| Nowadays, all buildings are required to have some | | | | fire. Then the proper fire protocols have to be |
| sort of fire prevention system in place to ensure | | | | followed in an orderly fashion, from using fire |
| the safety of the building's occupants in the event | | | | extinguishers, to the evacuation of the occupants |
| of a fire. These fire prevention systems must be | | | | of the building, if necessary. |
| able to detect a fire within the building before it | | | | Other than being detectors of fire indicators in the |
| spreads. This task is assigned to the fire alarm | | | | building, fire alarm devices are also used to |
| devices, which are situated in several parts of the | | | | monitor the performance status of many other |
| building. | | | | components of the fire alarm system. |
| Fire alarm devices are gadgets designed to locate | | | | For example, there are two fire alarm devices |
| signs of fire within the building. The fire alarm | | | | installed within the sprinkler system, whose task is |
| devices tell the system to send out an alarm if it | | | | to keep track of the performance of the sprinkler |
| recognizes at least two of the following signs of | | | | system. These two fire alarm devices are the |
| fire in the same location: | | | | valve position switch, which shows whether the |
| * presence of smoke | | | | sprinkler valves are open or shut down, and the |
| * increased air temperature | | | | water flow switch, which shows if there is enough |
| * significant amount of carbon monoxide | | | | water supply in the sprinkler system. |
| These three signs of fire are detected by three | | | | Fire alarm devices can also help keep your fire |
| different fire alarm devices. The smoke detector | | | | prevention system activated during malfunctions |
| determines the presence of smoke in an area. | | | | of the automatic system. During an actual fire, if |
| The thermostat detector identifies the changes in | | | | ever anything goes wrong with the connections |
| air temperature. Finally, the carbon monoxide | | | | from the main control, fire alarm devices such as |
| detector notifies the system of a presence of | | | | the pull stations will allow you to activate alarms |
| the poisonous gas. | | | | and strobe lights that will help keep the evacuation |
| If any two of these signs are detected by the | | | | from the building orderly. These pull stations are |
| fire alarm devices, the area in question must be | | | | normally located near the fire exits of the building. |
| checked right away to confirm if there is really a | | | | |