Retail.

Kidde Global Solutions delivers advanced, integrated fire detection and security solutions to the retail segment — detecting, controlling and informing to provide peace of mind, efficiency and convenience across every store format, from a single boutique to a nationwide chain.

Beyond meeting fire and life-safety codes, retailers increasingly look for fire and security systems that integrate cleanly with EPOS, CCTV and building-management platforms already in use across a chain — reducing false alarms, nuisance call-outs and the cost of managing dozens or hundreds of sites from one head office.

A complete fire strategy for retail typically combines addressable fire detection across the sales floor and stockroom with sounders and visual alarms sized to a noisy trading floor, and a central panel that can report to a monitoring center or head office out of hours. For multi-site retailers, the same detection approach can be replicated store by store, with wireless options available where a store can’t be taken offline for cabling work. Stockrooms, high-bay storage and shopping-centre atria are often protected with aspirating smoke detection, available through AirSense, Kidde Commercial and Edwards.