Alarming concept
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37 Alarming
concept
The alarming concept must be defined individually for each system
The rapid forwarding of alarm messages to the corresponding circle of recipients
is important
The requirements vary between
–
"Discrete alarming" of the investigation crew, e.g. using human search system
–
"Alarming / evacuation" for people familiar with location
–
"Alarming / evacuation" for people not familiar with location
–
"Area evacuation", e.g. floor
37.1 Cerberus alarm concept (CAC)
The Cerberus alarm concept prevents the unnecessary calling-out of the fire bri-
gade for minor incidents
The CAC is based on a "presence-dependent" form of alarm organization:
–
Presence
of operating staff, known as 'Manned'
–
Absence
of operating staff, known as 'Unmanned'
The response of the operating staff is monitored by 2 independent time circuits
(V1 and V2)
The CAC is an integrated part of the CC11/CI11 control panel, the parameters
needed can be entered via user functions
Principle of the Cerberus alarm concept
–
During the "Manned" operating status, if an alarm is sounded the location of the
fire is first sought, and the decision on whether it is a "Serious/ minor incident"
taken locally
–
During the "Manned" operating status, all alarms immediately activate "Remote
alarms"
–
Activation of a manual call point always immediately triggers a "Remote alarm"
F
no
acknowledged
?
F
reset
?
yes
no
Emergency
Minor
incident
Reconnaissance countdown V1
Confirm message
locationMonitoring time V2
Investigate fire
Alarm
Alarm
Alarm
event
Remote alarm
Operating personnel: present
absent
present
or
absent
V1
V2