Product Overview

A combination shower and eyewash on a green column, freeze protected by a heated riser, with two things the plainer stations do not have: a red beacon on top of the column, and a protected control enclosure below it carrying the isolator, buttons and cable glands.

The beacon does two jobs at once. It marks the station so someone looking across a yard can see where it is, and it signals that the station has been used — which matters most when the casualty is alone and cannot call for help themselves.

Why a Beacon

• Finds the station – a red dome on top of a green column is visible over equipment and above head height, day or night.

• Signals use – when the shower or eyewash is operated, people nearby know something has happened and where to go.

• Lone worker protection – the person flushing cannot leave to raise the alarm; the beacon raises it for them.

• Response routing – in a large yard, responders follow the light rather than searching bays.

• Stated as supplementary – an alarm is not a substitute for the station meeting the standard, and it is not a substitute for a site alarm system; it is an addition that gets help moving.

What Is on the Column

• Alarm beacon – red dome unit on a bracket at the top, above the shower arm.

• Protected control enclosure – cast housing with rotary isolator, push buttons and two glands.

• Heated riser – trace protection so the column does not freeze.

• Drain tap – small valve on the side for draining during service.

• Flanged inlet at the foot – single connection, base plate bolted down.

Construction

• Green square column – painted steel, bolted stainless base plate with earth point.

• Stainless shower head – forward arm, full-body coverage.

• Stainless eyewash basin – twin nozzles with red and black caps, PUSH sign on the bracket.

• Triangular pull rod – stainless, stay-open shower valve.

• Beacon and control – beacon at the top, protected enclosure mid-column, cables in protected glands.

Technical Specifications

Installation and Commissioning

1. Bolt the base plate down, check the column is plumb and bond the earth point.

2. Connect the flanged inlet with an upstream isolation valve and flush the line.

3. Wire the beacon and control through their own protected glands; check the area marking matches the installation.

4. Set the trace thermostat and confirm the riser warms with the supply closed.

5. Operate the shower and then the eyewash: confirm the beacon lights in both cases and is visible from the main approach.

6. Set both flows to the table figures and label the circuit at the board.

Operation and Maintenance

• Weekly: operate both functions, check flows, confirm the beacon lights, wipe basin and nozzles.

• Monthly: lamp test the beacon, inspect the enclosure and glands, check the isolator and buttons.

• Before frost: prove the trace with the supply closed, and check the beacon is visible past winter foliage or stored goods.

• Annually: insulation resistance test, beacon lens clean and free of cracks, enclosure inspection.

• After any work: confirm lid bolts, glands and earth are restored before returning the station to service.

Standards and Compliance

Designed to meet ANSI Z358.1-2014 for shower and eyewash flow, hands-free operation and simultaneous use. An alarm beacon is an addition, not part of the standard's requirements, and it does not replace a site alarm or rescue procedure — the station must still be sited within about ten seconds of the hazard, activated weekly and clearly signed, and freeze protection does not remove the need for tepid water. Electrical work, including any alarm wiring, must comply with local requirements.

Applications

Large yards and tank farms, loading areas, remote or low-traffic positions, plants with lone-worker tasks, and sites where a responder needs to find the station quickly rather than search for it.

Ordering

Order by model RYFHS-FR06. Please state supply voltage and phase, area classification if applicable, inlet size, beacon colour if red is not required, and whether the alarm should also be wired to a plant system. The heat-traced station without alarm, the frost-valve station and the hazardous-area version are also available.