RESEARCH, DESIGN FIRE ALARM SYSTEM FOR SHIPS

Abstract

This paper presents the research and design of a fire alarm system with multi zones. The purpose of the author is to design a fire alarm system with low cost, easy to operate as well as repair and replace without being dependent on equipment of foreign suppliers. The system is designed with a monitoring and control center using a touch screen that can locate and emit an audible alarm signal exactly where the fire is happening, this screen is connected to fire alarm modules which are located at locations to be monitored. With a maximum scalability of 31 module, each module supports up to 16 address-specific channels. Thus, the system can monitor up to 496 zones with specific addresses, each zone can have up to 16 fire alarm sensors, so in theory the system can connect up to 7936 sensors and it can be installed for medium and large ships.