DFCI Alarm System Upgraded

Boston – Lighthouse Electrical Contracting, Inc. of Rockland has reached substantial completion of the $800,000 fire alarm system upgrade project at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s (DFCI)

Boston – Lighthouse Electrical Contracting, Inc. of Rockland has reached substantial completion of the $800,000 fire alarm system upgrade project at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s (DFCI) Louis B. Mayer Research Laboratories building in the Longwood Medical Area.

The project scope at the 10-story, 124,000sf cancer research facility was comprised of Lighthouse’s installation of a new addressable Simplex Fire Alarm system, A/V speaker strobes, 48 pull stations, a state-of-the-art graphic smoke control panel designed by EXP Engineering of Boston, and three new fire command centers. The NECA contractor also installed a new Comtronics bi-directional antenna system that provides Boston Fire Department communication from all points in the high-rise building.