Residential & Care Facilities.

Round-the-clock fire and security protection for care homes, student housing and apartments.

Care homes, student accommodation, HMOs and apartment blocks all house people around the clock — often the people least able to evacuate quickly on their own, needing fire detection and security matched to that reality.

A care home, block of student housing or apartment building is occupied around the clock, meaning fire detection has to be both highly reliable and easy to retrofit into buildings that were never designed with modern fire systems in mind — including the lift shafts that many multi-story blocks rely on.

Fire detection across care homes, student accommodation and apartment blocks typically uses a mix of addressable panels in larger or purpose-built blocks and wireless detection in older or converted residential buildings, where new cabling would be disruptive to occupied units. Wireless detection, or a wireless gateway into an addressable system, is often the practical answer in occupied buildings that were never designed for modern fire systems.

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Key Challenges

Residents who may need help to evacuate

Fit-and-forget reliability in round-the-clock occupied buildings

Scalable coverage across halls of residence and multi-unit blocks

Compact protection for houses in multiple occupation

Spaces we protect

Every site has its own risks. These are the kinds of spaces we help keep safe.

Care Homes

Residents cannot always evacuate unaided, so early detection and fast, reliable alarms are critical. Wireless detection suits occupied buildings.

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Student Accommodation

Halls and shared houses need quick, low-disruption installation, ideally during holidays, with reliable detection across many small rooms.

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HMOs

Houses in multiple occupation have specific fire alarm requirements and are often older buildings where wireless installation avoids major works.

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Residential

Apartment blocks and residential developments use EN addressable and conventional fire alarm systems across shared areas and individual units.

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How Kidde Global Solutions Helps

The systems that protect Residential & Care Facilities sites — organized by what they do, not by whose name is on them.

All Systems Fire Security

Fire Systems

Addressable Fire Detection

Care homes, student housing and apartment blocks, with EN54 addressable detection across shared areas and individual rooms.

Available throughKidde Commercial GST

Wireless Fire Detection

EMS dedicated wireless systems, or the Excellence SmartCell Gateway, which brings EMS wireless devices onto the Kidde Commercial addressable loop in one hybrid system.

Available throughEMS Kidde Commercial

Security Systems

Access Control

For shared entrances and multi-unit residential buildings. via Aritech

Resources

Axon Access Control Brochure (PDF)

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TruVision Video Surveillance Catalogue (PDF)

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