System Sensor Medical Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Case Study Phoenix Children Hospital Advance Photoelectric Smoke Detectors systems card access systems CCTV systems central receivers for outlying buildings with no connectivity and systems with dry contacts that must be monitored with the Echelon backbone with ONYXWorks the proposal NOTIFIER network panels and detection and notification from System Sensor including intelligent photoelectric detectors SpectrAlert Advance chimes and strobes and and speaker strobes for voice evacuation their to communicate clear intelligible messages SpectrAlert speakers and speaker strobes are our device of choice voice evacuation systems designed to protect patients and said Lovato They were also selected for their ability be quickly and easily installed and maintained The design for over 1,200 speaker strobes As the plug in devices the SpectrAlert Advance not only speed and simplify installation large projects but also reduce labor and costs associated with ground faults by pinched or crushed wires addition to the system design proposal Logic provided Phoenix Children with information on how they would the system Consequently Detection proposed a range of approaches to the hospital to operate and maintain the effectively including providing constant training the installation of the system labeling devices based Phoenix Children Hospital input and designing a user system interface Advance you been looking for the effortless installations time savings and financial made possible by the features and selection available the SpectrAlert Advance product line The SpectrAlert line offers the broadest selection of audible visible appliances in the industry Plug in design makes fast and foolproof Accessories and mounting options these products adaptable to nearly every application more information visit www systemsensor com av 26 years ago Phoenix Children Hospital is one of the largest children hospitals in the nation The hospital currently over 40 pediatric specialties and provides health care to of the sickest children in Arizona order to meet the requirements of a rapidly expanding metro population base the hospital began a 588 million and renovation of its facilities in 2008 with a new square foot 11 story patient tower and an 18 unit McDonald House making it the largest free standing hospital in the nation a fire protection system for such a large project will be complicated and difficult task The project requires installing latest most advanced fire protection available for the renovated and structures such as the patient tower integrating this new technology with the legacy systems in order to create a cohesive system the process for choosing the fire contractor was very demanding As Snow general manager of Detection Logic put it win this job the contractor have to provide the right credentials the product offering and the ability to support system in the future first stage of the process began in March 2008 with the alarm Request for Qualifications RFQ sent out to several representing each of the three fire system manufacturers for the project Even for Detection Logic which extensive experience in installing fire systems for large winning the project came down to several other most significantly its system design proposal The submittal had to demonstrate that the design and selection could best meet all the challenging technology performance requirements of Phoenix Children Hospital keeping system installation and ongoing operational down For example the existing fire system for Phoenix Hospital is based on Edwards Systems Technology products To integrate the legacy EST and new NOTIFIER Detection Logic proposed connecting each panel an Echelon fiber optic network to an ONYXWorks from NOTIFIER in a UL 864 listed configuration ONYXWorks Monitoring and Integration System is the only available capable of integrating all of Phoenix Children legacy and proposed systems said Fred Lovato manager at Detection Logic For Phoenix Children these systems could include fire alarm systems System Sensor All rights reserved Product specifications subject to change without notice 5 10 2410