Basic Fire Alarm System Serviced by

General Alarm Phone #

Alarm Signals
Horns/Strobes
Smoke/Heat
Monitoring
Detectors
Pull Stations
Waterflow
Fire Alarm Door Holders/
Releases
Company
Elevator
Switches
Some Duct
Smoke Detectors Control Panel Recall
HVAC/Damper
Shut Down
Phone #
Supervisory
Signals
Account #
Sprinkler
Supervisory
Devices
Password
Some Duct
Smoke Detectors
Annunciator
Communication
Off Site Monitoring
Communicator
Reset Must be used to set the panel Green Light Only - Shows that the panel Company
to normal when there are red is normal and on.
light alarms. Also resets all Radio Transmitter,
the devices around the building Red Light - Fire Alarm - Usually the building
alarms will be sounding. Cannot be IP Transceiver,
at the same time. Phone Line Dialer
corrected except by resetting the panel.

Alarm Silence Quiets the building horns and Any Yellow Light - Shows the panel is not Fire
strobes but leaves the panel normal and something needs to be looked
in alarm. into. Usually cannot be reset, the condition Department
will have to be repaired to turn off the light.
Trouble/Local Stops the panel from making Local sounder will be making noise.
Silence noise.

If Company Policy Has You Staying

When The Alarm Sounds -
When The Alarm Sounds * Do Not Silence
* Read The Panel
* Investigate The Actual Location - No Fire
* Do Not Silence Look To See For Yourself
* Determine If There Is A Fire
* Call The Fire Department
* Leave With Everyone Else Fire
Do Not Silence
Make Sure Everyone
Evacuates
Call The Fire Department
Again
Silence The Alarms
(If the fire department
OK's it)
Inform The Monitoring
Company
Do Not Reset Until You
Know What Caused The
Alarm And The Fire
Department Authorizes It

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