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Manual Callpoints - Update

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Written by: Keith Norgate
Category: Manual Callpoints
Published: 05 March 2018
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Do not install normal glass into manual call points.

  1. It is difficult to break in an emergency.
  2. If broken it can splinter and cut the operators hands.

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Manual Callpoints

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Written by: Keith Norgate
Category: Manual Callpoints
Published: 01 January 2016
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MCP InstallationOne would think the easiest thing to get right is the installation of manual call points but judging by the picture dispayed some still get it wrong.

L-category (life safety systems) fire detection systems must be fitted with manual call points at the following places:

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