Blacktown 200 Man Camp at Robertson Barracks, near Darwin, Australia has been fitted with a fire detection solution chosen by Ampac Technologies Ltd.

Ampac supplies Australian army base with fire detection

The barracks, which are home to the army’s light armoured brigade and consist of more than 3,400 civilian and military personnel, have 100 accommodation blocks.

A spokesman said: “The 5,000 m2 Blacktown camp required a fire detection system that could reliably protect personnel occupying its large number of accommodation rooms, amenities and common rooms. As the camp includes sleeping accommodation, it was important to minimise false alarms.”

Ampac supplied a fire detection system based around its FireFinder 10 loop panel, incorporating 270 Apollo XP95 smoke and heat detectors and 220 integrated sounders.

"The fire system has been configured into zones made up of eight or 16 rooms. In the event of an emergency, each zone should sound individually and not cascade, while the amenities and common rooms have been set up to zone and sound individually.

“The client required that each room was fitted with an Alarm Acknowledgement Module (AAF)." Apollo said.

“In the event of a non-fire alert, the occupant has 30 seconds to press the AAF, providing a further 90 seconds to clear the source of alarm. If the source clears within this period the alarm will reset. If it is not cleared, the alarm will continue and the building is evacuated.”