New Early Warning System Makes Evacuation Alarm a Resounding Success

UK based Tyco Traffic & Transportation’s (Tyco) specialist communications division, part of Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions, has designed and installed a bespoke early warning system at the Royal Navy Oil Fuel Depot at Gosport, UK. The requirement was for a system that had both Alarm Warning Tones and Voice Announcement capability to provide a comprehensive warning system to persons living and working within a 1.5km area of the fuel depot that provides fuel to the nearby wharf where vessels of the Royal Navy are refuelled.

The modulators are stacked and mounted on an 11 metre column that was specifically designed for this project The column incorporates a central compartment to house all cabling and electronics internally, providing protection and security against vandalism and potential sabotage.

The total system is battery supported, thus ensuring that the full alarm system is operational in the event of mains failure.

Mark Gillespie, Project Engineer, BVT Surface Fleet, commented “The establishment has a duty of care to provide warning and information to the general public up to a 1000 metres radius from the fuel tanks.  The system Tyco designed and installed has exceeded our expectations, having been clearly audible under test conditions some 1500 meters from the depot on the opposite side of Portsmouth Harbour. This has allowed the facility to continue with its obligations to the MOD having reassured the relevant licensing authorities that a compliant public information system is now in place.”