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2. Fire alarm notification appliance - Wikipedia

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   The standard fire alarm sound used in most of North America [citation needed]. Coding refers to the pattern or tones a notification appliance sounds in and is controlled either by the panel or by setting jumpers or DIP switches on the notification appliances. The majority of audible notification appliances installed prior to 1996 produced a ...

3. Fire alarm system - Wikipedia

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   The standard fire alarm sound used in most of North America A speaker with a remote light A fire alarm notification appliance in Sweden Alarms can take many forms, but are most often either motorized bells or wall-mountable sounders or horns.

4. Manual fire alarm activation - Wikipedia

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   Many modern fire alarm pull stations are single-action and only require the user to pull down a handle to sound the alarm. Other fire alarm pull stations are dual-action, and as such require the user to perform a second task before pulling down, such as lifting or pushing in a panel on the station or breaking a glass panel with an attached hammer.

5. Fire alarm call box - Wikipedia

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   A fire alarm box, fire alarm call box, or fire alarm pull box is a device used for notifying a fire department of a fire or a fire alarm activation. Typically installed on street corners or on the outside of commercial buildings in urban areas, they were the main means of summoning firefighters before the general availability of telephones.

6. PASS device - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, the National Fire Protection Association sets standards for PASS devices in NFPA 1982. [ 1 ] The PASS device is normally used in conjunction with breathing apparatus; it is a small, battery-powered device attached to the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) harness which enables the firefighter to summon help by ...

7. Smoke detector - Wikipedia

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   Smoke detector mounted on a ceiling. A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire.Smoke detectors/alarms are usually housed in plastic enclosures, typically shaped like a disk about 125 millimetres (5 in) in diameter and 25 millimetres (1 in) thick, but shape and size vary.

8. 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 ...

9. Security alarm - Wikipedia

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   In rural areas where not many may hear the fire bell or burglar siren, lights or sounds may not make much difference, as the nearest emergency responders may arrive too late to avoid losses. Remote alarm systems are used to connect the control unit to a predetermined monitor of some sort, and they are available in many different configurations.