Cirrus Hybrid

Advanced aspiration detection. The most sensitive technology on the market

History tells us that, in reality, there are only two types of aspiration detection technology. These technologies are 'cloud chamber' aspiration detection, which identifies optically invisible fire particles, and 'optical' aspiration detection using laser or LED, which identifies small amounts of visible smoke. Cirrus HYBRID is the only aspiration detector available that identifies optically invisible fire particles through the use of the unique 'Cloud Chamber Detection' (CCD) technology. Depending on the materials burning—particularly in the many modern applications for aspiration detection systems—some fires burn with only a small amount of visible smoke, while others burn with larger volumes of visible smoke. Cirrus HYBRID also detects these 'smokier,' broad-spectrum types of fires. Early Warning Smoke Detection (EWSD) is provided using high-performance optical 'scattering chamber detectors' (SCD) that identify small and large smoke particles entering the detector. By utilizing the two most effective methods of aspiration system technologies (CCD and EWSD) in a single detector, the Cirrus HYBRID detector provides a device capable of detecting fire and smoke across the widest range of fire types. However, what makes this totally new and genuinely unique concept in aspiration fire and smoke detection technology so different is that these two technologies work independently of one another, and through the use of complex algorithms, they also interact together to provide truly intelligent alarm decision-making. The result of this synergy of technologies is a device that can verify true alarm conditions across the widest variety of fire types. An additional and equally important result of this synergy of technologies is the discrimination of unwanted or false alarms that have historically plagued so many optical-only aspiration detectors.