Fire Prevention
To prevent a fire from breaking out, observe regulations when using flammable materials and maintain strict supervision on the premises.
To confine a fire, install automatic fire protective systems and maintain them during the life of the building to ensure that the integrity of the safety systems remain intact.
Fire Detection & Monitoring
A fire detection and alarm system is a key component among fire protection features in a building. A system that is properly manufactured, installed, and tested will save lives and protect property. The Fire Code requires owners to maintain their life safety building systems to specific ULC and CSA standards.
Successful firefighting depends on early detection and a dependable system for alerting occupants and the fire department. In a building with little or no automatic fire detection equipment, it is generally a matter of chance whether a new fire is discovered quickly or whether it develops undetected until it attracts attention.
A fire alarm system is a combination of devices consisting of at least a control unit, a manual station, and an audible signaling device, designed to warn the building occupants of an emergency fire condition. The fire alarm control unit is the brain of the fire alarm system, which coordinates the signals and the resultant actions of the system.
A fixed-temperature heat detector is one that will trigger at a certain level of heat, and rate-of-rise detectors are designed to respond to rapid changes in ambient air temperature in spite of the actual temperature.
Ionization detectors are best used to detect fast-burning, high-energy types of fires because these fires produce larger quantities of very small particles of combustion.
Sprinkler systems installed in buildings limit or control the spread of fire or may even completely extinguish them. The building code requires automatic sprinkler systems to be equipped with water flow detection devices. These devices connect to the fire alarm system so that upon actuation, an alert, or an alarm signal is initiated.
The Canadian Fire Alarm Association (CFAA)'s Fire Alarm Technician Program is accepted by Provincial Fire Codes and CAN/ULC-S536. The value of the program is widely recognized across Canada. The program provides knowledgeable personnel to perform the prescriptive work on fire alarm systems.
ULC inspect and test each design of fire alarm control unit to ensure that all aspects of the primary power connection and transformation will meet or exceed their design.
Cairn Control Systems Inc. installs, monitors, and certifies ULC-listed fire panels to monitor smoke detectors and sprinkler systems. CFAA Fire Alarm Technicians are on staff. Fire alarm technicians program, test, maintain, and verify fire alarm systems but do not install electrical systems.
Cairn Control Systems Inc. is CAN/ULC-S561 ULC-listed # S24681 installer and service provider for fire signal receiving centres and systems.
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