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Practical advice on choosing, installing and maintaining fire alarm and PA systems, from the team that supplies them.
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Both raise the alarm. The difference is how precisely they tell you where the fire is, and what that means for cost, wiring and maintenance.
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Buying Guide
Both raise the alarm. The difference is how precisely they tell you where the fire is, and what that means for cost, wiring and maintenance.
Products
Put the wrong detector in the wrong room and you get either nuisance alarms or a late warning. Here is how to match the sensor to the space.
Maintenance
A fire alarm only protects you if it works on the day. Use this simple weekly, monthly and half-yearly routine to keep yours ready.
Maintenance
Frequent false alarms are more than annoying: people stop reacting to the sound. Here are the usual culprits and how to fix each one.
Background music and paging are one job; telling people how to leave a building safely is another. Here is when you need a proper voice evacuation system.
Under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006, building owners must certify their fire systems twice a year. Here is what that means in practice.
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