A 'silent' fire alarm

A pattern language for fire alarm systems

After an object-oriented framework for micro-processor based fire alarm systems had been implemented and the first instantiated system had reached product status an effort was undertaken to clearly document the architecture embedded in the framework. The result of this effort was a small pattern language which is presented in this paper. Important patterns in this language are the Point pattern...

Speech Intelligibility and Fire Alarm Systems

Introduction Messages broadcast over Emergency Voice Communication Systems (EVCS) can provide information to help occupants decide what actions to take for different event scenarios, such as fires, weather events, or terrorist attacks. It is imperative, therefore, that people receive content that is comprehensible. Such understanding can be influenced by the message itself, the talker and liste...

Smoke alarm ownership and house fire death rates in children.

Residential fires are the second leading cause of unintentional injury death among children ages 1–14 in the UK. Case-control data show that smoke alarms are associated with a substantial reduction in the risk of death in the event of a house fire, the protective eVect being greatest in fires involving children under 5. In the UK, the Home OYce recommends that all homes are fitted with smoke al...

Understanding Speech Intelligibility and the Fire Alarm Code

Remote Control and Monitoring of Fire Alarm Systems

Most of the actual fire alarm systems used in small and medium size places in the market works as a standalone systems without the possibility of remote monitoring or configuration. This article shows a new development that provided for one hand, an Alarms and Events Reception System (AERS) that provide remote monitoring of fire alarm systems status based on a LabVIEW application and an additio...