Overseas Equipment

This page houses a collection of pictures I have taken of Fire Alarm Equipment outside of New Zealand. I have simple categorized them into Call-Points, Alarms and Panels. Please enjoy!

## United Kingdom

### **Manual Call Points**

#### **Modern KAC**

These MCP's are absolutely everywhere! They are by far the most popular design of call-point in the UK and worldwide.

#### **Fake Flat KAC**

This is a knock-off of KAC that uses a flatter version of the KAC shape, In the UK have only seen used as a Emergency Door Release.

#### **Apollo**

There are quite a lot of these MCP's all around the UK, mostly branded as "Apollo".

#### **Cranford Controls SyCall MCP**

This is a Call-Point which looks very similar to the Apollo one above, but does have some key differences.

#### **HyFire**

These are fairly common in the UK, though not as common as some other designs. Quite a lot of Railway Stations and Tube Stations in London have these. I have also seen this design in New Zealand (but only once).

#### **Fulleon**

These MCP's are also very common in the UK. These can also be found in New Zealand, as AMPAC uses them for their outdoor-use installations.

#### **Gent**

Gent is a very well known manufacturer of Fire Alarm equipment in the UK. I was surprised that their equipment wasn't more common. In particular, both Gatwick and Heathrow Airports have Gent equipment.

#### **Old-style KAC**

There are plenty of the older-style "Break Glass" call-points in the UK.

#### **Bardic(?)**

This is a rare break-glass call-point that I think might be made by a company called "Bardic", based on what I have seen on YouTube.

#### **Fike**

This is another modern plastic MCP which is among the not-so-common gorup of UK call-points.

#### **ESP (Fireline)**

This is less-common plastic MCP made by ESP (also known as Fireline).

#### **Global Fire Equipment**

These MCPs are made in Portugal, and I am led to believe that these are more common in certain areas of Europe than they are in the UK.

#### **Vintage Break Glass**

I found some awesome Vintage Call-Points at Cadbury World in Birmingham!

#### **Drop-Glass EDR**

This is type of call-point that has a detachable glass plate that drops down when pressed and can be reset with a key. There is a Fire MCP version of this, but I've only ever seen it used as an Emergency Door Release. There are loads of these in New Zealand used as EDR's as well.

#### **Other types of Emergency Door Release**

I could not find the manufacturers for these.

### **Alarms**

Here are some alarms & lights I photographed in the UK.

## Denmark

### **Manual Call Points**

#### **KAC**

These MCP's are easily found in Denmark! They are by far the most popular design of call-point worldwide.

#### **Fulleon**

These MCP's are also very common in Denmark.

#### '*Traditional "Break Glass" **(Old style KAC)'***

There are plenty of the older-style "Break Glass" call-points in Denmark.

#### **Alarms**

Here are some alarms I photographed in Denmark.

## Hong Kong

### **Manual Call Points**

#### **KAC**

These MCP's are absolutely everywhere in Hong Kong. Many of them are configured as Break-Glass units, rather than reset-able units.

#### **Fake Flat KAC**

This is a knock-off of KAC that uses a flatter version of the KAC shape. This is a fairly rare call-point, which I only saw on a boat.

#### **HyFire**

There are a number of these dotted around Hong Kong, though not too many. In particular, the Ngong Ping Cable car & Shopping Village is kitted out with these.

#### **Fulleon**

These MCP's are only found on systems installed by Siemens. I found these at quite a few touristy places, such as Disneyland and Ocean Park, as well the Racecourse and a shopping centre.

#### **Siemens Square MCP**

This call-point is made by Siemens and is only found in Hong Kong on Siemens Systems. These look very similar to Gent call-points, but are actually made by Siemens.

#### **Siemens Outdoor MCP**

This is a call-point made by Siemens for outdoor use. I found some of these at Disneyland and at Ocean Park.

#### '*Traditional "Break Glass" **(Old style KAC)'***

There are loads of older-style "Break Glass" call-points in Hong Kong, especially at MTR Stations.

#### **Unknown Designs**

Here are a couple of rare designs I have not seen anywhere outside of Hong Kong.

#### **Old "Carters" Break Glass**

This is an old call-point I found made by UK company Carter's. This is the only one of it's kind I have found.

#### **Vintage American Call Point (not functional)**

At Disneyland Hong Hong, this vintage American fire alarm point can be found on Main Street USA. Sadly it is only for display and doesn't actually do anything.

#### **Alarms**

Here are some alarms I photographed in Hong Kong.

## United Arab Emirates

I found some American Pull-Stations at Dubai International Airport

## Australia

I found some HyFire Emergency Door Releases at Sydney Airport.