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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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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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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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 notification appliance is an active fire protection component of a fire alarm system. A notification appliance may use audible, visible,...
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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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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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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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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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