Siemens Building Technologies has built a new fire detector that can differentiate between a real fire and the causes of common false alarms, such as cooking fumes, insects, steam and dust.
Each year there are around 280,600 false fire alarm readings that result in the emergency services being called out. The new Sinteso fire detector can detect changes in temperature and see smoke particles in the air. Its built-in intelligence uses fuzzy logic, which enables computers to make more human-like decisions, to identify a real fire. This means that it has the ability to recognise smoke from non-threatening causes such as cooking fumes, burnt toast and cigarettes.
Siemens is so confident in the new technology that it guarantees against false alarms - the only manufacturer in the world to do so.
24-Oct-2005
