Fire Alarm Retrofit for Banski Dvor Cultural Center

Banski Dvor is a protected cultural heritage building in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Built in the early 1930s, it now hosts concerts, exhibitions and other cultural events while preserving its distinctive historic architecture.

Together with our partner New Sanatron, we retrofitted the building’s fire alarm system using the existing wiring wherever possible. This helped limit alterations to the protected interior while introducing addressable detection, attic fire monitoring and clearer system visibility for security personnel. The fire alarm system has been operating reliably without false alarms since early 2025.

Project at a glance

Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Facility type: Historic cultural center
Partner: New Sanatron
Project type: Heritage building fire alarm retrofit
System type: Addressable fire alarm system
Fire alarm panel: 1 Simpo panel with 2 loops
Addressable field devices: 169

Modernizing fire protection with minimal intervention

The previous installation used legacy detectors containing radioactive material. These devices were carefully removed and safely stored before the new fire alarm system was installed.

Because Banski Dvor is a protected heritage property, preserving its architecture and interior finishes was an important consideration throughout the modernization. New detectors were therefore installed using the existing wiring, with only minimal and virtually unnoticeable alterations to the building.

The selected fire alarm solution

Fire alarm control and indication

• 1 Simpo addressable fire alarm panel with 2 loops
• 1 LCD repeater installed at the security personnel’s workstation

Automatic fire detection

• 137 SensoIRIS S130 IS addressable optical smoke detectors
• 10 SensoIRIS T110 IS addressable heat detectors
• Thermal detection cable installed in the attic

Manual alarm activation

• 20 SensoIRIS MCP150 addressable manual call points

Monitoring and control

• 2 SensoIRIS MIO22 addressable input-output modules

Why an addressable fire alarm retrofit was the right fit

Replacing the complete infrastructure in a historic building can require extensive and highly visible work. By installing Teletek addressable devices on the existing wiring, the project introduced modern detection and individual device identification while limiting intervention in Banski Dvor’s protected architecture.

The Simpo panel centrally monitors the connected detectors, manual call points and modules, providing security personnel with clearer information about alarms and faults. An LCD repeater at their workstation makes system events directly accessible without requiring access to the main panel.

The attic presented a different detection challenge, which was addressed using a thermal detection cable connected through SensoIRIS MIO22 modules. This allowed the specialized detection method to operate as part of the wider addressable fire alarm solution.

Since early 2025, the modernized system has operated without false alarms. The project demonstrates how Teletek technology can support fire alarm retrofits in heritage buildings by combining existing-infrastructure compatibility, precise event identification and specialized detection within one coordinated solution.