Fire Locator Device, Fire Fighting System and Corresponding Operating Method

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fire locator device (7) and a corresponding fire fighting system (1) comprising at least one housing (2) configured to be mounted at a certain height within or in proximity of an area of operation, in particular at a wall or a ceiling of a room (101) of a building (100), at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c), wherein each sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) of the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) comprises a plurality of sensor elements (50) in a matrix arrangement sensitive at least to radiation, preferably to ultraviolet radiation or thermal radiation, in particular infrared radiation, a self-test component (52) for validating the operability of the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c), and a controller (9) configured to validate the operability of the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) using the self-test component (52) and to receive sensor signals from the at least one sensor component (5a, 5b, 5c) for determining a location of a fire (F) within the area of operation.

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