This article deals exclusively with requirements for fire alarm systems but consider there are only among many fire protection systems for buildings.
Fire alarm system in electrical room.
The electrical equipment inside these cabinets are the main source for fires and a fire will need to be quite developed before enough heat and smoke escape the enclosure to alarm detection.
Typically a fire alarm system is made up of the following components.
These can be photoelectric smoke and heat detectors ionization smoke detectors heat detectors in duct smoke detectors manually operated pull stations and sprinkler waterflow sensors.
Initiating devices capable of placing the system in the alarm state.
In addition these other systems may or may not be mandatory depending the occupancy classification and there are also requirements that vary by occupancy.
Fire alarm system is the combination of different components such as smoke detector heat detector carbon monoxide detector multi sensor detector call points sounders bells relay module repeater annunciator fire control panel and other related and optional security devices designed for fire alarm control system.