Any business owner who wishes to ensure the safety of his employees or patrons should seriously consider adding smoke alarms in the workplace or business establishment as part of the fire safety and fire-fighting equipment the business is legally required to carry. A smoke alarm is a warning device that detects smoke at the most crucial stage of a fire - at its beginning. When the device detects smoke or a fire, it will emit a loud, piercing noise. This noise offers those who hear the alarm time to escape or fight the fire before it gets out of hand. Moreover, in case the power has gone out, there are alarms that feature an escape light to guide people to safety. Time, it has been proven again and again, is the most precious commodity during a fire. It spells the difference between a minor incident and an event with tragic consequences. Studies have shown that an alarm can lessen fire fatalities by as much as 90% and increased a person's rate of survival twofold. Multiply this ...

The conventional system is best suited for small and medium-sized facilities such as mall stores, small buildings, offices, shops, etc. It has a low cost and serves around 75% of alarm and fire detection projects. The addressable system is indicated for medium-large and large facilities such as shopping malls, large buildings, and condominiums (commercial and residential), hypermarkets, etc. It has several applications and solutions for each specific type of project and is indicated for about 20% of the projects of alarm and fire detection. The differences between the conventional and addressable systems are basically the way their cabling is structured and the technological difference between them. To identify where a fire exists, the Conventional Fire Alarm Center divides the location of its peripheral devices (detectors, triggers, etc.) into sectors (loops) and each loop (sector) receives a name, configured by the plant user. In the addressable system, to identify the locati...