Johnsons Workwear, an industrial garment laundry business based in central Bristol, updated its fire alarm and detection systems with the help of installers, Cannon Fire & Security, after a fire risk assessment highlighted the existing 30-year-old system was inadequate. The assessment advised that its three buildings would require a category L1 fire alarm installation. Cannon Fire & Security chose Cygnus’ world first EN 54 certified and 100% wireless SmartNet-Pro fire detection and alarm system to ensure a highly reliable and efficient installation.
For the installation of a new fire detection and alarm system, the nature of the properties brought certain complexities due to their age, namely the amount of metal framework of the building which would require other wireless fire alarm systems to install hard-wired expanders. Additionally, the risk of asbestos needed to be considered, as drilling into this would present health and safety risks. Being 100% wireless, SmartNet-Pro does not require any drilling or cabling, ensuring minimal disruption and allowing businesses to continue operation during installation, saving both time and costs for businesses.
Dominic Gundry-White, Managing Director of Cannon Fire & Security, explained, “We arranged a pre-site meeting and walk around with Johnsons Workwear to originally plan an installation of a hard-wired solution. After this, I met with the Cygnus team who discussed SmartNet-Pro and how the product uses wireless mesh technology to eliminate the requirement for any hard-wired cabling or boosters, characteristics which were ideal for Johnsons Workwear. By switching to Cygnus’ SmartNet-Pro from our previously planned hard-wired solution meant our installation took two weeks with no disruption to our client, instead of the proposed eight weeks, which would have caused a lot of disruption.”
The site consists of two industrial laundry buildings and a separate boiler house, which have all been connected using one SmartNet-Pro control panel. The installation utilises 170 Cygnus SmartNet-Pro devices including detectors, sounders, call points and input/output units.
“As my first installation with SmartNet, I was hugely impressed with Cygnus’ support throughout. Both Johnsons Workwear and I would recommend SmartNet-Pro and applaud the products ease of installation and the lack of disruption it causes, so much so that it has become our standard wireless solution at Cannon Fire & Security. We originally sent three engineers to the Cygnus Training Academy to become certified installers, and since then, Cannon Fire & Security has achieved Cygnus Certified Installer status.”
Managing Director
Cannon Fire & Security
Simon Child, Quality Controller at Johnsons Workwear, expressed his satisfaction with the results: “Installing SmartNet-Pro meant that the business was able to continue operating smoothly with no disruptions, the wireless characteristics also meant that the speed of installation was a lot quicker than that of a wired solution. We have also found that every weekly test of the system we have carried out since installation has run smoothly and successfully!”
SmartNet-Pro, the world’s first EN 54 certified and 100% wireless fire detection and alarm system, utilises the renowned and patented Cygnus wireless mesh technology. It allows for 511 devices and up to 96 zones on one system, with the ability to network up to 5 panels providing a combined solution of more than 2,500 devices. The SmartNet network is built on a combination of radio devices, operating on a self-forming, self-healing wireless mesh network with multi path network redundancy utilising channel hopping technology. SmartNet-Pro offers a reliable, robust and adaptable solution that is up to twenty times faster to install than wired systems.
