“ “ FILTON BLOOD CENTRE A reputation for reliability and flexibility led to Hochiki Europe fire detection equipment being selected to safeguard the UK’s National Blood Service’s Filton Blood Centre near Bristol. The £60 million purpose-built, two- storey facility, processes 600,000 units of blood each year. It is the largest blood processing centre in the world and home to the University of Bristol’s MSc in Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences. In addition to training facilities, the new building also houses administrative offices, laboratories, clean rooms and blood product manufacturing areas. A total of 891 Hochiki ESP – Enhanced System Protocol – open-protocol devices were installed by Bristol- based MAT Fire Systems Ltd. They include: 615 optical smoke sensors that i

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