title: Alarm upgrade meets new standards.
abstract: When Bedford Hospital NHS Trust decided to replace its ageing and increasingly unreliable fire detection and alarm system, it was looking to achieve more than just compliance with the latest regulations. It wanted a flexible, state-of-the-art system that would not only meet its current requirements but would also be easy to adapt and inexpensive to maintain. The pound 1 million Gent Vigilon fire system now operating across the site has given it just that. The 15-month long project to install the system was completed without a single ward or operating theatre having to be shut down.
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom