Students protected with smoke alarms

Harper Adams University is a specialist provider of higher education for the agricultural and rural sector. It has more than 4,000 students, a large number of whom live on campus in halls of residence and other properties, including semi detached cottages.  

These cottages already benefit from Aico Smoke Alarms in the landing and hall. The University wanted to increase the level of protection, but without the considerable expense of moving to an LD1 system which is the highest protection in Fire Alarm system categories. 

The solution was found in the use of Aico’s Ei160e Series mains powered alarms with 10 year rechargeable Lithium cell back-up with Ei164e Heat Alarms fitted in the kitchens and Ei166e Optical Alarms in the bedrooms. Delivering the highest level of protection for BS 5839-6 Grade D applications, the 160e Series is compatible with existing Aico alarms and accessories, enabling for full system upgrades, simple system expansion and providing flexibility for possible future change of use of property.