Main Fire Control Panel

By Darma Sentosa (02/9/2011)

Main Fire Control Panel (MFCP) or often referred to as a Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) is an electrical panel which is a control component of a fire alarm system. The panel receives information signals from sensors designed to detect any changes associated with fire, monitor the operational integrity and provides automatic control equipment, and transmits the information necessary for fire fighting facilities according to a predetermined sequence. The panel also provides electrical energy for operation of the associated sensor, control, transmitting or relay. Some types of alarm control panel is: Coded Panels, Conventional Panels, Addressable Panels, and Multiplex Systems. Coded Type Panels is the earliest type of fire alarm control panel, which consists of sound codes for each zone. Conventional Panels type is the type that has been using an electronic circuit connected to the sensor but with a limited range. Panels Addessable type is the type who have used the microcontroller to detect a fire protection equipment based on the number of loops or a Signaling Line Circuit (SLC). Type Multiplex System is a modern transition between conventional and addressable systems, this type serves a large building with complex systems including HVAC, security, electronic door locks, etc. The block diagram of the Main Fire Alarm Control as follows:

Central Alarm System

By Darma Sentosa (17/7/2011)

Central Alarm System is an alarm monitoring system on a network connected between the Fire Alarm Panel with a Server & Monitor through a router. Central Alarm System to function as an integrated alarm system in which every event that generates an alarm will be detected by a central monitor. Monitor function to display the operating conditions of an alarm signal indicating a fire hazard at a site. Fire Alarm Panel is a panel that serves as a controller that receives input from sensors and sends a signal to the output as a fire alarm. Server serves as the central processing data coming from each of the Fire Alarm Panel at a site. While the router to function as a regulator of data traffic in the network. Overview of the Central Alarm System as follows:

Input from the sensors will be a signal to a central alarm system to work. The monitoring system is expected to provide early warning or notification system to quickly take corrective or preventive measures against fire that occurred by the Emergency Response Group (ERG). So with the existence of an alarm monitoring system is expected to minimize the damages resulting from the fire and prevent loss of operating time. This system is also often called the danger management system.