The panels were installed after record floods in Cumbria devastated the grounds and resulted in the entire stadium being eight feet under water. With all electrical services including the fire alarm and voice alarm/public address system being damaged beyond repair, the
race was on to get the life safety systems replaced cost-effectively and quickly.

"With its competitive pricing and off-the-shelf availability, the XFP was the ideal choice" says Graham Bell of Solid State, the company that carried out the installation "We needed a system which was easy-to-install, flexible and readily available and C-TEC's XFP panels fitted the bill"


The fire alarm system consists of four XFP 2-loop panels. One panel is housed in the CBS stand, two are housed in the West Stand and one is sited in the match day control room. Over three hundred XP95 devices ranging from optical smoke detectors to input/output units controlling roller shutters are also connected to the networked
system. A SigNET Integrity PA/VA system is also installed at the site.