prepared by: andrzej zagórski security department the royal castle
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PREPARED BY:Andrzej ZagórskiSecurity DepartmentThe Royal Castle
• Introduction• Installation of the fire protection system• Installation of the self-extinguishing system• Installation of the staircase desmoking
system• Installation of fire dampers• Modernisation of the systems over the years• System maintenance
INTRODUCTION
• The main task of fire protection systems in museums is to protect people's lives and health (visitors and staff)
• Another very important task of fire safety systems is, of course, to protect museum collections
INTRODUCTION
• The operation of systems and display of supporting elements such as emergency opening buttons and staircase desmoking will be demonstrated in the second, practical, part of our meeting
• In this section, as an introduction, I will try to discuss the theoretical principles of the operation of the fire-safety systems.
THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM (FAS)
• The purpose of a THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM is
to detect a fire hazard in a short time
and to alert the emergency services
• In addition, the system should actuate other
subsystems, such as the release of emergency exits,
staircase desmoking, alarm sirens, etc.
THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM (FAS)
THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM (FAS)
• In the Royal Castle there are five fire control units.
• All are connected to the integrating system MM8000.
• The units are controlled in the Security Systems
Centre
• All signals from the system are sent to the Security
Systems Centre and to the Shift Commander
responsible for the safety of the building
THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM (FAS)
THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM (FAS)
• Second-degree fire alarms are automatically
directed to the Fire Services
• Second degree fire alarms are triggered by
Manual Alarm Call Points MACP and
in the event of the first degree alarm not being
confirmed in the time required (3 min).
THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM (FAS)
• An important element supporting the work of the response
group in the event of a fire alarm is the "Mother Key"
system implemented in the Royal Castle
• This solution allows the response group to access every
room in the Castle using one key
• It significantly reduces the response
time, which may result in extinguishing
the fire in its early stages.
THE SELF-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM (SES)
• The system of fixed fire-fighting equipment not
only detects fire hazards, but also automatically
eliminates them (self-extinguishing).
• Fire extinguishing is done by NOVEC 1230 gas
• The gas, forced under pressure into the room,
absorbs oxygen from the air.
THE SELF-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM (SES)
These are the facilities of the self-extinguishing
system
THE SELF-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM (SES)
THE SELF-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM (SES)
• As you can see, this is an excellent system that
detects and eliminates the risk of fire
• However, it has one major drawback - the price
• Due to the very high cost only a few rooms in the
Royal Palace are fitted with self-extinguishing
installation.
THE SELF-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM (SES)
THE STAIRCASE-DESMOKING SYSTEM
• The staircase-desmoking system is a system typically
used to support evacuation in the event of fire
• The system is used only in the emergency-exit
staircases
• In the castle there are two ways of removing
combustion products: gravitational - through the
windows being automatically opened, and the use of
mechanical desmoking fans.
THE STAIRCASE-DESMOKING SYSTEM
• During a fire, a crucialaction is essential to cutting off ventilation
in the fire room
• The rooms of the Royal Castle are equipped with ventilation and
air-conditioning systems
• The inlet ducts are equipped with fire dampers controlled by the
fire-protection system
• During the second degree alarm
the fire control unit sends the command
to close the dampers in the ducts
serving the endangered area
THE FIRE-DAMPER SYSTEM
The Royal Castle in Warsaw was almost entirely
destroyed by the German army during World War II
The first damage had already been inflicted by
September 1939
This destruction was completed in 1944.
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
The Burning
Royal Castle
after bombing.
Photograph taken in
September 1939
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
The ruins of
the Royal
Castle.
Photograph
taken in 1945
• The decision to rebuild the Castle was made in
1971
• The reconstruction plans involved the provision
of the fire alarm system as well
• However, the project itself and the
effectiveness of the system were not
satisfactory
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• As a result, in 1984, when a fire broke out in technical rooms in the Castle Attic, the system did not work
• When the fire had developed to such an extent that it melted THE FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM installation, the system itself signalled a technical fault circuit break
• Of course, it was too late and the fire was already so large that several units of the Fire Services had to intervene
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• Because the roof of the rebuilt Castle is made of a reinforced-concrete structure fire did not spread to the whole building
• The positive aspect of this incident was the subsequent decision to install a new FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM in the Castle
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• In the second half of the 1980s design and
installation works began on a new system by
the Swiss company Cerberus, very modern for
its time
• The system was based on control
units CZ-10 and F910 detectors
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• The system covered all the rooms of the Castle
• In selected areas, a self-extinguishing system based on HALON gas was installed,
• The new system was launched in 1991.
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• In the subsequent years, other buildings belonging to
the Castle were renovated - the Copper-Roof Palace,
the Kubicki Arcades, buildings in Podzamcze
• Fire-alarm systems were installed in all these buildings
• The SIEMENS AlgoRex system was installed in the
Copper-Roof Palace and Kubicki Arcades
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• As part of the modernisation, all CZ-10 control units
operating in the Castle were replaced by CS -1140
SIEMENS units
• The self-extinguishing system was also modernised, in
that the control units (now the XC-10 model) and
sensors (now Sinteso detectors ) and gas (currently
NOVEC 1230) were replaced
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• As part of the modernisation, the already-mentioned
STAIRCASE-DESMOKING SYSTEMS and fire dampers
were deployed
• Currently, the following items are to be replaced:
-One CZ-10 control unit supporting buildings in the
Castle grounds
- F910 detectors still operating in the buildings of the
Castle and Castle grounds
FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE ROYAL CASTLE OVER THE YEARS
• A special unit responsible for maintenance, and
also a technical support for security systems
(including fire-protection systems) was set up in
the Royal Castle.
• All system components are tested
and maintained on a quarterly basis
SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE
• The overall security is enhanced through
exercises carried out in the Castle
in consultation with the Fire Service and the
Police
• The building security system is tested based on
a range of pre-conceived scenarios
SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE
SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME