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Issue 17 | September 2018 Passive Equipment Register to activate FireNZ 2018 FPA stand Conference & Exhibition IoT-enabled hydrant monitoring Banned firefighting a ‘smarter’ option Foams set media alight www.defsecmedia.co.nz fired up excellence and innovation by Fire Brigade Alarm (FBA) with Signal Generating Device (SGD) Type X for mains pressures below 800 Kpa Ref. 730-230 Superior features include… • Robust Stainless Steel, powder-coated cabinet • Digital displays indicating Standing Pressure, Defect, Fire & Pump Start Pressures • Temperature Compensated Pressure Transducer ensures; no wandering pressure settings or temperature induced fluctuations Indication outputs cover the following… Type Y for mains pressures above 800 Kpa Ref. 730-231 • external defect • rise in pressure • pump run alarm • flow switch • pump start output • anti-interference • fire defect • auxiliary relay output • drop in pressure • strobe light output Standalone Signal Generating Device (SGD) Ref. 730-320 • One model covers the options • Ideal for service van spares • Will suit 2 & 4 wire installations • Test and Isolate switches included • Field Selectable software options • Field Selectable Standard & Multidrop modes • Interfaces with most fire alarm panels including Pertronic, Ampac, Notifier, Brooks, Bensan, Edwards, Siemens. 21628/1/18 ViTECH products are designed and produced in New Zealand. Loktronic Limited Unit 7 19 Edwin Street Mt Eden Auckland P O Box 8329 Symonds Street Auckland 1150 New Zealand Ph 64 9 623 3919 Fax 64 9 623 3881 0800 FOR LOK [email protected] www.loktronic.co.nz INNOVATIVE PASSIVE FIRE SOLUTIONS BOSS FYREBOXTM THE GAME CHANGER MULTIPLE SERVICE. SINGLE PENETRATION. Designed to allow the full range of apartment services to pass through one single, fire rated enclosure, the BOSS FyreBox is tested and approved to AS1530.4 -2014. With a -/120/120 FRR, the Boss FyreBox insulation rating of the penetrating services, including steel and copper pipes, can be increased to 120 minutes by wrapping the services on both sides of the FyreBox with BOSS P40MAK-Wrap. The GAME CHANGER is cost effective and easy to install. PROVEN PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION 2563 Boss Fire back banner 1580mm output.indd 1 20/03/15 11:12 AM FIRESHIELD ARCHITECTURAL WHITE INTUMESCENT COATING FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL. FIRESHIELD ArchitecturalWhite is a water-borne white intumescent, which is environmentally friendly, very competitive in price, gives an excellent surface finish, and is easy to apply. FIRESHIELD ArchitecturalWhite is fully compliant for use in New Zealand. SM 0800 POTTERS www.potters.co.nz Auckland, Hamilton, 0800 768 837 [email protected] Wellington, Christchurch INDEX ISSN 2230-6935 Presidents Message ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Pressure on for fire water ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Training and industry standards top FPANZ priorities ...............................................................................................................................................15 Blazing trail: Loktronic continues to set the pace for fire protection products ..........................................................................................16 Data & IoT Shielding The World From Fire Danger .....................................................................................................................................................20 Protecting Your Process With Fike FK-5-1-12 ................................................................................................................................................................. 22 FENZ Career recruitment campaign a success ............................................................................................................................................................ 24 New board appointments as FENZ turns one year old........................................................................................................................................... 25 Engage fire engineers earlier ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Rural fire research boost .............................................................................................................................................................................................................27 FireNZ 2018Conference & Exhibtion ................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Auckland Council gives thumbs up to passive register ........................................................................................................................................... 34 Enrolments open for new fire protection programmes ...........................................................................................................................................35 Banned firefighting Foams set media alight ....................................................................................................................................................................36 Realigning the inspectorate ......................................................................................................................................................................................................38 ACP buildings outed and CodeMark certificates suspended ................................................................................................................................40 Passive Equipment Register to activate FPA stand ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 IoT-enabled hydrant monitoring a ‘smarter’ option .................................................................................................................................................. 44 Fire Protection Association New Zealand FireNZ welcomes articles and letters from our readership. 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