The Trend towards more intelligent analogue addressable systems is fuelling growth within the EMEA market for fire detection & suppression products. New legislation such as the Regulatory Reform Order (RRO), the largest single reform of fire safety legislation in the UK for over thirty years, will radically change how organisations address fire safety and will further drive growth within the fire detection and suppression markets. IMS Research's aim in writing this report is to provide marketing and technical executives with an up-to-date, comprehensive assessment of the fire detection & suppression market and to forecast the impact of significant trends over the next five years.

The fire detection & suppression market size estimates for 2004 and 2005 are presented in factory revenues and unit shipments, with growth rate forecasts for the period 2006 to 2010. The report analyses the market in detail with statistics provided for seven different Fire Detection and Suppression product types (Control Panels, Fire Detectors, Notification Products, Manual Call Points, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Sprinkler Heads and Gaseous Suppression Agents).

Further product segmentation was carried out for the following products:

Executive Summary

Chapter 1 Introduction, Scope & Methodology

• 1.0Introduction
• 1.1 Scope
• 1.1.1 Definitions
• 1.2 Methodology
  • 1.2.1 Information Sources
  • 1.2.2 Forecasting Methodology
• 1.3 Exchange Rates

Chapter 2 Market Statistics & Trends

• Introduction
• Factors Affecting Growth for Fire Detection and Suppression Products
  • The Economic Outlook and Construction Market
  • Government Legislation
  • Technology Trends
• EMEA Market for Fire Detection and Suppression Products
• EMEA Market for Control Panels
• EMEA Market for Detectors
  • EMEA Market for Aspirating Smoke Detectors
  • EMEA Market for Multi-sensor Detectors
  • EMEA Market for Ionisation Detectors
  • EMEA Market for Heat Detectors
  • EMEA Market for Beam Detectors
  • EMEA Market for CO Detectors
• EMEA Market for Notification Products
• EMEA Market for Manual Call Points
• EMEA Market for Portable Fire Extinguishers
• EMEA Market for Sprinkler Heads
• EMEA Market for Gaseous Suppressants
  • EMEA Market for Gaseous Suppressants by End-user Industry
  • EMEA Market for Gaseous Suppressants by Geographic Region
• EMEA Market for Fire Detection and Suppression Products by Sales-channel
• EMEA Market for Fire Detection and Suppression Products by End-user Industry
• EMEA Market for Fire Detection and Suppression Products by Geographic Region

Chapter 3 Competitive Environment

• Introduction
• Structure of Supplier Base
  • Change to the Supplier Base
  • Summary
• Market Share Estimates
  • Overall Market Shares
  • Fire Detection Market Shares
  • Fire Suppression Market Shares
  • Control Panel Market Shares
  • Detector Market Shares
  • Aspirating Smoke Detector Market Shares
  • Notification Product Market Shares
  • Manual Call Point Market Shares
  • Portable Fire Extinguisher Market Shares
  • Sprinkler Head Market Shares
  • Gaseous Suppressant Market Shares

Appendix 1 Company Directory