General Monitors is regularly developing
new solutions for customers having complex gas and flame monitoring needs.
The products and services below represent the latest and most advanced in
General Monitors technology.
product
Release HazardWatch™
Fire and Gas Detection System
HazardWatch
Integrated Fire and Gas Detection System Is FM Certified
To NFPA 72 Compliance Ideal for Oil /
Gas Offshore Drilling Platforms, Pipelines, LNG &
LPG Plants, Refineries, Marine Fuel Load / Unload Facilities,
Chemical Plants, Electric Power Generation The
HazardWatch Integrated Fire & Gas Detection System
from General Monitors sets a new industry standard for
highly intelligent safety monitoring solutions designed
to help process and plant engineers protect their operations,
equipment and staff from fire and combustible gases
while meeting the world’s most demanding safety
standards.
Offering intelligence, flexibility and reliability,
the HazardWatch System’s controller, hardware
configuration and software have been tested and certified
by Factory Mutual to verify NFPA 72 compliance. This
includes certification for central station monitoring,
as both a fire alarm panel and gas controller, for fault
tolerant digital communications and as a releasing control
panel.
HazardWatch is an innovative, modular system that combines
a highly reliable programmable logic controller (PLC)
platform with General Monitors’ advanced gas and
flame field devices. It is highly scalable, making it
suitable for small systems to large plant-wide applications.
Up to 13 local gas and fire alarm panels can operate
over a wide network of up to 25 kilometers in length.
The HazardWatch System features a standalone local fire
and gas alarm panel with a color touch screen with an
easy-to-use, human-machine interface (HMI) that is also
FM approved for central station monitoring. The system’s
optional HazardNet dual media (coaxial cable or fiber
optic) fault tolerant communications network supports
communication between the local gas and flame panels
and optional HazardWatch Central Station with a HazardView
Workstation that is AC-powered with UPS back-up.
HazardWatch supports MODBUS, Ethernet or ControlNet
communication for interfacing with DCS or ESD systems.
Integration with third party devices such as horns,
beacons, smoke detectors and suppression systems is
flexible, simple and reliable. HazardWatch comes complete
with a power system and battery back-up that complies
with NFPA 72 standards.
HazardWatch is ideal for a broad range of monitoring
applications in demanding industries. It is designed
for use in oil / gas production, petrochemical refining,
LNG & LPG plants and pipelines, electric power generation,
aerospace launch facilities, warehouse and storage facilities,
automotive plants and any industry where hydrocarbon
vapors are a potential threat.