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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 of a fire alarm system. The panel receives information from devices designed to detect and report fires, monitors their operational integrity, and provides for automatic control of equipment, and ...
A fire alarm system is a building system designed to detect, alert occupants, and alert emergency forces of the presence of fire, smoke, ...
European Siren for fire detection system. A fire alarm notification appliance is an active fire protection component of a fire alarm system. A notification appliance may use audible, visible, or other stimuli to alert the occupants of a fire or other emergency condition requiring action.
The Australian CSIRO under the Active Fire Protection Equipment Scheme sets the technical specifications and standards for lead acid batteries in Control and Indicating Equipment. The United Kingdom Loss Prevention Council sets requirements for the design and testing of control and indicating equipment (CIE) for use with intruder alarm and hold ...
An alarm device that signals that a firefighter is in trouble. It can be activated manually by the firefighter, or activates automatically if the firefighter stops moving. May be integral to SCBA or separately activated. Also known as a PASS device (personal alert safety system) or PDA (personal distress alarm). Aerial fire apparatus
A fire alarm annunciator panel is located where it is accessible to fire-fighting crews, such as at building entrances/exits. The annunciator panel will indicate the system status using lamps (or LEDs), an audible warning tone, and depending on the system technology, the exact location or approximate physical location of the source of a fire ...
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The EN 54 series of standards covers the following topics and product groups related to fire detection and fire alarm systems: [6] [7] Introduction: the introduction to the series of standards contains a diagram of a fire alarm system as well as numerous definitions of terms that are used in the other parts of the series of standards.