Dubai's DEWA receives patent for Smart Fire Warning for Low Voltage Electrical Panels

DUBAI - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has received a patent for its ‘Smart Fire Warning for Low Voltage Electrical Panels’.

The device detects fires or their risks, and identifies causes, especially in connection points for electrical conductors and cables. The use of this invention avoids carbon dioxide emissions, power supply interruption, employee accidents or equipment destruction. The patent was granted to DEWA in Austria.

"DEWA provides a positive, healthy and safe work environment that promotes innovation and unleashing the potential of employees. This increases individual and corporate competency according to the best international practices, enabling us to keep pace with rapid changes and contribute effectively to anticipating and shaping the future," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA.

The new device supports DEWA’s efforts to achieve the highest health and safety standards in its different operations, as part of its responsibilities towards its staff, customers and society at large.

These efforts have been crowned with receiving the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) from the international safety organisation UL in 2020. DEWA was the first utility in the Middle East to receive this global recognition.