A fire alarm system is a building system designed to detect, alert occupants, and alert emergency forces of the presence of fire, smoke, carbon monoxide...
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One-alarm fires, two-alarm fires, three-alarm fires, etc., are categories classifying the seriousness of fires, commonly used in the United States and...
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A fire alarm control panel (FACP), fire alarm control unit (FACU), fire indicator panel (FIP), or simply fire alarm panel is the controlling component...
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alerts, car alarms, and prison alarms. Some alarm systems serve a single purpose of burglary protection; combination systems provide fire and intrusion...
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initiating devices to a fire alarm. They may be linked to fire alarm systems to varying degrees. A fire alarm pull station is an active fire protection device...
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A fire alarm box, fire alarm call box, or fire alarm pull box is a device used for notifying a fire department of a fire or a fire alarm activation. Typically...
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A fire alarm notification appliance, often simply called a fire alarm, is an active fire protection component of a fire alarm system. A notification appliance...
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Common public safety alarms include: civil defense siren, also known as tornado sirens or air raid sirens fire alarm systems fire alarm notification appliance...
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fire alarm system is activated and the building is evacuated by means of the nearest available exits, as if an emergency had actually occurred. Fire drill...
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Smoke detector (redirect from Smoke alarm)
connected to a central fire alarm system. Household smoke detectors, also known as smoke alarms, generally issue an audible or visual alarm from the detector...
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A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method, consisting of a water supply system providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution...
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Western Railway zone. Automated fire alarm system project started from 2013 when improved automated fire alarm System in Rajdhani Express trains were...
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pillow Fire door Fireproofing Fire-resistance rating Active fire protection External water spray system Fire sprinkler Fire alarm Fire alarm system Fire alarm...
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EN 54 (category Fire detection and alarm)
EN 54 Fire detection and fire alarm systems is a series of European standards that includes product standards and application guidelines for fire detection...
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False alarms may occur with residential burglary alarms, smoke detectors, industrial alarms, fire alarms and in signal detection theory. False alarms have...
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Fire-Lite Alarms is an American company owned by Honeywell and based in Northford, Connecticut. Fire-Lite manufactures fire alarm control panels (FACPs)...
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testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems, supervising station alarm systems, public emergency alarm reporting systems, fire warning equipment and emergency...
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BS 5839 Part 1 (section System Categories)
1 Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings – Part 1: Code of practice for design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of systems in...
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Civil defense siren (redirect from Air alarm)
protections from false alarms. These sirens can also be tied into other networks such as a fire department's volunteer notification/paging system. The basics of...
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department to automatic fire alarm systems, which are routed through commercial alarm companies. These firms monitor sprinkler systems, standpipes, smoke detectors...
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William Francis Channing (section Fire-alarm telegraph)
physician, scientist, and abolitionist known for inventing the telegraph fire alarm system and contributing to the development of the telephone. He published...
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hall. The fire alarm system at Kemerovo shopping mall had been switched off by a security guard. Many children who were trapped in the fire called loved...
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stand-alone devices. In non-domestic buildings, fire detection will typically take the form of a fire alarm system, incorporating one or more of the following...
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features now in place, including the addition of fire sprinklers and an automatic fire alarm system throughout the property. A two-unit computer – one...
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Supervisory circuit (section Fire Alarm Systems)
has passed. Fire Alarm systems often supervise inputs and outputs with an end-of-line device such as a resistor or capacitor. The system looks for changes...
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steps to the cathedral attic the fire was well advanced. The alarm system was not designed to automatically notify the fire brigade, which was summoned at...
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Control and indicating equipment (category Fire detection and alarm)
as used in fire alarm systems. The fire detection and fire alarm system subcommittee of ISO/TC 21, Equipment for Fire Protection and Fire Fighting, had...
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system and a fire alarm system. Local authorities charged with fire safety may conduct regular inspections for such items as usable fire exit and proper...
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were never conducted. Some survivors also claimed that the mall's fire alarm system was not activated. At around 8 a.m. PST, responders were able to recover...
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Summerland disaster (redirect from Summerland fire disaster)
The fire was contained in an internal space within the walls until it penetrated the interior, destroying the wiring of the fire alarm system in the...
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