Apollo Fire Detectors has launched a new, ‘unique’ low-profile fire detector – Soteria Dimension, which uses new optical sensing technology ‘in the form of a virtual sensing chamber’ that operates on the light-scatter principle.
Apollo says the flush-fitting detector ‘offers the choice of an aesthetically pleasing detection device’. It is also designed to prevent tampering, with a chamberless detector. If the device is covered, the proximity sensors will give a fault signal.
The Soteria Dimension Specialist detector variant, meanwhile, encompasses all the technology seen within the standard detector, plus an anti-ligature metal faceplate and tamper-resistant screws. It has been tested and approved for antiligature certification to TS001, and meets the requirements of the Ministry of Justice specification, STD/E/SPEC/038. Apollo said: “The result is a detector with greater resilience against interference or damage, suitable for use in high-risk areas such as prisons and healthcare establishments.”
Both device variants have surpassed the requirements of European Standards EN 54 Part 7 and EN 54 Part 17, and have been designed to communicate with CoreProtocol (but are also backward compatible with Discovery and XP95 protocols), and to facilitate maintenance and servicing, with a comprehensive feature set – ‘from self-test capabilities to drift compensation warnings on dirty detectors’.