Royal Marine Hotel replaces fire system with Advanced technology
Iain Hoey
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Royal Marine Hotel installs Advanced fire panels
The Royal Marine Hotel in County Dublin has upgraded its fire safety infrastructure through the installation of Advanced MxPro 5 fire panels.
TEE Fire Safety Solutions (TSS) published a case study detailing the replacement of the previous system to address reliability issues and frequent false alarms.
The hotel premises include guest rooms, restaurant areas, a spa, an underground car park and plant rooms.
Installation teams replaced five existing panels on a single day to maintain network continuity across the live hospitality environment.
The new configuration uses a combination of eight-loop, four-loop and two-loop MxPro 5 analogue addressable panels.
A fully functional repeater panel supports the network which contains 1,813 programmed devices across seven nodes.
Timmy England, Managing Director at TEE Fire Safety Solutions, said: “This was a live hotel environment where reliability and minimal disruption were essential.
“The MxPro 5 allowed us to implement effective false alarm management while maintaining high safety standards, and replacing all networked panels in one day was a major advantage.”
False alarm management and future expansion
The project utilised the configuration capabilities of the MxPro 5 to establish a management strategy featuring specific verification and hold times.
TSS excluded manual call points, heat detectors and linear detection from these delays to ensure immediate response to genuine fire threats.
The programmed staged alarm strategy activates sounders for management and maintenance staff before escalating to a full evacuation.
The site uses standard network cards to link the panels and provides a platform for future scalability.
Neil Parkin, Sales Manager at Advanced for UK North, Northern Ireland and ROI, commented: “Hotels present unique fire safety challenges, particularly when it comes to managing false alarms while protecting guests and staff.
“This project demonstrates how MxPro 5 delivers reliable, intelligent fire protection that meets those demands and supports future growth.”
The hotel plans to add an additional single-loop panel to the network to accommodate a forthcoming extension.
