Understanding fire alarm monitoring

When a Fire detection alarm system identifies a fire, the fire alarm panel will operate the fire sounders, however, without attaching monitoring to the system - it will never alert the fire brigade.
This has serious implications should you experience a fire whilst your premises are unoccupied.

According to government statistics, 67% of major fires occur when buildings are unoccupied. Connecting your fire alarm to a monitoring centre will ensure a prompt response from the Fire and Rescue Service whatever the time of day, saving valuable time, and minimising potential loss.

There are over 350 fires in the workplace every day, 67% of all major fires occur when the premises are unoccupied. Over 70% of businesses involved in a major fire either do not reopen, or fail within 3 years of fire.

Our monitoring utilises the BT Redcare intelligent alarm signalling service that will monitor your fire alarm every second of the day, via a BT telephone line.

The systems which we install, have been designed to comply with British Standards and has been developed in response to changes to BS5839-1-2002 section 15:2 where "the early summoning of the fire service is considered critical to the safety of occupants..."

The system will be continually monitored by EMCS who are a BSIA accredited company. More information about this company can be found on their web site www.emcs.co.uk.

MCFP will continue to service and maintain the whole system for you so you have assurance and certification that the system is in working order.

On activation of the Fire Control panel, the fire alarm will alert the Alarm Receiving Centre which is monitored 24 hours per day.

The monitoring station (EMCS) will call your designated telephone number to check if the fire is real or a false, before calling the emergency services. This configuration of telephone numbers to call can be set up on activation of the account.