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2–3 SecoNEWS 4–5 SecoPROJECT 6–9 SecoCOVER 10 –11 SecoREPORT – Editorial – VISOCALL IP adds – Cultivated atmosphere – VBÖ - Absolute quality for – HeatSCREEN MHD 535 – value to Pakistan hospital in safe surroundings maximum safety and security accurate and fast – Fire alarm systems for railways in Levant The future of care – Glossary – VirtualMAP – – Everything’s well in the for the elderly Information at any time Delfin Wellness World and at any place – Arnulf Rainer Museum: optimum SECURITY – SecurWATCH based on IP protection for cultural treasure WORLDWIDE Customer magazine for Fire Alarm-, Communication- and Security Systems of Schrack Seconet AG EDITORIAL
Dear customers and business partners of Schrack Seconet AG, The classical age pyramid is a thing of the past. It has developed towards a deltoid and someday soon it might even stand on its head, thus illustrating the demographic change. Business © Schrack Seconet AG with the older generation is booming. Some years ago, the generation 50+ was of only little importance to the advertising sector. Recently however, these people have come to be recognized as potent consumers who want to spend their money. They like to travel, go shopping, they prefer elegance and quality, in short: they want to enjoy their lives. And a great number of senior citizens can afford to give up the Accurate and fast organizational responsibility of living in their own houses and flats and move into a senior citizens’ residence. detection in all kinds However, the increase in life expectancy sometimes brings about the problem of of environmental conditions
frailty, and, consequently, the need for care © Schrack Seconet AG by third parties also increases. And even in this field a lot has changed during the past he reliable detection of fires response behaviour of every single sensor years. Operators of nursing homes have in extreme environmental can be programmed individually. In this been faced with a rising demand and have Tconditions, such as heat, frost or way alarms can be localized accurately and modified their services accordingly. In humidity, places the highest demands significant data can be transmitted to the this issue of Fire & Care we will deal with on technology. The new multi-point fire alarm panel. interesting demographic facts and figures heat detector HeatSCREEN MHD 535 The HeatSCREEN MHD 535 reliably as well as with the branch of business active is particularly suited for use in such protects people and property from the in this sector and the services offered. areas. consequences of a fire not only in tunnels. Schrack Seconet has equipped several With its high precision and fast response nursing homes in Austria and abroad with In temperature ranges times it can its communication systems. With these between –40°C and +85°C be used in a systems it can be ensured that people in it works equally reliably High precision great variety need of care will be able to meet their needs as in relative humidity of and fast response of settings: It of security, communication and information 100%. A great number of monitors car as well. And we have developed something highly-sensitive sensors parks, cold special for our fire alarm systems, which are installed in the interior of the heat storage houses, industrial objects, such are based on IP-technology: In future, measuring cable, detecting conspicuous as conveyor plants or assembly lines, the control panel can be mapped also to rises in temperature and increase of refineries, gas and district heating smartphones by means of IP or Android infrared radiation extremely fast. The pipelines in the same incorruptible way technology. In this way we can provide freely selectable distance between the as combustors, waste management plants information even faster and in line with sensors is between 2 and 20 meters, the or sawmills. the needs of our time and thus reduce response times. Yours, © Schrack Seconet AG
Wolfgang Kern
IMPRINT: Editor, owner, publisher: SCHRACK SECONET AG, Security and Communication Systems, Eibesbrunnergasse 18, A-1122 Vienna • responsible for the contents: Schrack Seconet AG, Rosa Maria Seilerbeck, Tel.: +43-1-81157-0*, Fax: +43-1-81157-222, [email protected], www.schrack- seconet.com • layout: Atelier Mayer • text: Schrack Seconet AG, Lang & Tomaschtik Communications • production: Edelbacher Druck Ges.m.b.H. • place of publication: Vienna.
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Information at any time and at any place INFO echnical developments over the past years have made it all come true: We can Tmake telephone calls from practically any place, we can receive messages at any place and we can even access the Internet almost everywhere. A © Schrack Seconet AG logical result, therefore, was to make use of all these mobility benefits also for fire protection and safety.
In addition to Integral MAP, the practical and user- friendly control panel of the fire alarm panel Integral IP, which makes possible multiple and summary operation as well as additional control functions or administration in four languages during live operation, the IP-technology based Integral VirtualMAP has been developed. This innovation allows loading the control panel Fast response with onto the PC or the laptop of the fire Integral VirtualMAP VirtualMAP protection officer and access to the fire alarm panel and makes possible data transmission all over the world. VirtualMAP functions The control panel is loaded onto the mobile terminal unit and both on conventional PC monitors and on touchpads. all data can be viewed anytime. This translates in faster response Now another highlight is available: In order to further times in case of faults and failures, and operators don’t lose increase mobility and to facilitate accessibility, Schrack Seconet time when they have to make important decisions. is developing access options via UMTS for iPads and iPhones.
SecurWATCH based on IP
ecurWATCH has taken over important tasks in the fields of nursing and care for the elderly”, explains SChristian Wimmer, Head of Product Management for Security Systems at Schrack Seconet. This local positioning system (LPS) fulfils protection and security tasks for old people who suffer from dementia and disorientation. A tag or badge fastened to a safety band makes it easy to localize the person wearing it.
Of course SecurWATCH may also be used for many other
tasks, such as the protection of notebooks or the monitoring © Schrack Seconet AG of industrial processes. Schrack Seconet now has introduced a new technological development: For the first time and fast. It is no longer necessary to provide special SecurWATCH is available based on IP-technology. cabling. In addition to cost benefits, the new solution also Consequently, the system can be used with LAN cabling, offers technical benefits, as specifically conventional one- which means that high licence payments for LON-BUS door solutions can be simplified and improved with these components are not required anymore. This is a decisive new components. “Interest in this new development of factor, especially for large projects. Any conventional CAT-5 SecurWATCH is very keen,” says Christian Wimmer, who or CAT-6 cabling can be used to transport data securely is glad about the positive market feedback.
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VISOCALL IP adds value to Pakistan hospital © Schrack Seconet AG
n 1985, the Aga Khan University Hospital was opened in Karachi, with more than twelve © Schrack Seconet AG Imillion inhabitants the largest city of Pakistan. It is a private hospital, owned by Prince Karim Aga Khan, the first hospital in Pakistan that also trains students.
The non-profit hospital with 565 beds offers most advanced health standards. In this general hospital about 50,000 patients a year are treated in-house and more than 600,000 are given ambulant
INNOVATION care. Medical research is a major focus area of this hospital. The hospital technology is state of the art. And with its multimedia communication platform VISOCALL IP, Schrack Seconet has advanced the Clinical Research Unit of the hospital even further. VISOCALL IP offers the highest security, greatest convenience and faster VISOCALL IP in Pakistan’s top hospital information sharing between doctors, patients and nursing staff. After only two months installation work Schrack Seconet to equip more wards of the Aga the system went live at the end of 2010. Installation work Khan University Hospitals with VISOCALL IP. was carried out without problems and there are plans for
Fire alarm systems for railways in Levant
he fire alarm systems of Schrack Seconet are used Tin many parts of the
world. We have implemented © Schrack Seconet AG a great number of projects in this area – from Eastern Europe, to Arabia Aleppo railway station and India. Recently also railway tradition in Syria stations of the Syrian railways were and today they connect all parts of the country. And now equipped with fire alarm systems of 36 Integral fire alarm panels protect local railway stations. Schrack Seconet. Via an internal control system the data from the © Schrack Seconet AG individual systems are transmitted to the head stations The Arab Republic of Syria is located and subsequently represented at the main stations. in the Middle East and has about 20 million Among others, the railway station in Aleppo is monitored inhabitants. About one third of its economic output by systems of Schrack Seconet. The city is an important derives from agriculture. Mineral oil, textiles and foodstuff hub between the Mediterranean and Euphrates. The are the main export goods of Syria. The capital of the technology and flexibility of Schrack Seconet proved to country, Damascus, is one of the world’s oldest be a convincing argument in case. Also the transmission permanently inhabited cities and is of great importance as options and the multi-sensor detector are highly a cultural center in the region. The railways have a great appreciated in Syria.
4 SECURITY Everything’s well in the Delfin Wellness World
ince September 2010, Delfin Wellness GmbH has been offering its customers a very special
spa landscape. The company’s new headquarters © Fotostudio Meister Eder S 2 was built on an area of 1500 m in Leonding. The Delfin Wellness in Leonding costs amounted to some 5 million euros. panel, an Integral IP, an intrusion detection Delfin Wellness GmbH not only is responsible for system as well as an individual projects but also plans and installs complete escape door control spa systems. With 20 employees the company has become system. The access control one of the most successful all-in vendors in the spa and and door management recreation sector. The range of products comprises swimming system is equipped with an pools, roofing, Jacuzzis, Jacuzzi tubs, steam showers and electronic time recording steam baths, as well as saunas and infrared cabins. In the system and is used by new company building many products are exhibited, some employees every day, of them may even be tested, as for instance a spillway pool making possible reliable
installed on the generously designed roof-top terrace, where and accurate processing. © Fotostudio Meister Eder you can enjoy a swim above the roofs of Leonding. All these high tech Rooftop terrace Schrack Seconet has installed security and fire alarm solutions from Schrack Seconet can be networked by means of with swimming pool systems at Delfin Wellness GmbH on a total area of IP technology. In this way all spa aficionados may enjoy a taste 1,500 square meters, and has implemented a fire alarm of their own future oasis in a carefree and safe environment.
Arnulf Rainer Museum: optimum protection for cultural treasure
he Arnulf Rainer Museum in is not only valuable in terms Baden near Vienna offers its visitors of money but it also is an Tinsights into the great oeuvre of important cultural treasure. the artist Arnulf Rainer, who was born All the more important, in Baden. Already some 60 years ago then, not to give thieves the now 81-year old artist created works any chance. Schrack Seconet
of art winning him high has equipped the © Bildagentur Zolles/Markus Wache acclaim both on national building with an and international level. intrusion detection system, comprising
That’s a good enough © Schrack Seconet AG several motion reason for dedicating a detectors in different museum to the world- designs as well as renowned artist. For this purpose the former vibration detectors. ladies’ bath at the Josefsplatz in Baden was A Schrack Seconet transformed into an exhibition hall. Every CCTV-system year about 12,500 interested people visit offers additional the marble rooms and the former changing protection from rooms, which provide a home to several thieves and Rainer exhibitions. The oeuvre of the artist vandals. © Martin Seidenschwann
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SecurWATCH IP © Schrack Seconet
ealth is a valuable expectancy of women in asset. In Austria many 2009 was 82.9 years and that of men billions of euros are 77.4 years. This makes professional nursing H spent on people’s well-being every facilities ever more important. And this is not year. But when people are getting older they only due to the higher life expectancy but also often suffer from one or several handicaps to the fact that there are more and more single and therefore need a lot of care and nursing. homes and fewer extended families. Only rarely Demographic developments show that Europeans are relatives actively involved in the care for are getting older and older. In Austria life their grandparents.
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In Austria long-term 16.4 percent. With a share assistance when they get lost – and a silent nursing accounted for SecurWATCH: of 17.1 percent, Austria alarm will automatically be triggered if the about 13 percent of health friend and helper was well above-average person wearing the tag leaves a predefined expenditure in 2009, with already in 2008. In 2010 area. The radio and infrared detectors can total health expenditure this share was already 17.4 also determine the position and identity of amounting to 30.3 billion euros. The number percent. Schrack Seconet is internationally the person to be protected. In addition, of old people’s and nursing homes renowned for its high-tech hospital the modular set-up of the high-tech system is continuously rising. In 2008, communication systems and during the also allows for integration into the 817 facilities offered spaces past years has equipped numerous Austrian communication systems VISOCALL IP and for 65,000 people. Already and European nursing homes with state- VISOCALL PLUS. 18 years ago the Austrian of-the art technology. government responded to the Schrack Seconet is always at the pulse of increasing need for care and VISOCALL and SecurWATCH – time and completely relies on IP technology provided the option to receive a perfect team in its systems. With VISOCALL IP a system allowances for nursing purposes, was developed for hospitals and nursing an option which has been taken up SecurWATCH is an homes that makes possible a seamless quite readily. At the end of 2010, important component of this communication network between all persons, more than 420,000 persons received range of Schrack Seconet products rooms and facilities. The new multimedia- nursing allowances. The sector is also for the technical support for nursing capable system allows the networking of an important employer. In Austria homes and old people’s homes. several user systems, such as nurse call about 18,000 “around-the- SecurWATCH is an active systems, IP telephone terminal devices, clock nurses” take care for the RFID system – residents wear chipcard accounting, intranet and internet wellbeing of thousands of tags (senders in the shape of a access, electroacoustics systems, as well people, most of them senior wristwatch). These tags are as video streaming in one single system. citizens. In Europe the share fastened to the wrists or ankles In this way, VISOCALL-IP offers both the of people of 65+ years in of persons belonging to the risk highest safety and security and 100% system the total population is highest group – particularly patients availability to patients and substantial in Italy with 20 percent. suffering from dementia are relief to the nursing staff in their everyday On EU average this share is © Schrack Seconet often disoriented and need work.
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is put in systems Seamless communication from Schrack Seconet. through IP technology Thanks to VISOCALL PLUS many old people’s homes in Schrack Seconet networks doctors and France are state-of- patients in Austrian old people’s and the art, and in several nursing homes Italian nursing homes the SecurWATCH, VISOCALL IP and communication VISOCALL PLUS are already used in many systems from Schrack private and public nursing homes and senior Seconet safeguard citizens’ residences. For example, Schrack the secure and fast Seconet has equipped some provincial senior networking of doctors, citizens’ residences and nursing homes in patients and nursing Lower Austria with VISOCALL PLUS over staff, as, for example,
the past years. The homes offer best care in the nursing home © Schrack Seconet
and the greatest comfort for their residents Antey Saint Andrè in SPECIAL and patients – last but not least thanks to Northern Italy, where VISOCALL PLUS. Modern homes that are also an Integral fire accessible to handicapped people as well as alarm panel has been Comfort and security full day-care make sure that residents and installed. A great combined to perfection patients are in a safe environment, where they number of old people’s will feel at home. A new project was started in autumn 2010 in Vienna: The restructuring
and the building of the annex of the senior ©kwp citizens’ residence Rosenberg, which is being transformed into the “Innovative residence and nursing home Rosenberg”. The outstanding feature of this type of residence is that the apartments can be transformed into nursing facilities whenever the need arises. This ensures that residents may stay in their usual surroundings even if their health deteriorates. In future, Schrack Seconet’s homes in VISOCALL IP will be used here. Sweden Many senior citizens residences of the © Schrack Seconet also put
Kuratorium for senior citizens residences their trust in the preventive fire ©kwp in Vienna have been equipped with fire alarm protection of Schrack Seconet. and nurse call systems from Schrack Seconet The technology leader has equipped for years and are continuously upgraded. already more than 25 nursing facilities with Integral systems. Both preventive Specialist for safety and fire protection and smooth communication security in Europe in homes play a vital role in Czech Republic, where a great number of Schrack Seconet Also outside of Austria the highest trust systems are used.
Austrian health sector
• Total health expenditure in 2009: EUR 30.3 billion • Share of nursing expenditure: about 13 percent • Number of nursing allowance recipients 2010: 420.000 • Number of around-the-clock nurses: about 18,000 • Number of nursing homes: about 820 • Number of spaces in nursing homes: about 65,000 • Life expectancy women 2009: 82.9 years • Life expectancy men 2009: 77,4 years • Share of over 65-year-olds in total population 2010: 17.4 percent © Schrack Seconet © Schrack Seconet
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VBÖ – Absolute quality for maximum safety and security
o security without knowledge! Schrack Seconet is a founding member of This is the motto of VBÖ the association. Max Strohmeier, head of NAustroalarm, the association of product management at Schrack Seconet, Austrian manufacturers and systems represents the company at VBÖ and is a vendors of fire protection equipment. member of the managing board of this Only manufacturers of complete fire alarm interest group. Fire & Care talked to him systems are members of VBÖ Austroalarm. about the goals and plans of VBÖ.
F&C: VBÖ Austroalarm is an association of manufacturers of fire alarm systems. For many years VBÖ has been active for the continuous increase
INTERVIEW of quality in preventive fire protection in Austria. What is your approach in this matter? Max Strohmeier: For us it is important to be able to actively Max Strohmeier participate in the drafting of head of product management standards and regulations. As in at Schrack Seconet any other legislative procedure also in the fire alarm sector experts are asked for their advice and comments. Therefore we delegate our experts to committees and associations. For example, we have delegates in the Technical Committee of the Austrian Standards Institute and we are active in VBCert, the association for the promotion of uniform High standards in preventive fire protection. This Austrian accredited certification authority grants certificates and thus authorizations for companies standards in fire which design, install, commission and maintain protection fire alarm systems. These authorities are of utmost importance and necessary to uphold the principles of safety and security in our business. We are also closely cooperating with the inspection authorities of the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Federation and the fire protection authorities to keep up the high level of quality of standards and regulations that we have achieved during the past years. F&C: Is there also an international dimension to VBÖ’s activities? Max Strohmeier: Of course it is our intention to promote our high Austrian standards also on an international level. Therefore we are participating in European standardization activities in the framework of CEN. In addition, the VBÖ is also a member of Euralarm, the umbrella organization of European manufacturers and installers of fire alarm and security systems. © Schrack Seconet
10 SECURITY F&C: What do you think VBÖ Austroalarm Max Strohmeier: Unfortunately international and therefore other standards and quality can do for quality assurance apart from the standards are quite inhomogeneous. The regulations are called for. However, this means participation in standardization activities? EU Services Directive permits international that also the requirements on the systems are Max Strohmeier: We organize workshops services in Europe, which may have negative different. and symposia on a regular basis where quality consequences. A lot of European installers of F&C: What plans do you at issues are discussed and the awareness of fire protection systems do not meet Central the VBÖ have for the future? preventive fire protection and extinguishing European standards. Our focus is always on Close Max Strohmeier: We want systems is deepened. It is also very important absolute quality and the highest safety and cooperation with to keep raising the awareness for us to look closely into current developments security. Germany and for the importance of of our business and to deal with changed Switzerland F&C: How can there be different standards preventive fire protection in requirements and demands of the customers in such an important field as protection and Austria but also throughout of our members. Recently, therefore, we security? Europe. For this purpose we will intensify our installed a special expert group for Max Strohmeier: In Central Europe the focus cooperation with the umbrella organizations extinguishing systems at VBÖ Austroalarm is always on earliest possible detection. Earliest in Germany and Switzerland, which has been to expand our activities also in this direction. possible detection is important for protecting very good so far, in order to strengthen our F&C: This means you are open for new lives and property. In countries that have position in Central Europe even further. It solutions. adopted the Anglo-American philosophy is specifically our market that is strongly Max Strohmeier: We consider VBÖ of fire protection it is always fire alarm determined by standards and regulations. Austroalarm also as a discussion platform for and evacuation measures that are in focus. The VBÖ is an institution that plays an sharing experiences and balancing interests. Of course this approach is quite different essential role in this field. After all, we are the first point of contact for the fire prevention authority and the fire brigades whenever they have requests to the industry in the field of preventive fire protection. The Association of Austrian manufacturers protection. Its goals are the unification of quality of fire alarm systems was founded in 1972 by and security standards in fire alarm systems as F&C: You have already mentioned the high the leading companies in the fire protection well as information on standards and major Austrian level in the field of preventive fire industry. Under the motto “No security without issues of economy and trade regarding fire knowledge” VBÖ Austroalarm is active in sharing prevention. Moreover, it is a major concern of protection. What is Austria’s position in this experiences with the industry, the standardization VBÖ to create and raise the awareness for field as compared to international standards? committees and associations as well as the technological and regulative developments in fire clarification of all issues of preventive fire alarm systems in all players on the market.
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Networked hospital SecoCareNET communication he communication system Seco CareNET is based existing on IP-technology and sets new standards in the health infrastructure Tsector. IP is the basis of the Internet. It is an open networks, such technology and provides the platform for all communication as LANs, can be © Schrack Seconet AG tasks. SecoCareNET combines the four big issues of the used. Therefore, health sector – communication, information, security and there is no need efficiency – all under one roof. for expensive planning With the use of the Internet Protocol all relevant and installation work, while components of hospital communication, such as telephones flexibility is increased nonetheless. for staff and patients, nurse-call, communication with the Seco CareNET guarantees failsafety and is a future-proof nursing staff, internet access, IP TV and radio, as well as investment. The network components relevant to nurse call other services are bundled into one system. In this way all the systems comply with VDE0834, system-specific interfaces required information is available rapidly and at the right are galvanically isolated and the power supply as well as place. From medical data to notices for the administration – the interfaces with medical-technical devices meet the all information can be centrally retrieved by Seco CareNET. requirements of IEC606001-1-1. This means that all Thanks to IP technology, the communication platform can be security standards are complied with. Seco CareNET therefore upgraded any time and without great effort. During installation meets the highest functional and technical requirements. GLOSSARY
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