www hfi pgh org what we do youth services residential services To provide the highest levels of fire and life protection to its residents and occupants institute contracted Markowitz Electric and to retrofit the existing fire systems in of its group homes three on campus and off site with carbon monoxide CO as part of a multi phase upgrade mostly System Sensor i3 smoke detectors a variety of panels including ones from Silent Ademco and FireLite says Nick owner of Markowitz Electric and the buildings were already up code because the children living in the group are wards of the state state inspectors campus buildings were already outfitted Overall the group home project required 10 combination detectors one on each floor and hallways outside sleeping spaces System CO1224T CO detectors were installed in areas in proximity to the furnace a source of CO While each i4 module connect up to 12 devices Markowitz the system for each building to use modules allowing him to zone off each so the fire department will know on which an alarm initiates the i4 system we were able to retrofit i3 detectors with i4 CO Smoke Detectors required locations on each floor and outside spaces using much of the existing Using the i4 system we were able to retrofit i3 detectors with i4 CO Smoke This was a considerable time and savings over installing a separate device Nick Markowitz Owner of Markowitz Electric and Integration how difficult and costly it would be to this higher level of life safety CO in these key buildings I said I and find out One challenge facing this upgrade was to the potential for tampering by residents required locating the devices and any wiring of reach of the children which could lead to increased installation costs more difficult system testing For example wiring to new CO devices would have to run walls and above ceilings rather than on conduit to a wall device In required functional and mechanical of new devices located on the ceiling be more time consuming heard about System Sensor new i4 and thought that it might be an ideal for this application says Markowitz i4 Combination CO Smoke Detector and Module provided versatility allowing to standardize to one detector with both combination CO smoke and stand alone smoke detectors used in conjunction with the i4 module the detectors are compatible with all of the panels already in use at the location says Markowitz was a time and cost savings over installing separate device I didn have to run wire or drill through floors and firewalls Markowitz he saved over 40 hours of work and 1,000 in materials using the i4 system Required smoke sensitivity testing was also Like the i3 Series i4 Series detectors compatible with the SENS RDR sensitivity which provides an LCD readout of sensitivity within seconds used a extension pole and the SENS RDR to the i3 and i4 detectors to be in compliance smoke sensitivity requirements Not having use a ladder to test each ceiling device saved lot of time The i4 detector also includes a sensitivity testing LED that enables users test sensitivity from up to 10 feet And if CO testing is required in compliance NFPA 720 2009 the i4 also includes technology that enables the CO sensor be functionally tested within minutes using CO in a process similar to a functional test alone I was able to complete the over two days concludes Markowitz was the beauty of it install went nice neat and wiring was much easier he over hours of and 1,000 in using i4 system System Sensor COCS35101 11 13