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Advanced Life Safety System

Source: Silent Knight
Silent Knight, part of the Honeywell Life Safety group, provides industry-wide compatible fire alarm solutions for small and mid-size institutions and commercial sites. These state-of-the-art life safety systems when installed in buildings communicate any and all smoke and fire danger to building management, residents, and the fire department

Silent Knight, part of the Honeywell Life Safety group, provides industry-wide compatible fire alarm solutions for small and mid-size institutions and commercial sites. These state-of-the-art life safety systems when installed in buildings communicate any and all smoke and fire danger to building management, residents, and the fire department.

The following are the salient features of a Silent Knight IFP-1000 fire system:

  • The system includes one Farenhyt IFP-1000 addressable control panel located in the main office and one RA-1000 remote annunicator located in the building's main lobby.
  • The system also includes several RPS-1000 intelligent power supplies. A Silent Knight RPS-1000 Power Supply offers a high degree of flexibility, because of its "Flexput™" circuit feature. With Flexputs, an installer has the option to establish each of the panel's six circuits as either an input or an output. With many other power supplies, the circuits are pre-defined as either input or output. But the RPS-1000's Flexputs give the installer more installation flexibility, accounting for whether they need more conventional smoke detector input or more auxiliary power or notification output.
  • It uses 139 addressable points, with the option of expanding to 1016 points, that let the user determine exactly which device has been activated or needs attention.
  • It also uses distributed power supplies, enabling power sources to be located near evacuation areas, rather than having to institute a complex wiring system.
  • Other advanced system features include an enhanced user interface and programmed output groups for elevator and elevator curtains.

One such system has been installed at the new Crestwood Condominiums building in Kansas City, MO. This grande dame of the city's historic Country Club District has a long, storied and varied history. Originally built in 1917 and designed by John McKenknie, one of Kansas City's most prolific architects, the Crestwood was originally known as the Brookside Hotel and Apartments. Building manager Donna Shippy said that she and all the people who live at Crestwood feel very safe knowing that their home is protected by such a great system. "The Silent Knight system covers every one of our current 38 units, as well as all the hallways and common areas," she said. "The whole building is protected – I feel like it's my guardian angel." "During an alarm situation, the panel tells us exactly where in the building the problem is taking place," Shippy said. The system triggers doors that automatically drop down in front of the elevators, blocking their use. Residents are directed to the closest stairway and then to the nearest exit or safe area."

The installer at Crestwood Condominiums was also the building's complete low-voltage and fire safety supplier, Service Electric of Blue Springs, MO. "Silent Knight is highly respected in the industry, and they feature great products with easy programming, and exceptional flexibility and reliability," said Service Electric project manager Shawn Grey. "Our installers find the products very easy to work with. We've been really happy working with them over the years and their products were a natural fit for this job." Grey continues, explaining why the Silent Knight system is Service Electric's top choice for apartment buildings. "One of the reasons the system is well-suited for buildings like Crestwood is the way all the different remote power supplies are connected via an S-bus and easily programmable from a central control panel. Each remote power supply has enough power to cover a given floor making it a very well-engineered system in this regard."

SOURCE: Silent Knight