In Poland, buildings required to have a fire detection and alarm system must transmit their fire alarms directly to the State Fire Service (PSP). We connect them. The certified FireCom device sends every alarm simultaneously over two dedicated paths, wired and 4G/LTE, without the public Internet. The station at the fire service headquarters acknowledges receipt.
< 10 s
average alarm transmission time to the PSP (class D4)
20 s
maximum transmission time (class M4)
2 paths
LAN and 4G/LTE, transmitting simultaneously
EN 54-21
certificate 1922-CPR-2083, EN 54-4 power supply
How it works
The fire alarm control panel identifies the zone and passes the alarm to the FireCom transmitter (UTAPiU) on site.
The transmitter sends the alarm simultaneously over a wired and a cellular path. Both paths are dedicated and isolated from the Internet.
The Orange Polska message switching node confirms receipt to the transmitter and retransmits the alarm to the relevant State Fire Service (PSP) headquarters, again over two paths.
The SOAPiU station in the dispatch room receives the alarm and acknowledges it. The acknowledgement returns to the control panel on site (output PGM1).
At headquarters integrated with the SWD-ST command support system, the station creates the incident entry automatically. The WERG module gives the crew building data while still en route.
Transmission paths
Every alarm travels simultaneously over two physically separate paths, encrypted with a key unique to the site. If one link goes silent, the alarm still arrives over the other, and the path failure goes to the operator's fault receiving centre, not to the PSP screens.
Path 1 · wired
Path 2 · cellular
Legal basis
The obligation to connect the fire detection and alarm system to the PSP headquarters follows from Article 5 of the Polish Fire Protection Act and § 28 of the Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 7 June 2010. Technical requirements for transmission paths and equipment are set by the Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 20 June 2007. The connection method is agreed with the relevant district or municipal State Fire Service commander.
Obligation to connect to the PSPThe obligation covers, among others:
We also use FireCom in critical infrastructure: energy, defence, fuel depots, water supply, data centres and transport, where the alarm often goes to the site's own control room.
Certificates
The FireCom transmitter holds certificate of conformity 1922-CPR-2083 to EN 54-21:2006 and EN 54-4, issued by notified body no. 1922 “Dedal”, and a declaration of performance. The FireCom System with the SOAPiU receiving station is undergoing assessment for a Polish National Technical Assessment and a CNBOP-PIB certificate of admission.
Product site
The technical specification, animated system diagram, standards and glossary are on the product site uta.fkce.pl.
FAQ
Yes, for buildings that must have a fire detection and alarm system. The obligation follows from Article 5 of the Polish Fire Protection Act and § 28 of the Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 7 June 2010. The connection method is agreed with the relevant district or municipal State Fire Service commander.
In the FireCom System the alarm reaches the PSP receiving station in under 10 s on average (class D4) and within 20 s at most (class M4), counted from the moment the control panel passes on the signal.
The alarm arrives over the other path, because both transmit every alarm simultaneously and independently. Loss of a path is detected and reported as a fault to the operator's fault receiving centre (COSU), not to the PSP dispatch room.
The transmitter connects to the relay outputs of a control panel from any manufacturer, or via an RS485 bus using the ESPA 4.4.4 protocol, which also passes the zone number. Outputs PGM1-PGM3 return alarm acknowledgement and link status to the control panel.
The operator of the fire alarm monitoring system in the FireCom System is Orange Polska S.A. The solution is supplied by F&K Consulting Engineers as a partner of Orange Polska.
Tell us what the building is and which fire alarm control panel it has. We will prepare a quote for connection to the FireCom System.
