Firefighting is the automatic / manual act of attempting to prevent the spread of fire and extinguish significant unwanted fires in buildings, vehicles and any premises
Necessity of Fire Fighting system :
Regular trial operation and maintenance of Fire Fighting system shall be arranged for ensuring the system does not have any defects or faults
The main role of fire detection and alarm system is to alert the building’s occupants of a developing fire emergency in a
timely manner. This is achieved by identifying a developing fire through either manual or automatic methods and followed
by alerting the building occupants to the fire condition and need to evacuate. In addition to these, other functions include
notification to fire department and shuts down electrical, air handling equipment or special process operations.
Fire Detection and Alarm system consists of mainly three parts, Control Panel, Detectors and Alarm devices.
The control panel is the "brain" of the fire detection and alarm system. It is responsible for monitoring the various alarm
"input" devices such as manual and automatic detection components and then activating alarm "output" devices such as
horns, bells, warning lights, emergency telephone dialers, evacuation/alert messages and building controls.