“Civil Protection”: We are targeting the arrival of firefighting vehicles to the site of the fire within 4 minutes

Fire alarm systems are mandatory in all homes by 2024

During a lecture on “Your Fortress” organized by the Al Bateen Council in Abu Dhabi.

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The Director of the Civil Protection Department at the General Command of Civil Defense, Colonel Engineer Ahmed Jassim Al-Mansoori, revealed that the installation of early warning systems for fires will be mandatory for all residential homes at the state level, starting from 2024, stressing that the administration aims to reduce the response rate from six minutes currently to Four minutes is a period of time for civil defense vehicles to arrive at the site of the reported fire, an achievement that exceeds the world standard time, which is recorded by eight minutes.

While a number of civil defense officers confirmed, during a lecture organized by the Al Bateen Council in Abu Dhabi, the day before yesterday, on the “Hassantak” system for smoke and fire detection and prevention in commercial buildings and residential apartments, that the UAE ranked second in the world, in the results of the latest measurements. International rates of fires and injuries caused by them and speed of response.

In detail, the Al Bateen Council in Abu Dhabi, which is affiliated with Council Affairs at the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, organized yesterday evening an educational lecture on the “Hassantak” system in cooperation with the Law Respect Culture Office at the Ministry of Interior, and it addressed the importance of the “Hassantak” smart warning project.

A number of civil defense officers spoke in the council, as they stressed the necessity and importance of the “Hassantak” system to detect smoke and fire and prevent it in commercial buildings and residential apartments, to raise safety levels in homes and residential buildings, and to enhance readiness, preparedness and speed of response to emergency situations, explaining that this The system launched by the General Command of Civil Defense in 2018, under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior, aims to make the UAE one of the safest countries in the world, as well as reduce fire rates and deaths resulting from them compared to other countries around the world.

They stated that the UAE has achieved great superiority in the results of the latest international measurements of fire rates, injuries and speed of response, as it ranked second in the world, surpassing major developed countries, including the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Japan, Sweden and France.

The Director of the Department of Civil Protection and Safety, Colonel Ahmed Jassim Al Mansouri, confirmed that the department has started implementing an ambitious package of initiatives aimed at registering the Civil Defense in the UAE with the best global standard time to respond to fire accidents, by reducing the response rate from six minutes to four minutes, a time period for the arrival of cars Civil Defense to the site of the reported fire, considering this rate a great achievement for the state, especially if it is compared to the international standard time, which is recorded at eight minutes.

During the lecture, Al Mansouri reviewed the time stages of the Hassantuk project and the developments it witnessed, and its role in preserving the safety of property and lives, and in strengthening the fire and emergency alarm systems in the country, through the use of smart systems based on artificial intelligence techniques, in which smoke detectors are connected in Houses and villas with civil defense operating rooms, so that accidents are self-reported and residents are given the necessary alerts.

Al-Mansoori revealed that the Department of Civil Protection and Safety in the country has set the beginning of the year 2024 as a date to oblige all residential homes at the state level to install early warning systems from fires, pointing out that the department is currently working on testing and examining a new set of fire alarm systems, to ensure their effectiveness in accordance with the provisions of the law. to the approved specifications, and then make them available to the public, which contributes to increasing the supply and reducing the cost of purchasing these devices.

He explained that the experts involved in the Hassantuk project have been studying all the technical and logistical requirements to implement a sustainable pioneering system that complies with the requirements and codes of building and public safety, and achieves the purpose for which it was established, noting that the automatic alarm device for homes is divided into two main types, one of which is private. In the new homes, it works with the wiring system and the main control panel, where a decision was issued obligating all contractors to install wires inside the walls of the buildings that connect the early warning devices with the operating room.

He stated that the second type is for existing and inhabited homes, which depends on the installation of an alarm device that works with a “wireless” system in order to preserve the aesthetics of the house and not to expose its walls to cracking or damage, indicating that both systems are working continuously, stressing that the administration has completed the installation of smoke detectors systems, Within the "Hassantak" project in 30 thousand homes and 25,136 facilities at the state level.

• Your “Hassantak” is necessary for detecting and preventing smoke and fire in commercial buildings and residential apartments.

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