Heritage buildings have stood for decades as landmark features within our cities. To help preserve this history, a sophisticated fire system is crucial for alerting high volumes of visitors, often across multiple buildings. Effective life safety management is vital to protecting not only people, but also the valuable assets and artefacts stored and displayed within these historic environments.
A World Heritage Site, Castell Caernarfon's King's Gate, is a majestic medieval gateway built in the 1280s during the reign of King Edward I of England and now protected by Hochiki's FIREscape+ system.
Sofia has been the home of the Bulgarian National Library since 1881. In that time, the building and its historic contents have become treasures with significant national importance. Earlier this year, leading life safety systems manufacturer, Hochiki Europe, was appointed to protect these relics and preserve this slice of Bulgarian History.
Villa San Carlo is a historic residential complex in Costabissara, Vicenza, now serving as a spiritual retreat centre, has recently been protected by Hochiki's range of fire detection products.
Hochiki Europe, leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, has recently worked with Scottish Security and Fire Systems to ensure the safety and security of a renovated Baptist church in Fife.
ESP Intelligent offers open protocol, addressable fire detection systems designed for precise, reliable protection across a wide range of applications.
Ekho is a Hybrid Wireless Fire Detection System designed for fast installation, flexible coverage and reliable performance in challenging environments where preserving historic features and building aesthetics is essential.
FIREscape Nepto Intelligent Emergency Lighting makes wayfinding during critical events easier and more orderly, helping occupants navigate large, complex sites safely.
FIREscape+ is an intelligent system combining emergency lighting and fire detection together for a seamless process of detection, notification and evacuation within expansive sites, helping to simplify life safety.
Hochiki Latitude is a modular, EN54-2 and EN54-4 approved fire alarm control panel featuring a full-color touchscreen display and network-wide cause-and-effect programming for large-scale fire system management.
With heritage buildings having hundreds of visitors daily, with more during peak seasons, fire detection must be comprehensive to notify and protect every individual present.
Castles and other heritage buildings often contain complex multiple building layouts with varying levels of risk across different areas; requiring carefully planned response procedures to ensure both life safety and heritage preservation.
False alarms cause occupants to be evacuated unnecessarily, leading to lost operational hours, increased costs and disruption to daily activities, which is particularly crucial for heritage sites that rely on donations.
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With guided tours, high volumes of visitors and interactive videos, heritage buildings need fire detection systems that can audibly alert occupants effectively and efficiently during an emergency.
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Heritage buildings, their infrastructure, assets and artefacts must be preserved with minimal installation interefr while remaining protected against the risk of fire damage.
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Evacuation can often become disorganised when layouts are complex or occupancy is high, leaving people uncertain of safe routes and slowing response when time matters most.
Hochiki's open protocol lets systems expand and integrate new devices over time, avoiding costly upgrades a
Every Hochiki product offers adjustable sensor sensitivity (prealarm and alarm) allowing detection to be tailored to any application, right down to individual rooms within a building.
Proven reliability and virtual elimination of false alarms due to a suite of software and product enhancements to the robust Hochiki ESP communications protocol, which can be controlled by the panel.
Wide range of sounders and VADs capable of emitting a selection of tones at differing volumes, fully compliant to EN54 Part 23 to suit any environment or requirement based on the risk assessment.
An open protocol eliminates vendor lock-in and proven reliability cuts false alarms and maintenance callouts, delivering lower lifetime costs without compromising protection.
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The hybrid wireless range eliminates the need for complex installation that could interfere with a building’s original historic fabric and infrastructure, making it a flexible, easy-to-use solution tailored to heritage and historical applications.