Modern fire engines are equipped with numerous electrical devices and lithium-ion batteries. As vehicles and their equipment are often connected to charging systems while parked, fire risks can also arise inside fire stations. To monitor both the vehicle hall and the emergency vehicles, a fire detection system from Labor Strauss was installed at the Rietz Fire Brigade.
While wired fire detectors are used in the vehicle hall, the interiors of five emergency vehicles are monitored by wireless fire detectors. This eliminates the need for complex cabling inside the vehicles. At the same time, the system takes the operational requirements of the fire brigade into account.
As soon as the charging cable of an emergency vehicle is disconnected, the fire detection control panel detects this and deactivates the corresponding wireless detector. This helps prevent false alarms and fault signals when the vehicle leaves the fire station. When the vehicle returns and is reconnected to the power supply, the detector is automatically reactivated.
“One particular challenge was connecting the detectors inside the vehicles, as installing cables in fire engines would have been very complex. However, we were able to solve this by using wireless technology,” explains Benjamin Schöpf, Project Manager at Labor Strauss.