User Manual

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Siemens Switzerland Ltd
Building Technologies Division
2.3.2. Kitchens
Large cooking vessels, frying pans and especially deep
fryers, present a very serious fire hazard in hotel kitchens.
This is mainly due to the strong possibility of fire breaking
out due to overheating as well as the local high fire load.
Multi-sensor fire detector with the combination smoke/heat
and a sophisticated signal processing are recommended for
monitoring these areas. Avoiding unwanted alarms due to
the inevitable presence of deceptive phenomena, such as
fumes or steam, requires in-depth knowledge and
experience in positioning the detectors in such applications.
More detailed information regarding fire detection in
kitchens is given in the document
“fire detection in
kitchens”.
2.3.3. Laundries
These areas must be considered as relatively critical zones in
a hotel. Firstly, they may have a very high fire load (e.g.
amount of dirty linen) and secondly they provide a high risk
due to the possibility of overheated electrical installations.
Due to the many deceptive phenomena in such an
environment, like steam or dust, fire detectors are
recommended which guarantee an early alarm in case of
fire and at the same time offer a high robustness against
deceptive phenomena.
More detailed information regarding fire detection in a
laundries is given in the document “fire detection in
laundries”.