A fire control panel for a fire protection system in a residential dwelling unit as defined in the 2002 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association Standards 13, 130 and 13R, the fire control panel comprising: a housing; a main connection disposed in the housing and connectable to a pressurized fire-fighting liquid source; a control valve coupled to the main connection in a normally-closed state that prevents liquid flow through the control valve; a system connection disposed in the housing and coupled to the control valve so that when the control valve is actuated, the system connection is in fluid communication with the main connection; a pressurized gas source; a primary power supply; an auxiliary pipe coupled to a the pressurized gas source at one end of the auxiliary pipe and in fluid communication with the system connection at the other end of the auxiliary pipe so that the auxiliary pipe and the system connection are capable of being filled with pressurized gas from the pressurized gas source; a first sensor disposed in the housing and coupled to the system connection to provide a first indicator of a magnitude of pressure in the system connection; a first isolation valve ensuring that pressurized gas flows unidirectionally from the pressurized gas source to the system connection and isolating the pressurized gas source from the system connection; characterised in that the fire control panel further comprises: a second sensor disposed in the housing, coupled to the auxiliary pipe and isolated from the system connection by the first isolation valve to provide a second indicator of a magnitude of pressure in the auxiliary pipe; a second isolation valve providing a secondary prevention of flooding while isolating the second sensor from the pressurized gas source; and that the pressurized gas source is controlled directly by the second pressure sensor via a direct connection between the second sensor, the pressurized gas source, and primary power supply. a housing; a main connection disposed in the housing and connectable to a pressurized fire-fighting liquid source; a control valve coupled to the main connection in a normally-closed state that prevents liquid flow through the control valve; a system connection disposed in the housing and coupled to the control valve so that when the control valve is actuated, the system connection is in fluid communication with the main connection; a pressurized gas source; a primary power supply; an auxiliary pipe coupled to a the pressurized gas source at one end of the auxiliary pipe and in fluid communication with the system connection at the other end of the auxiliary pipe so that the auxiliary pipe and the system connection are capable of being filled with pressurized gas from the pressurized gas source; a first sensor disposed in the housing and coupled to the system connection to provide a first indicator of a magnitude of pressure in the system connection; a first isolation valve ensuring that pressurized gas flows unidirectionally from the pressurized gas source to the system connection and isolating the pressurized gas source from the system connection; characterised in that the fire control panel further comprises: a second sensor disposed in the housing, coupled to the auxiliary pipe and isolated from the system connection by the first isolation valve to provide a second indicator of a magnitude of pressure in the auxiliary pipe; a second isolation valve providing a secondary prevention of flooding while isolating the second sensor from the pressurized gas source; and that the pressurized gas source is controlled directly by the second pressure sensor via a direct connection between the second sensor, the pressurized gas source, and primary power supply. a second sensor disposed in the housing, coupled to the auxiliary pipe and isolated from the system connection by the first isolation valve to provide a second indicator of a magnitude of pressure in the auxiliary pipe; a second isolation valve providing a secondary prevention of flooding while isolating the second sensor from the pressurized gas source; and that the pressurized gas source is controlled directly by the second pressure sensor via a direct connection between the second sensor, the pressurized gas source, and primary power supply.