SecuriRAS ASD 535 protects the Data Center of the Crisis Management Building in Cairo, Egypt

It's only a few seconds, right? Yet in a fire situation, that can be an eternity. When it comes to potential fire and smoke damage to your critical assets, you deserve the best information and the fastest response time.

The Data Center of the Crisis Management Building in Cairo, Egypt is a critical asset in its very sense. Imagine a crisis situation such as an aircraft crash needs to be managed and the computers are on fire. This would not only double the disaster but also put the country’s reputation at stake.

That’s why it is being outfitted with a completely new Securiton fire detection system, capable of providing early warning by detecting a fire at its incipient stage. The seven air sampling units are constantly sniffing for smoke particles at the return air grills of the AVAC system. The SecuriRAS ASD 535 of Securiton provides the ability to detect smoke before it enters the fan duct work by utilizing a piping network that does not interfere with the fan filters or their ongoing maintenance. Smoke changes can be reliably detected at a minimum level of 0.002% obscuration per metre – a level invisible to the human eye. The ability to detect overheating cable insulation in heavily populated computer cabinets is a key feature of aspirating smoke detection systems, ensuring the earliest intervention before a problem arises. Unwanted alarms are kept to a minimum through the ASD 535’s ability to learn the specific environment. This coupled with electronic dust filtering techniques and other built-in management controls ensures reliable performance as well as detector longevity.