FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS

A fire alarm system detects smoke and heat from a small fire and reports this through a phone line to a monitoring station. The reporting can include the exact location of the fire. Various types of detectors are available. These include a smoke detector which is suitable for early detection of a smouldering fire although it will detect large fires with smoke. Another type of a fire alarm system is… More

A fire alarm system detects smoke and heat from a small fire and reports this through a phone line to a monitoring station. The reporting can include the exact location of the fire. Various types of detectors are available. These include a smoke detector which is suitable for early detection of a smouldering fire although it will detect large fires with smoke. Another type of a fire alarm system is a flame detector which will detect fire without smoke as in fires of combustible liquid. A multi-sensor detector contains a smoke detector and a temperature sensor to detect flames from any source. Less