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Fire Protection
Fire Alarm System
Your system may be installed with smoke detectors and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors as part of
an overall fi re and gas protection system. The fi re protection part of the security system is active 24
hours-a-day, offering continuous protection.
In the event of a fi re or poisonous CO gas emergency, the installed smoke or carbon monoxide
detector will automatically activate your security system. A loud, intermittent horn will sound from
the Control Panel and the external sounder will produce an intermittent siren (if an external sounder
has been installed). The fi re sounder will continue until the fi re horn timer expires or until a User
Code is entered.
Manual Fire Alarm
If you become aware of a fi re emergency
before
your detectors sense the problem follow these
important steps:
Yell FIRE! to alert anyone else around.
1.
Go the Control Panel and press the white lighted
2.
button, then press and hold the
FIRE
button for at least two seconds. The fi re alarm can also be triggered using the
FIRE
button on
a wireless keypad. THE FIRE ALARM WILL SOUND.
Evacuate all occupants from the premises and call your local Fire Department from a safe location.
3.
Automatic Fire Alarm
If your detectors trigger a fi re emergency alarm
before
you sense a problem, and the fi re alarm is
sounding, follow these steps:
If fl ames and/or smoke are present, yell FIRE! to alert anyone else around.
1.
Evacuate all occupants from the premises and call your local Fire Department from a safe
2.
location.
- OR -
If no fl ames or smoke are apparent, investigate the possible causes of the alarm.
1.
Go to the Control Panel and enter your User Code to stop the fi re sounder.
2.
Review the alarm memory to determine which sensor(s) caused the alarm.
3.
Go to the sensor(s) and look for the reason the sensor tripped.
4.
Correct the condition that caused the detector to sense smoke or CO gas.
5.
Silencing a False Fire Alarm
If the fi re alarm is sounding due to a detector sensing burnt food or some other non-emergency
condition, follow these steps to stop the alarm:
Silence the fi re alarm sounder by entering your
1.
User Code.
Review the alarm memory to determine which sensor(s) caused the alarm.
2.
If the alarm restarts, there may still be smoke in the detector’s sensor. Enter your User Code again
3.
to stop the alarm. Fan the detector for 30 seconds to clear the detector’s sensor chamber.
After the problem has been corrected, check the
4.
CLEAR ALARM HISTORY
button on the
Alarm Memory Screen and press
OK
.
(Fire & CO sensors that are still violated cannot
be cleared from alarm history until the device returns to normal operation. Carefully
inspect the premises for danger if fi re or CO sensors remain in alarm.)
