Jon Ben, formerly Head of Engineering at Fire Fighting Enterprises Ltd., has been appointed Technical Director at the company. This reflects his experience, expertise, and the excellent work he has done in overseeing and directing product development, technical support and product training for the company.

Jon Ben promoted to Technical Director of Fire Fighting Enterprises Ltd.

Jon has over 25 years experience in highly regulated manufacturing industries and has brought many world-class products to market in the defence, industrial, medical and fire sectors. At FFE, he has been heavily involved in the development and refinement of the Fireray 5000 optical beam smoke detector, which incorporates an array of innovative technologies to make it the most advanced beam type smoke detector available today.

Jon and his team have also recently launched the new Multi Head variant, which allows up to 4 Fireray 5000 detector heads to be connected to and managed by one single control panel – a truly unique feature in the beam detector market.

Ian Steel, Managing Director of FFE, commented: “Jon’s work as Head of Engineering has been exceptional, and he has shown both the skills and the drive necessary to merit his new role and title as Technical Director.”

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Fire Fighting Enterprises has developed the technology to allow multiple Fireray 5000 optical beam smoke detector heads to operate from one single control unit. The Fireray 5000 Multi Head has up to 4 beam transceivers connected to, and managed by, one low-level system controller. This offers savings in the costs on time, power, installation, wiring, and maintenance. Multiple detector heads mean that one system can detect smoke over an even larger area, and the heads can be positioned for total coverage of unorthodox indoor spaces.

Fireray 5000 Multi Head Optical Beam Smoke Detector

The Fireray 5000 is already at the forefront of optical beam detection technology, with a motorised auto-aligning beam and automatic gain compensation features. During installation, the beam head will automatically adjust its aim to point directly at the reflective prism plate, with a visible laser aiding initial setup. Over time, the features will ensure that the beam stays on target and that it retains the correct signal sensitivity – counteracting against the effects of building shift, and the buildup of dust and dirt.

Each detector head can be independently configured from the single system controller to operate at a distance from 8m to 100m, with the capability for separate alarm threshold conditions (sensitivity and time) for each one. The controller then has one common set of fire and fault relays that apply to all attached heads for simplicity when communicating with a fire panel. The Multi Head Fireray 5000 has already gained worldwide approvals including LPCB, CPD, UL*. A comprehensive datasheet for the product, as well as the full list of worldwide approvals and certificates, can be found on the new Fire Fighting Enterprises website at www.ffeuk.com .

* Relating to UK, Europe and USA respectively.

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