Honeywell Emergency Notification Manager
EBI XLS MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM (MNS)
CONFIGURATION, PROGRAMMING AND OPERATION MANUAL
WARNING
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy, and if not installed and
used in accordance with the Instructions Manual,
may cause interference with radio communication.
It has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to
Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are
designed to provide reasonable protection against
such interference when operated in a commercial
environment. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause interference, in
which case, users at their own expense will be
required to take whatever measures may be
required
to
correct
the
interference.
Any
unauthorized modification of this equipment may
result in the revocation of the owner's authority to
continue its operation.
FIRE ALARM & EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
LIMITATIONS
While a life safety system may lower insurance rates, it is not a
substitute for life and property insurance
An automatic fire alarm system
-typically made up of smoke
detectors, heat detectors, manual pull stations, audible
warning devices, and a fire alarm control panel (FACP) with
remote notification capability-can provide early warning of a
developing fire. Such a system, however, does not assure
protection against property damage or loss of life resulting
from a fire.
An emergency communication system
-typically made up of
an automatic fire alarm system (as described above) and a life
safety
communication
system
that
may
include
an
autonomous control unit (ACU), local operating console
(LOC), voice communication, and other various interoperable
communication methods-can broadcast a mass notification
message. Such a system, however, does not assure
protection against property damage or loss of life resulting
from a fire or life safety event.
National Fire Protection Association Standard 72 (NFPA 72),
manufacturer's recommendations, State and local codes, and
the recommendations contained in the Guide for Proper Use
of System Smoke Detectors, which is made available at no
charge to all installing dealers. This document can be found at
http://www.systemsensor.com/appguides.. A study by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (an agency of the
United States government) indicated that smoke detectors
may not go off in as many as 35% of all fires. While fire alarm
systems are designed to provide early warning against fire,
they do not guarantee warning or protection against fire. A fire
alarm system may not provide timely or adequate warning, or
simply may not function, for a variety of reasons:
Smoke detectors
may not sense fire where smoke cannot
reach the detectors such as in chimneys, in or behind walls,
on roofs, or on the other side of closed doors. Smoke
detectors also may not sense a fire on another level or floor of
a building. A second-floor detector, for example, may not
sense a first-floor or basement fire.
Particles of combustion or "smoke"
from a developing fire
may not reach the sensing chambers of smoke detectors
because:
— Barriers such as closed or partially closed doors,
walls, chimneys, even wet or humid areas may inhibit
particle or smoke flow.
—
Smoke particles may become "cold," stratify, and not
reach the ceiling or upper walls where detectors are
located.
— Smoke particles may be blown away from detectors by
air outlets, such as air conditioning vents.
— Smoke particles may be drawn into air returns before
reaching the detector.
The amount of "smoke" present may be insufficient to alarm
smoke detectors. Smoke detectors are designed to alarm at
various levels of smoke density. If such density levels are not
created by a developing fire at the location of detectors, the
detectors will not go into alarm.
Smoke detectors, even when working properly, have sensing
limitations. Detectors that have photoelectronic sensing
chambers tend to detect smoldering fires better than flaming
fires, which have little visible smoke. Detectors that have
ionizing-type sensing chambers tend to detect fast-flaming
fires better than smoldering fires. Because fires develop in
different ways and are often unpredictable in their growth,
neither type of detector is necessarily best and a given type of
detector may not provide adequate warning of a fire.
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