Fire Alarm & Fire Fighting

What is Fire Alarm & Fire Fighting?

A fire alarm system warns people when smoke, fire, carbon monoxide or other fire-related emergencies are detected. These alarms may be activated automatically from smoke detectors and heat detectors or may also be activated via manual fire alarm activation devices such as manual call points or pull stations.

What is in a fire alarm?

Image result for what is Fire Alarm & Fire Fighting Commonly Heat detectors work in a similar way to an electrical fuse, the detectors contain a eutectic alloy which is heat sensitive when a certain temperature is reached the alloy turns from a solid to a liquid which in turn triggers the alarm. Ionization Smoke detector generally contains two chambers