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Fire Alarms Ayrshire Ayrshire - Conventional
Fire Alarm Systems fall broadly in to two groups - Conventional
Systems or Analogue Addressable Systems.
'Conventional' Fire Alarm Systems, in their various forms, have
been around for many years and have changed little in that time
in terms of technology although design and reliability have
improved significantly. However, Conventional Systems are a
well-proven technology protecting many hundreds of thousands
of properties worldwide. A Conventional Fire Alarm System is
often the natural choice for smaller systems or where budget
constraints exist.
In a typical Conventional Fire Alarm System the 'intelligence'
of the system resides solely within the Fire Alarm Control Panel
which receives a trigger signal from a Conventional Detector
or Call Point and in turn, signals the condition to other devices
such as alarm sounders and remote signalling equipment.
Conventional detectors are normally connected to the Fire Control
Panel via dedicated circuits, each circuit protecting a designated
'Zone' or 'Area' of the building (the maximum size of which
will often be governed by local standards). Detectors have two
states, Normal healthy and Alarm.
The Fire Control Panel will normally be arranged in a set number
of Zones or Circuits e.g. 1, 2, 4, 8 etc. and have 2 separate
sounder circuits.
