Fire safety in Aydın cannot be confined to a single facility type. The geothermal power plant line extending from Germencik to Buharkent, greenhouses operating with the same heat, food processing facilities handling olive oil and figs, the textiles of Nazilli, the bale storage warehouses of Söke, and hotels on the Kuşadası-Didim coastline each produce completely different scenarios. ASPEK carries out detection, suppression, and gaseous system maintenance for these facilities through regional tours planned from its Ankara Yenimahalle center.
Geothermal triangle with three separate fire worlds: power plant, greenhouse, hotel
What distinguishes Aydın is that a single resource touches three branches of the provincial economy simultaneously. Dozens of geothermal power plants operate along the Germencik, Kuyucak, Köşk, Sultanhisar, İncirliova and Buharkent corridor; the same heat enters the pipes of greenhouses; the coastline of Kuşadası and Didim is also fed from the same source.
In the power plant there is flammable organic fluid and corrosive vapor; in the greenhouse there is high humidity with large covered volume; in the hotel there is a crowd unfamiliar with the building. A single type checklist does not pass through this triangle.
Where is the province's fire load concentrated?
Industry is not centralized: the ASTİM OSB in Efeler, Aydın OSB in Umurlu, Nazilli OSB, Söke OSB, Ortaklar OSB in Germencik and Çine OSB each produce separate fabrics.
| Zone | Facility structure | Key issues in maintenance |
|---|---|---|
| Efeler (ASTİM OSB, Aydın OSB) | Olive oil and agricultural machinery manufacturing, food | Paint booth, compressor room, hydrant |
| Nazilli OSB surroundings | Textile, apparel, food | Spark detection in carding, yarn storage load |
| Söke OSB and Söke Plain | Cotton, bales, licensed warehousing | Inter-rack sprinkler, dust line, compartmentation |
| Germencik, İncirliova, Kuyucak, Köşk, Buharkent | Geothermal power plant and greenhouse cluster | Corrosion, ORC gas detection, transformer and cable gallery |
| Kuşadası, Didim | Hotel, holiday resort, marina area | Kitchen hood, pump testing, escape route marking |
In the power plant the real enemy is not steam, but corrosion
The operator knows the risk at the wellhead; on the fire side it is different what is overlooked. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) coming with the fluid silently eats the metal of the system: the sprinkler alloy discolors, detector contacts change resistance. The difference between appearing to work and actually triggering only emerges in functional testing.
Separately addressed volumes
- ORC units: the working fluid may be a flammable hydrocarbon; gas leak detection and fire detection must meet in the same scenario.
- Control room, SCADA and UPS: cannot be protected with water; cylinder weighing and room sealing integrity are verified.
- Turbine oil unit and transformer: oil contact with hot surface scenario determines nozzle placement.
- Long field lines: hydrant pressure must be measured at the end of the line, not at a point.
Greenhouses: not an alarming system, but a correctly alarming system
Geothermally heated greenhouses are distributed around Germencik, Efeler, Buharkent, Köşk, Söke and Kuşadası. Under cover humidity is high, temperature changes rapidly; standard optical detectors produce false alarm fatigue within months, personnel learn to silence the panel. The heat center and packaging section must be addressed with separate scenarios.
Olive oil, olive pomace and fig: seasonally loaded facilities
Facilities processing Memecik olive and dried fig are distributed throughout the province; fire profile is not constant, peaks during harvest.
- Solvent extraction on the pomace line creates a flammable liquid scenario; equipment and grounding are checked accordingly.
- Spontaneous heating in pomace piles starts fire from within; temperature monitoring should be included in the report.
- Hot oil boiler and steam boiler room are the two most frequently overlooked volumes; in the dried fig line, cardboard, pallets and dust accumulation increase the load.
Continued factory fire safety page.
Nazilli's textiles, Söke's bales
In textiles the risk is concentrated not in the machine but in the feed line: sparks from foreign matter in the blending-carding and combing stages are carried into the dust duct within seconds; triggering time must be measured as much as detection presence. Söke Plain cotton creates bale and licensed warehouse structure; high-stacked bale storage falls into severe hazard class, when stack height changes adequacy is recalculated. Details warehouse and storage facility page.
Season opening in Kuşadası and Didim is a maintenance calendar
A significant portion of coastal facilities are closed or at low capacity in winter: when doors open in April, pumps have not run for months, detectors have waited in humidity, hood ducts may carry grease from the previous season.
- Pre-season commissioning must be planned separately from in-season routine.
- Outdoor detectors, buttons and panel housings at the seaside experience rapid salt air corrosion.
- Voice announcement operation in languages suitable to guest profile must be tested; an ununderstood announcement is not an announcement.
- Hood, duct interior and flue line are treated as a single system.
Complete hotel fire safety page.
How are we getting from Ankara to Aydın?
We have one registered address: Ankara Yenimahalle. We do not open a signposted office in Aydın and present it as a local team; there is no such team. We come to the city through regional tours tied to schedule, planning stops with neighboring Aegean provinces. We also do not promise same-day presence; an unkept promise is the worst surprise at the moment of breakdown.
When a malfunction occurs, the first step is remote preliminary diagnosis: panel event log, fault code and field photograph narrow down the problem and in most cases we tell the facility team what steps we can have them do over the phone (emergency repair service). All systems from detection to gas suppression are combined in a single contract; if requested, the facility can also include CCTV maintenance in the same scope. Our Ankara model Practical threshold: if device count exceeds 50 or if knowing fire location within seconds is critical, an addressable system should be preferred. nationwide service the difference is planning; survey is free of charge within Ankara.
Send your facility inventory for a quote. How many detectors, how many sprinkler heads, which gas system, how many extinguishers, hood and pump room exist; when this list arrives the scope is determined based on the facility's reality. The logic of differentiation maintenance pricing page.
Which system, according to which standard?
We set maintenance frequency according to the standard the system is bound to, not according to our calendar.
| System | Reference | Maintained in Aydın |
|---|---|---|
| Sprinkler and pipe network | wheeled devices must have | Salt air at coast, H2S corrosion in power plant |
| Pump room and hydrant | wheeled devices must have | Off-season pump not running, long line in field |
| Detection and alarm | CEN/TS 54-14 | Greenhouse interior humidity fluctuation, multi-language announcement in hotel |
| Gas extinguishing | wheeled devices must have | Control room, SCADA and UPS, cylinder weighing |
| Kitchen hood | NFPA 96 / 17A | Hotel kitchens, duct interior grease accumulation |
| Portable extinguisher | Portable fire extinguishers: | Greenhouse, storage and wellhead location and access |
To Set Up Your Maintenance Program
One contract, a solution for everything: we provide end-to-end maintenance to fire detection, gas suppression, sprinkler, hydrant, and pump units in their entirety; if you wish, camera (CCTV) system maintenance can also be added to the same contract.
If you do not have the brand, age, and last maintenance record of the existing system on hand, that is not a problem; the first step is anyway inventory and current condition assessment. Setting up an annual program without seeing what is there in the field means selling maintenance for a system that does not exist.
You can examine your system brand's product equivalents in our product catalog ; for requirements specific to your facility's use class, you can visit our sectoral solutions pages.
For survey and quotation you can or send your plan through our write or directly You can call call the number. Survey is free within Ankara; for facilities throughout Turkey, the visit plan is established jointly before contract.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have a branch in Aydın?
No. Our only registered address is Ankara Yenimahalle. We come to Aydın on scheduled regional tours, plan stops together with neighboring Aegean provinces, and notify the date in advance.
Can you come the same day in case of a malfunction?
We do not commit to same-day on-site response for Aydın; that would be an unsustainable commitment outside Ankara. We first perform remote preliminary diagnosis: panel event logs, fault codes, and site photographs to narrow down the issue, and in most cases we instruct the facility team on steps they can take over the phone. If on-site intervention is necessary, the date is confirmed and scheduled.
Why is maintenance different at a geothermal plant site?
Hydrogen sulfide in the process fluid causes corrosion on metal components; sprinkler heads, detector contacts, and panel internals must be verified by functional testing, not visual inspection alone. Additionally, the ORC unit contains flammable working fluid, the control room and UPS volume require gas suppression systems, and the transformer and cable galleries involve separate scenarios.
How frequently is maintenance performed?
We do not impose a schedule; each system follows the test intervals of its own standard. The sprinkler network in the power plant and factory follows TS EN 12845, the pump room and hydrant line follows NFPA 25, the panel and detector side follows CEN/TS 54-14, the gas suppression system in the control room follows TS ISO 14520, the hood in the hotel kitchen follows NFPA 96 and 17A, portable extinguishers in greenhouses and storage areas follow TS 11827. If the facility has multiple systems, visits are combined into a common program.
What is done out of season for hotels in Kuşadası and Didim?
Pre-season commissioning is planned separately from in-season routine inspections. Fire pumps that have not run for months, detectors awaiting in humidity, outdoor buttons and panels affected by salt air, multilingual voice announcement scenarios, and hood duct grease buildup from the previous season are checked before doors are opened.

