Excellent fire protection products
The winners of FeuerTrutz's "Product of the Year 2019" fire protection award have been announced. The awards were presented in the categories of technical, structural and organizational fire protection.
Awarded for the ninth time FeuerTrutz Network the most popular products in fire protection with the "Product of the Year" award. The best-placed and winners were determined in equal parts from the evaluation of an expert jury and the result from an online vote among customers of FeuerTrutz Network.
Plant fire protection
The fire protection product of the year in the category "plant engineering fire protection" is the "SmokeTab" fire alarm system from Alarmtab GmbH. According to the manufacturer, this is the first fully digital system with an individual floor plan view. On the display of the control center own floor plan views can be put on over several floors and smoke detectors with individual description be indicated. In the event of an alarm, the display shows on which floor and in which room the alarm was triggered. In addition, a notification with this information can be sent by phone call, e-mail and SMS. Plain text alarm loudspeakers with individual behavior instructions and siren sound are optionally available.
Via the integrated smart home control, fire doors, sirens, smoke extraction systems, etc. can be controlled automatically or via the Internet. The user can access his system at any time via smartphone and PC for the purpose of monitoring and control. The LTE radio network connection secures communication with the outside world in parallel to the Wlan connection. However, the system is also fully functional locally without connection to the Internet.
According to the jury, the following were also shortlisted: Daitem radio fire alarm system Beka from Atral-Secal GmbH, Genius Port from Hekatron Vertriebs GmbH
Structural fire protection
The jury and readers chose the Pyroment-EK, E-trunking for the functional integrity of electrical cables E30-E90 from G+H Isolierung GmbH as the product of the year in structural fire protection. The trunking has been tested in accordance with DIN 4102-12, and the abP P-MPA-E-18-008 certifies the functional integrity classes E30-E90.
System structure: According to the manufacturer, the sheet metal channel outside allows easy and quick installation, provides permanent protection against mechanical influences, as well as in outdoor areas against rain, frost and UV radiation. Fire protection fabric and plates are only loosely inserted or adjusted, without gluing, clamping or screwing. Cables can be laid directly on the fire protection panels, and the duct can be routed through the wall without interruption.
Placements on the shortlist were also achieved by: Knauf MP 75 L Fire from Knauf Gips KG, combination bulkhead ZZ-Steine 200 BDS-N from Zapp-Zimmermann GmbH
Organizational fire protection
Themis, version v5, from Grid-IT GmbH is the winner in the category of organizational fire protection. It is a software for efficient, plan-based data collection and complete documentation. According to the manufacturer, the software on the tablet PC is used to document an unlimited number of objects and components with the stored inspections and detected defects as early as during the walk-through. Photos and voice recordings are automatically linked, freely definable text modules offer the possibility to adopt own formulations at the push of a button. The solution integrates the process management required after recording and links to systems such as SAP, Kyberna or other simple interfaces. Tasks can be distributed by e-mail, and the completed message can be sent back by e-mail directly from the system, with a photo if required. Themis Project Manager helps to keep track of a large number of projects. Apply new templates to all projects, create evaluations and statistics on the selected projects or output summary reports - these are just a few of the project manager's functions. Walk-throughs documented with a mobile device can be exported and imported into the main project at the push of a button. Conversely, selected inspections from the main project can be exported with a few clicks and sent to the mobile devices for processing.
According to the manufacturer, in this way the software combines the advantages of online systems with the security that users' data never leaves their hands and is stored on third-party servers.
Kevox Stock from Kevox also achieved a place on the shortlist in this category.
Source: Feuertrutz
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