Brazilian Hospital Improves Fire Prevention With Bosch Updates
Smarter new fire panels and retrofitting of existing fire prevention equipment is making Hospital Centro Medico Campinas in Sao Paulo, Brazil a safer place.
Hospital Centro Médico Campinas is one of the most renowned general practice hospitals located in Campinas in the state of São Paulo, 100km from São Paulo, Brazil. The hospital was founded in 1973 and has since been a key healthcare provider in this metropolitan region. Continual operation of the hospital’s daily activities and care for patients is vital. Fire safety measures included an on-site fire brigade and the installation of fire panels to be monitored and maintained across the hospital buildings. As constructions age and require updates, fire protection provisions also need to be reviewed accordingly to ensure efficient, fast responses to fire outbreaks.
The success of and need for the services the hospital provides meant that its premises were expanded across diverse buildings in the past five decades to accommodate demand. Building renovations included layout changes. Exclusive new fire control panels produced by different manufacturers were installed during each stage of building upgrades or in freshly built constructions. Eventually, there were 11 different fire alarm panels all operating separately. Each required individual monitoring, cleaning and maintenance and some of them needed spare parts or service support which was not even available in Brazil. All these system conflicts and other incompatibilities between the older and newer systems resulted in a partially disconnected, and thus risk-laden, fire alarm system.