Sensors and Detectors

The hotel industry, because of its very special nature of the business, requires a host of sensors and detectors for reliable, efficient and safe functioning. A number of them are listed below:

Different Types of Detectors

Smoke Detector – A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire. Commercial security devices issue a signal to a fire alarm control panel as part of a fire alarm system.
Heat Detector – A heat detector is a device that detects a sudden change in temperature in the place where it is installed. If the rise in temperature is above a predetermined level it issues a signal to the water sprinkler system.
Occupancy detector – Occupancy or motion detectors are devices that turn lights and other equipments on or off in response to the presence or absence of people in a specific area in the field view on the sensor.
pH Detector – They are used to monitor the pH value of water in certain areas of the hotel like Water Treatment Plant, Boiler, Swimming Pool, Sewage Treatment Plant.
Gas Leak Detectors  – They are used to detect LPG  leaks from Gas banks.
Gas Detectors – They are used to detect the presence of various gases within an area that might be harmful. They are used to detect combustible, toxic and CO2 gases.
Flame Detector – A flame detector uses optical sensors to detect flames.
Carbon Monoxide Level Detector – It detects the presence of carbon monoxide and sets in some kind of alarm so that the situation can be controlled by measures such as improved ventilation of the area and/or evacuation of occupants from the affected area.
Photo Sensors – These sensors are used to detect the amount of daylight available and accordingly vary the light output of illumination bulb and tubes and also switches on and off the lights in the premises in a property. It helps in energy conservation and reducing the power consumption bill of the property.
Close-circuit TV or CCTV
CCTV is an arrangement that uses electronic eyes of video cameras to transmit a signal related to human activities in some specific place to some storage space or to a limited set of cameras.
They are the most commonly used type of surveillance equipments.

Objectives of Installing CCTV in Hotels

• To protect customers
• To protect assets from pilferage and theft, such as in a liquor storage room.
• To prevent loss by way of legal compensation by identifying false claims by customers.
• To help get insurance claims in case of property damage due to fire etc.
• To gain control over the activities of employees.
• To monitor various activities in the hotel.
• To identify offenders.