FINAL YEAR PROJECT REPORT
ADVANCED DIPLOMA BT MECHANICAL ENGINEERBIG SCHOOL OF ENGBTEERBTG , I . T . M .
PROPOSAL ON
BiTERGRATED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM FOR I . T . M
ROSLY BBJ DERAMAN
MAY 19
A report submitted to the school of Engineering, Institut Teknologi KARA, Shah Alam, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
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Signed:
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Rosly Deraman (student)
Approved:
En . Ab . Rahman Omar ( p r o j e c t A d v i s o r )
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En. Ahmad Fakri Shaari (Ketua kursus
Jabatan Kejurateraan Jentera)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to express ray sincere thanks to my Project Advisor, En. Abdul Rahman Omar for his concerned and fruitful advi- ces for making this project a reality.
I also to thank En. Abdul Aziz, Project Manager at Xejuru- teraan Hatah, Mr. Khong, Electrical Engineer at Furukawa Cable and En. Abdul Halim Mohamad, Technical Assistant at Unit Pembangunan dan Penyelengaraan I.T.M., in providing and helping me to finish this project.
• Rosly Leraman-
TABLE of CONTENTS
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Acknowledgments i T a b l e of c o n t e n t s i i CHATTER ONE : INTRODUCTION
1.1 G e n e r a l 1 1.2 O b j e c t i v e 2 CHAPTER TV/0 : DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
2 . 1 G e n e r a l 3 2.2 Circuit design 4
2-3 Communication with the Public Fire Service 6
2-4 Audible and visual alarm 6
2.5 Manual call points 11 2.6 Choice of fire detectors 13
2.7 Siting of detectors 15 2.8 Siting of '"eat Sensitive detectors 17
2.9 Siting of Heat Sensitive Line detectors 19 2.10 Siting of Smoke Sensitive detectors 19 2.11 Control and Indicating equipment. 22
2 .12 Power supply 23 2.13 Cable and wiring 25 2.14 Cable and wiring systems 28
2.15 Ancillary services 29 2.16 Radio interference 30
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A fire alarm system is a system that give an earliest possi-.
ble warning of the fire to give all personalir.mediately con- t.erru
F i r e alar:;, system i s i m p o r t a n t t o e v e r y b u i l d i n g f o r t h e im- p a c t s of a n y f i r e would r e s u l t i n t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of- human
l i f e and a s s e t .
F i r e a l a r m s h o u l d be d e s i g n a t a l l p l a c e i n t h e b u i l d i n g a s f i x e d by t h e R a t i o n a l F i r e Department (BGMBA) and i t i s con- s i s t of manual system and a u t o m a t i c s y s t e m .
.Automatic s y s t e m i s i n s t a l l a t i m p o r t a n t p l a c e s and t h i s s y s - tem can d e t e c t and g i v e a w a r n i n g of f i r e n u t o m a t i c a l l y . S m o k e and heat d e t e c t o r a r e t h e equipment of t h i s system and b e l l a s t h e w a r n i n g e q u i p m e n t . N o r m a l l y t h i s system i s i n s t a l l e d w i t h a u t o m a t i c f i r e f i g h t e r system l i k e h a l o n g a s .
Manual system i s t h e system which have t o o p e r a t e m a n u a l l y . l t i s i n s t a l l a t common p l a c e s l i k e t h e c o r r i d o r and t h e s t a i r - c a s e . Bret-k r l a » s i s t h e equipment f o r t h i s system and b e l l i s t h e w a r n i n g equipment .
O t h e r t h i n g t h a t i s i m p o r t a n t i n t h e f i r e a l a r m system i s t h e FA c o n t r o l p a n e l . T h i s FA c o n t r o l p a n e l i s c e n t r a l a i l t h e FA z o n e s a t t h e b u i l d i n g and i t w i l l show t h e r i g h t p l a c e of t h e f i r e .
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