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2. Fire alarm system - Wikipedia

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   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, or other fire-related emergencies. Fire alarm systems are required in most commercial buildings.

3. Fire alarm control panel - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. Standards for Alarm Systems, Installation, and Monitoring

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   These systems are designed primarily for use in mercantile premises, including mercantile safes and vaults, as well as bank safes and vaults. The standard specifies that these alarm systems include protective circuits and devices that connect through a control apparatus to a sounding device.

5. Alarm monitoring center - Wikipedia

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   An alarm monitoring center, central monitoring station (also known as "CMS" or wholesale central station), or alarm receiving center (also known as ARC) [1] is a company that provides services to monitor burglar, fire, and residential alarm systems. The Central Monitoring Station may also provide watchman and supervisory services.

6. Manual fire alarm activation - Wikipedia

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   Manual fire alarm activation requires human intervention, as distinct from automatic fire alarm activation such as that provided through the use of heat detectors and smoke detectors. It is, however, possible for call points/pull stations to be used in conjunction with automatic detection as part of the overall fire detection and alarm system.

7. Aspirating smoke detector - Wikipedia

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   ASD systems incorporate more than one level of alarm. This allows an ASD system to provide very early warning of an event, prompting investigation at the earliest smouldering stage of a fire when it is easily addressed. Other alarm levels may be configured to provide fire alarm inputs to fire systems as well as releasing suppression systems.