Conventional Fire Alarm Panel

If your building is a single floor or a few floors, a conventional panel gives you a working, approved fire alarm without paying for features you will not use. The control panel and devices tend to cost less, setup is simple and no configuration is needed. Installation also takes less labour, which matters when the building is occupied. It is part of a conventional fire alarm system, and it works with detectors from many manufacturers.

Detectors connect to the panel in groups called zones, with a maximum of 20 detectors in each zone. Zones are planned according to the floor and the number of detectors, so a two-floor shop might have one zone per floor. When a detector trips, the panel lights the zone and sounds the hooters.

A conventional panel indicates the zone where an alarm has been triggered, not the exact detector. In a small building that is enough, because staff can check a few rooms in seconds. In a larger building it can delay people in locating the fire, which is the point at which we advise an addressable system. We tell you honestly where that line is for your premises.

Good zone planning is what makes a conventional system easy to use. We keep each zone on one floor, group rooms that staff check together, and label every zone on the panel and on the drawing. The wiring connects the battery circuit, power source, zones and detectors to the control panel, and each zone circuit is monitored so the panel reports a break or a short as a fault.

Conventional fire alarm panels are used in smaller premises such as:

Available brands include Ravel, Morley, Firelite, Apollo and Agni. Essatech designs fire alarm systems to NFPA and local standards and also takes up projects across India. Detectors for the zones come from our smoke detector and heat detector ranges, chosen room by room.

We supply, install and service conventional fire alarm panels in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, and the job covers:

A conventional panel needs little attention, but it still needs some. At each service visit we test a detector in every zone, check the battery and the charger, read the fault log, and confirm that the hooters sound. Dust is cleaned from detectors, and any zone that shows repeated faults is traced and repaired, so small problems do not grow into false alarms.

Builders and architects of small blocks, schools and shops can use a conventional panel with floor-wise zones, which keeps cost down without affecting approval. Commercial building owners with small tenant units use one for each unit, industries use it for small stores and sheds, and hospital owners for small clinics. For larger buildings we recommend addressable, and we say so plainly. MEP consultants can specify conventional panels for small blocks and we price the zones. Corporates use them in small branch offices. Defence establishments, including Navy and Army sites, use them in small stores, guardrooms and outbuildings, and we quote within their security and vendor rules.

A conventional system costs less than an addressable one, but the total still depends on:

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We fit conventional panels in shops, schools and offices from Kukatpally and Uppal to Siripuram and Maharanipeta. Contact Essatech to discuss your building and panel requirements, or compare with an addressable system if your building is larger.