DITEK’s portfolio of Total Surge Solution (TSS) products is designed for complete addressable fire panel protection for AC, signaling and notification circuits.

New and retrofit construction, code changes, communication shifts, easier-to-install technology and a potential increase in discretionary spending are five reasons to be hopeful that the U. S. fire market is moving beyond ‘back to flat.’

Bosch Security Systems Inc. added networking capabilities to its FPA-1000-V2 Addressable Fire Panel, allowing installers to connect multiple panels to monitor up to 2,000 addressable points in one system.

The FireSwitch 108 NAC Power Extender from Altronix facilitates local programming and status monitoring via the unit’s front panel LCD display.

Although I spent part of my career in the fire alarm industry, I was never really impressed with the types of technologies available in fire control panels. After the advent of point-addressing and remote detector diagnostics, it seemed that fire panel innovations had slowed sometime in the mid-1990s. As IP continues its march into the technologies of our industry, it was only a matter of time before fire alarm control panels would harness the power of networks for the good of both installation companies and their clients.

The fire alarm business has always been driven largely by code requirements — and for years that meant every fire installation had two phone lines to help ensure that alarm signals would be received by the central station.