LCAA

The LCAA’s mission is to create 'the safest and most efficient possible civil aviation transportation system for Lebanon'. It is committed to developing and administering policies, regulations and services that promote and maintain the highest possible levels of safety and quality in civil aviation activities.

Rafic Hariri International Airport

Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (formerly Beirut International Airport) is located nine kilometers from the city centre in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon and is the only operational commercial airport in the country. It is the hub for Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (more commonly known as MEA), and the main port of entry into the country along with the Port of Beirut. The airport was selected by the famed "Skytrax Magazine" as the second best airport and aviation hub in the Middle East, just behind Dubai International Airport.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

The Hariri International Airport is one of UTCFS's oldest and most prestigious installations in Lebanon. When the airport was being refurbished after the war, the airport's management decided to expand its capacity by building a new terminal as well as restoring old terminals to their past glory. In order to protect this important infrastructure, the security management team started looking for a fire detection system that would meet their every need. The system needed to be flexible in order to facilitate future expansions, user friendly so that all security personnel would be able to operate it, and addressable in order to make the system as efficient as possible. The excellence of UTCFS's product offering resulted in its selection.

UTCFS’s solution

UTCFS provided its EST high end fire detection system. This unique fire detection platform easily meets all requirements set out by the airport's security management. Due to the flexible nature of the platform, the system can easily be expanded. All control panels, which form the heart of a fire detection system, can be networked, thus creating one integrated system. Currently over 3,500 addressable devices are connected to the EST fire control panels, reporting back to one main control room and two satellite control rooms where UTCFS's FireWorks software allows full control of the system. With this software it becomes possible to configure the system, run various tests, and monitor the complete system using a graphical user interface. As a result, the security personnel can manage their fire detection system as efficiently as possible. This solution has proven to be very valuable to the airport security management staff, and plans are already in place to upgrade their existing system to the new EST3 platform.