Event details

Fire detection in food and drink production has to work in conditions most conventional fire detection systems were never designed for: freezer stores running well below zero, humidity and steam from washdowns, grease, dust, and constant temperature swings between different areas of the same site. Many facility managers only discover their detection setup has a blind spot after a false alarm forces a shutdown, or worse, after a fire goes undetected longer than it should have.

This session reviews why that happens. It looks at how heat, humidity, and cleaning cycles interact with different detection technologies, why a single fixed alarm threshold rarely suits an entire facility, and what it actually means for a system to monitor each area of a site against its own normal operating conditions rather than one blanket setting. Underlying technology principles will be addressed and also practicalities of installation will be addressed by looking at real life case studies. Attendees will come away with a clearer understanding of why conventional detection struggles in these environments, the trade-offs between different detection approaches, and the practical questions worth asking before choosing or upgrading a system, whether that's during a new build, an insurance review, or after an incident that shouldn't have happened.

The session is aimed at facility managers, health and safety leads, and engineers responsible for fire risk in food and drink production environments.

All attendees will receive a CPD certificate.

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Presenters

Brian Sims
Brian Sims

Editor

Western Business Media

Brian has served as the Editor of Security Matters since March 2020 having previously occupied the same role for two other titles (namely Security Management Today and Risk UK) at, respectively, UBM and Pro-Activ Publications. Joining the world of security journalism back in 2000 after a decade of writing for an engineering title (ie Building Services Journal, the official journal of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers), Brian – who’s an Honours graduate of the University of Liverpool – has since won several industry awards, among them the British Security Industry Association’s Chairman’s Award for ‘Promoting The Security Industry’ and the Skills for Security Special Award for an ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Security Business Sector’. Further, he has twice been a nominated finalist for the prestigious George van Schalkwyk Award bestowed by The Security Institute, an organisation of which he is an Honorary Fellow.
Richard Kluth
Richard Kluth

Managing Director

Bandweaver Technology Ltd

Richard has more than 20 years’ experience in applying monitoring and instrumentation technologies in a wide variety of industries including oil & gas, electrical power and fire & security.

Richard has previously worked with Schlumberger, Shell Technology Ventures, Sensornet and Acteon. He has been responsible for introducing a range of new sensing technologies.

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