A 10-floor commercial office building in Okhla with 24 fire exit doors had a persistent and well-documented problem: fire exit doors were routinely propped open by occupants using them as informal shortcuts between floors and to smoking areas outside. The building fire safety officer had issued three notices to tenants without effect. During the annual fire safety inspection, the inspector noted that multiple fire exits were either propped open or had their closers damaged — the building was given a conditional pass and required to demonstrate controlled fire exit management before the next inspection. The building manager required an affordable solution that would alert immediately whenever any exit door was opened, without requiring a major electrical infrastructure upgrade.
Pujaso Exitguard Deployment — Fire Exit Security for a 10-Floor Office Building
Pujaso recommended and deployed 24 Pujaso Exitguard units — one on each fire exit door across all 10 floors. The Exitguard is a self-contained device with a built-in high-power sounder, tamper switch, sensor-cut alarm and UPS backup. Installation required only a 230V power point near each door — no network cabling, no central panel, no complex configuration.
Each unit was mounted on the door frame with a magnetic door contact fitted to the door leaf. The key switch was handed to the building manager — each floor's fire warden was briefed on arming and disarming procedure. All 24 units were installed and commissioned in 2 days with minimal disruption to building occupants.
Stickers were applied to each exit door: "ALARM WILL SOUND IF DOOR IS OPENED". The visible deterrent effect was immediate.