Nowadays, all buildings need to have some kind of fire prevention system in place to guarantee the protection of the building’s occupants in the event of a fire. These fire prevention systems need to have the ability to detect a fire inside the building before it spreads. This task is delegated to the fire alarm apparatus, which are located in a number of areas of the building.
Fire alarm devices are gadgets designed to find signs of fire inside the building. The fire alarm apparatus tell the machine to send out an alarm if it recognizes at least two of the following signs of fire at the same location:
* presence of smoke
* increased air temperature
* significant amount of carbon monoxide
These three signs of fire have been detected by three different fire alarm apparatus. The smoke detector determines the presence of smoke in a place. The thermostat sensor identifies the changes in air temperature. Finally, the carbon monoxide sensor informs the system of a presence of the poisonous gas.
If any two of these signs are detected from the fire alarm apparatus, the place in question has to be checked immediately to confirm whether there’s truly a fire. Then the correct fire protocols need to be followed in an orderly manner, from using fire extinguishers, to the evacuation of the residents of the building, if needed.
Other than being sensors of flame indicators in the construction, fire alarm devices can also be utilized to monitor the operation status of a number of different elements of the fire alarm system.
By way of instance, there are two fire alarm devices installed inside the sprinkler system, whose job is to keep tabs on the operation of the security system. Both of these fire alarm devices are the valve position switch, which shows whether the sprinkler valves are open or closed down, and the water flow switch, which suggests if there’s sufficient water source at the sprinkler system.