Dive Brief:
- Honeywell is expanding its fire alarm system with new smoke and carbon monoxide control capabilities and has made improvements to its cloud-based platform for connecting life-safety systems, the company announced Tuesday.
- The expanded fire alarm system, called Notifier Inspire, improves integration of the system’s smoke control capabilities and adds a function for reducing the risk of carbon monoxide buildup when an alarm is triggered.
- The improvements to its platform for connecting life-safety systems, called Connected Life Safety Services, or CLSS, are intended to simplify operations, lower costs and enable quicker deployment, the company said.
Dive Insight:
Honeywell introduced its cloud-based CLSS platform in 2020 to enable remote monitoring of fire and life-safety systems and make operating the systems more efficient, according to the company.
In Honeywell’s announcement this week, Michael Troiano, president of global fire for Honeywell Building Automation, said the latest improvements to CLSS will reduce costs and simplify operations. “We’re helping customers simplify complex designs, improve visibility across their systems and move beyond manual processes,” he said.
Honeywell’s Notifier Inspirer fire alarm system was released in 2023 as a digital self-testing solution that integrates with CLSS. The latest updates focus on simplifying installation and maintenance and making the system more adaptable as building needs change.
"This generation of integrated smoke control fundamentally simplifies how these systems are designed and deployed,” John Strohecker, vice president of alarm and detection for Cosco Fire Protection, said in a statement. Strohecker helped Honeywell on the enhancements as part of the company’s customer advisory board.
Honeywell calls the system’s new ability to reduce the risk of carbon monoxide build-up a “purge” function because it expels contaminated air and introduces fresh air in affected zones when the alarm is triggered.
“This controlled ventilation approach helps mitigate harmful exposure to occupants and complements fire-mode operation, where airflow is managed to contain smoke and limit oxygen to a potential fire,” the company says.
The company also unveiled new CLSS tools, including Zone Sync, which keeps floor plans, device mapping and alarm zones aligned across systems, and Rescue Assist, which helps support occupants in need of additional assistance in emergency situations.
It also introduced a cellular alerting function, G2 ATX, which adds redundant cellular communication to its first responder platform. The addition will help ensure critical dispatch notifications continue even during network disruptions, improving reliability for emergency responders, Honeywell said.
