Advanced ExGo Panels Protect Bulgarian Government Building

Critical assets at the Ministry of Education and Science building in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, are being protected by industry-leading ExGo gas suppression control panels from fire systems manufacturer, Advanced.
The Ministry, charged with regulating education and promoting scientific work in Bulgaria, was founded in 1879 as the Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and existed under that name until 1947. The name of the Ministry changed numerous times until 2009, when it was renamed the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, before reverting back to its current name in 2013.
The upgrade to the fire system in the Ministry’s Sofia HQ was undertaken by Advanced partner, FireTech Engineering Ltd. The project saw Advanced’s ExGo gas suppression system installed in the main archive room, supported by optical smoke and air sampling detection, LCD+LED indicators and remote indicators.
Stoyan Grozdanov, spokesperson for FireTech Engineering Ltd, said: We selected an Advanced system for the Ministry of Education and Science as we know from working with Advanced in the past that the ExGo system is highly reliable. We needed a cutting edge system to protect a very important room in the building, with the option to expand and enhance it in the future.”
ExGo has been developed specifically for sensitive and strategic assets such as server rooms and data centres, control rooms, as well as historic and cultural attractions. It is suitable for almost all single-flooding area applications and includes a range of control options and devices. It is approved to EN54 parts 2, 4 and 13 as well as EN12094-1 and is among the first systems to combine these with EN12094 in a single solution. (EN12094-3 relates to the integrated manual release on the front of the panel). ExGo can be integrated into Advanced’s Axis EN fire system or any third-party alarm system.
Vladimir Zrnic, Sales Manager for Southern Europe, commented: “It’s a pleasure to have been able to support Firetech with the equipment required to protect such a prestigious site as the Ministry of Education and Science in Sofia. The ExGo range offers sector-leading performance, installation and configuration. It can be used as a standalone or can interface with any fire system via a number of programmable inputs and outputs.”
Advanced, owned by FTSE 100 company Halma PLC, has a long history of protecting some of Europe’s most notable and prestigious buildings, including Athens’ Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia and Sofia’s Sofia University.
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Advanced is a world leader in the development and manufacture of intelligent fire systems. Advanced’s performance, quality and ease of use of its products see it specified in locations all over the world, from single-panel installations to large, multi-site networks. Advanced’s products include complete fire detection systems, multi-protocol fire panels, extinguishing control, fire paging and false alarm management systems.