Siemens showcases connectivity in fire safety at Transform 2026

The product showcase was part of an extensive programme presented at Transform, a biennial two-day event organised by Siemens which saw more than 10,000 m² of technology on show.

This year, the focus at Manchester Central was on industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how Siemens can assist in bringing AI into the real world across the digital enterprise and the industrial value chain, including across building and energy-focused infrastructures.

The session took the form of a Q&A, with Pete Colverd (head of partner management for Siemens in the UK and Ireland) posing the questions to Malav Bhatt (head of fire safety at Siemens EMEA).

Colverd began with an overview of how buildings are changing and how they are now increasingly more connected, more intelligent and more autonomous. Visitors learned how the Siemens next generation detection portfolio can contribute to this trend. Topics covered included 24/7 self-checks via disturbance free testing, real-time monitoring through features such as Smoke Entry Supervision, remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance and sustainability.

This is all achieved through a fully Internet of Things-connected portfolio, which is laying the foundations for truly human-centric autonomous buildings.

Case Study

Bhatt related a Case Study of a project across eight prisons in Ireland featuring a cloud-enabled Siemens fire safety system to illustrate the benefits of rapid situation assessment and early decision-making effectively achieved through an app on a smart phone. This includes determining whether evacuation is necessary and how to best manage a planned and phased evacuation (a particularly important factor given the significant disruption invloved in evacuating prisons).

As Bhatt noted in his conclusion: “We keep thinking about how we make buildings more human-centric and autonomous. Fire safety has already started to pave the way for this. We should be able to make life easier for all of our customers now and make it even easier as we go forward.”

The product showcase was part of a packed programme presented across three stages over two days, with keynote speakers, panels and interactive sessions focusing on what’s shaping fire safety right now.

Visitors gained an insight into how to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation faster, easier and at scale by combining the real and digital worlds. There was much detailed discussion, ranging from operational efficiency and supply chain resilience through to sustainability, skills and digital readiness.

*Further information concerning Siemens fire safety is available online at www.siemens.com/fire