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24X7 DUBAI CIVIL DEFENCE SPECIFICATION FOR LIFE SAFETY ALARM MONITORING
Category - 3
Dubai Civil Defence has made a commitment to enhance Life Safety and National Security in Dubai by implementing a 24x7x365 Remote Monitoring System (RMS).
RMS will detect and report alarms in real time from Fire and Fire Fighting Systems, Lift and Gas detection systems in residential, domestic, commercial and industrial buildings.
The project includes the entire Emirate of Dubai and covers every type of buildings right from Warehouses to high rise buildings. Project will be using state of the art technology (M2M) to automatically send alarm signals in case of emergency. Information including exact details on alarm location and status will be provided to DCD for immediate response.
The buildings/sheds are divided into different categories. The specifications for Buildings/sheds falling within Category 3 are as follows:
Buildings with gross area above 5000 sq ft and below 15,000 sq ft and withany of the following parameters are specified as Category-3.
· Two Room Commercial Establishments
· Three to Seven Storey Buildings
Industrial sheds (e.g. Warehouse/factories etc.) above 5000 sq ft and below 15,000 sq ft (including distance of water tank from shed area)without hazardous material storage
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Small industrial sheds (e.g. Warehouse/factories etc.) less than 5000 sq ft and with water tank with a radial distance of more than 15 meters from the shed area without hazardous material storage.
Any Category-3 building/industrial sheds may have the following alarm monitoring systems
· Fire Alarm
· Fire Pumps
· Fire Water Tank Low Level
· Lifts
Subscriber should provide a single Interface Panel for interfacing to the Dubai Civil Defence monitoring panel. In the event of a single interface panel not being provided, the building category will be treated as Category 5.
The Interface Panel shall have the following capability.
Ø Fire Water Tank Low Level
Ø Common Lift Alarm and Fault
Ø Common Fire Pump Run Status
Ø Common Fire Pump Fault Status
Ø Common Fire Alarm within the building
Ø Common Fire Alarm System Fault.
Important Information
(a) All Contractors/Building Owners to subscribe at DCD counter.
(b) Survey will be conducted within 7 working days of date of subscription.
(c) Building category will be decided after survey.
(d) The subscriber will need to rectify all snags identified during survey within 48 hrs.
(e) Subscriber will make the payments at DCD cash counter.
(f) For multi-tenanted industrial sheds/building with common fire alarm panel, the subscription charges will be borne by the owner. Tenant need to produce the photocopy of the receipt towards payments of subscription charges, duly endorsed by the owner. Owner’s endorsement will be considered as acceptance of owner towards tenant’s area being covered by the centralized fire alarm system.
(g) Individual tenants with their own fire alarm system will pay for the subscription charges as per determined category.
(h) It is mandatory that Industrial sheds with hazardous materials should have a separate panel for the area of the storage.
(i) Depending upon the type of material stored, multi tenanted industrial sheds might be required to install a separate Fire alarm panel and it will be at the sole discretion of Dubai Civil Defence.
Note:
This document is only a guideline. Depending upon the size, location and utilities of a property, Dubai Civil Defence has the discretion of advising the systems to be installed for the safety of life and property. Accordingly the property can be treated as Category 5 at the sole discretion of Dubai Civil Defence.
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| Last Updated on Monday, 20 July 2009 05:44 |
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