Aiding elderly residents
Agrippa fire door holders are being used by a number of the UK’s leading care home operators in a bid to ease access for residents and protect them in the event of a fire emergency.
A spokesperson for one care home operator where 29 Wire-free Agrippa
Fire Door Holders are in use says: “They are wire-free so they were very easy to install
with no disruption, and have proved to be perfectly reliable, with no
false activations. Particularly, their use means residents are free to
move around our care homes without restriction.”
According to Geofire its Agrippa range is the first of its kind on the market that
uses digital wire-free technology to ‘listen and learn’
the sound of a specific fire alarm. This is designed to ensure the holder’s
releasing trigger reacts only to the precise sound of the fire alarm
rather than extraneous loud noises and is said to virtually eliminate false activations.
As it’s installed at the top of the fire door, the Agrippa
holder does not cause damage to flooring. Its learning
function optimises settings to suit the installed position and it
can be programmed for timed daily releases.
The holder is part of the Agrippa Acoustic products range that
includes an acoustically triggered fire door closer. UK
manufacturer Geofire specialises in the manufacture of a range of electromagnetic door holders and other activation devices
used as part of fire, security or ventilation systems.
