Advanced provides fire protection for Eribé Knitwear’s headquarters

Founded back in 1986, Eribé Knitwear’s design house and manufacturing company is based in Melrose in the Scottish Borders. The company prides itself on championing ‘Made in Scotland’ and has a dedicated fan base worldwide.

Last year, the company took time to assess the whole business in a bid to strengthen its internal and external systems and processes for its staff and customers. As part of this process, Eribé reviewed its fire system to ensure full compliance and decided to prioritise staff, premises and customer safety alike by investing in Advanced’s fire protection.

Fire and security service provider Safe Services installed an Advanced MxPro 5 single-loop analogue addressable fire panel to replace the existing fire system, as it was old and could not be brought up to standard.

Since the MxPro 5 was being retrofitted at Eribé, the Advanced panel was seamlessly integrated with an EMS Firecell wireless system. This simplified the installation as cabling was not required throughout the building.

Review of the business

Tamsin Ansdell from Eribé Knitwear said: “In 2024, we reviewed our business as a whole with a view towards strengthening our processes. The safety of our staff, premises and customers is a priority. As such, we were fully behind investing in an Advanced fire safety system. We’re now really proud to say that, with the help of Safe Services, our extended team, managers and directors feel far more knowledgeable regarding fire risks and necessary actions, while the whole team feels safer and more invested in fire safety as a result,”

Graeme Millar, technical sales engineer for fire at Safe Services, responded: “We were responsible for the installation, commissioning, verification and handover of the system at Eribé and will also be conducting ongoing maintenance. As we installed the Advanced panel with the wireless EMS Firecell, this made it far more straightforward and meant less disruption for Eribé. There are several sites we’ve worked on with the same combination and we know the Advanced MxPro 5 works well with EMS’ equipment. The Advanced MxPro 5 is our panel of choice as a trusted and reliable product among our design and installation teams.”

Wireless equipment

Neil Parkin, sales manager at Advanced, told Fire Safety Matters: “Choosing wireless equipment when installing a fire system is ideal for retrofitting where cabling can be trickier to install and visually unappealing. Add to that the time and cost benefits these systems provide for installers and it’s a great choice in multiple scenarios both large and small. Our MxPro 5 panels are designed to make life as easy as possible, delivering robust protection that offers real peace of mind, all backed up by our comprehensive technical support.”

MxPro 5 offers customers a choice of four detector protocols and a completely open installer network. It can be used in single-loop, single-panel format or easily configured into high-speed networks of up to 200 panels covering huge areas. Ease of installation and configuration, plus a wide range of peripheral options, render MxPro 5 customisable for almost any application.

*Further information is available online at www.advancedco.com