| From 1960 to 1995, approximately 93% of households | | | | The alarm's horn has been designed to produce a |
| in America had fire system alarms and smoke | | | | variety of sounds depending on the type of |
| detectors installed. Whether it be apartment houses, | | | | emergency or the response that needs to be |
| family homes or dormitories, all got some form of | | | | undertaken. For example, 'code 3 temporal pattern' is |
| alarm installed in their homes, as was made mandatory | | | | only used when there is a necessity to evacuate. The |
| by law which took effect in the early 1980s. | | | | alarm's pulses also vary. Patterns include march time |
| How Fire Monitoring Alarms Help | | | | or continuous tone, again depending on the emergency. |
| Fire alarms go off at the slightest detection of heat or | | | | Purchasing Fire Monitoring |
| smoke. A loud siren is what usually characterizes a fire | | | | Before you buy a fire monitoring alarm, you should |
| alarm to alert you and your family early enough to | | | | consider the type of environment where the alarm will |
| escape to safety. Fire systemss are intended to | | | | be installed. Also, you should buy only fire UL listed |
| protect against loss of lives and property and though it | | | | alarms. You may also want to check with your local |
| has been proven to be the single most effective | | | | fire department to find out the types or brands of fire |
| device to alert residents or building occupants in cases | | | | alarms they would recommend as reliable. Sometimes, |
| of fire, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | | | | fire departments offer fire alarms at a discount. Who |
| mandated an improvement. | | | | knows, you might get them to agree to sponsor a fire |
| The said Federal law made it mandatory for fire | | | | drill in your area when you purchase your alarm from |
| monitoring manufacturers to include strobe lights in | | | | them. |
| addition to audible alarms for the benefit of hearing | | | | Pranks involving fire systems are not taken lightly in the |
| impaired individuals. | | | | United States of America, so you should seriously |
| Loud Audible Alarms | | | | want to think twice before pulling that ever |
| Fire fighters, especially those in the service for a long | | | | conspicuous fire alarm lever at hotels, theaters, |
| time, often suffer from hearing problems due to the | | | | hospitals or other public places. You might want to |
| loud siren from fire alarms, and who would not when | | | | warn your children as well that they would be in |
| fire alarms have a noise level of 90-100 decibels. | | | | serious trouble if they play around with the fire alarm. |