Fire Protection - To Protect People and Property

The MLC Centre is equipped with a sophisticated fire control system to ensure a fire can be controlled at the source and the system also controls one of the greatest dangers to people who work in high rise structures which is the effect of smoke and fumes.

The systems comprise automatic sprinklers, hydrants and hose reels, smoke detectors and diesel/electrical booster pumps. If one of the sprinklers is activated an electronic flow switch will sense the change of pressure and activate the alarm which then puts an automatic call to the Fire Brigade.

Activation of the fire alarm automatically switches the air conditioning into fire mode which exhausts smoke from any affected area to the smoke spill system. At the same time fire escape pressurisation systems are put into operation to prevent smoke from entering the stairwells.

The smoke system conforms to AS1668.1 (1991), which is a sandwich pressurisation method that pressurises the floors above and below the affected floor, exhausts smoke from the affected floor only to minimise the spread of smoke throughout the building as is prevalent with earlier smoke spill systems.

On each tenanted floor all fire protection equipment is strategically located. Hose reels and portable fire extinguishers are provided in two fire cupboards adjacent to each fire stair and smoke detectors are positioned in the return air path so that any smoke on the floor when drawn back by the return air will activate the smoke detectors.

Automatic diesel/electric booster pumps are installed at various secure locations throughout the MLC Centre to maintain pressure in the sprinkler and hydrant systems.