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University Of Sudan Tackles Heat And Dust With Hochiki Life Safety Solutions
One of Sudan’s most prestigious education institutions, Sudan University, has completed the development of its Faculty of Pharmacy with the installation of an innovative and adjustable fire alarm system. To guarantee the upmost safety for students, staff and visitors, the university chose devices with the ability to withstand the harsh Sudanese environment – turning to a series of tailormade solutions from leading life safety manufacturer, Hochiki. Combining both Arabic and African culture, Khartoum is a unique and diverse city with many popular tourist attractions. At the heart of the city lies Sudan University, boasting beautiful architecture, the university is an essential part of tourists’ sightseeing agendas. However, as part of the desert climate, temperatures frequently soar to 40 degrees and
above and the city is often threatened by dust storms. Finding a life safety solution that could endure these high temperatures and remain unaffected by the storms, was therefore essential for the university, as exposure to dust can often cause severe interference to devices and result in false alarms being raised or device malfunction. Taking these requirements into consideration, the university enlisted the support of Hochiki, a favoured supplier in Sudan due to its solutions’ high tolerance to extreme dust and heat conditions. Understandably, educational structures like Sudan university require robust and controllable life safety systems, with safety being paramount concern when large groups of people are coming together constantly. High traffic areas, therefore, like the faculty, where different types of activities such as
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lectures, meetings and assemblies are constantly taking place require the highest quality fire detection. As such, the university selected Hochiki’s HFP system. Known for its versatility and dependability, the system offers complete solutions for all the university’s life safety requirements. Full connectivity A key concern for the faculty, which comprises three separate buildings, was that the fire detection system installed allowed for full connectivity throughout the premises. With this in mind, the university selected fire alarm control panels from Hochiki’s complete fire detection system (HFP) range. The networked HFP panels form a complete fire alarm system that allows for site wide ESP fire device monitoring of the university buildings and early evacuation of personnel in the event of a fire condition.
