Essays on Fire Alarm

Introduction

In May 2012, English couple Mick and Mairead Philpott made the headlines for surviving a fire that killed their six children and destroyed their house in the Allenton area (BBC News, 2013). After publicly claiming to be lucky for surviving the fire, the Philpotts won the sympathy of people who felt sorry for them for losing six of their children and most of their properties. However, after a month of investigation, the Philpotts were accused of committing arson and murder, and by 2013, they were convicted of manslaughter for deliberately starting a fire that killed all six of their ...

 Fire Alarm Monitoring- contact Datawatch and have them change status to “testing” during any inspection or anything that could trigger the fire alarm. Fire Alarm Out of Service: Datawatch is the facilitator for fire alarm services in the building. The code of building is 966, and the contact number of Datawatch service center is 240-683-6520. He will take few minutes to come and resolve all the issues related to fire alarm without charging any additional amount as it is a free service.  Roof Leaks- Call Firestone. We use Tecta America as the company that provides the service. Our warranty ...

Introduction

Fire protection system is an essential tool to prevent the spread of fire in a large indoor storage facility. The system can be a fire sprinkler, which is commonly designed to activate once a fire occurred. However, an obstruction can influence the operation of the sprinkler system. It is important that obstruction in a large storage facility must be eliminated in order for the system to function effectively to prevent further damage on the facility as a whole.

Obstruction on Fire Sprinklers

There must be a standard installation of fire sprinkler system. According to Palenske & Fletcher (2014), major obstruction on the sprinkler system ...

Description of the best fire detection equipment to be installed in the Electrical Switchgear Room, Flammable Liquids Room and the Office. The best fire detection system to be installed in the Electrical Switchgear Room is the photoelectric smoke detector (FM Global, 2). This is because cables which are necessary in the Electrical Switchgear Room are mostly insulated with combustible materials which would invariably generate smoke as they burn in the event of a fire (FM Global 1). This type of smoke from such smoldering fires (characteristic of burning plastic/insulating) according to the NFPA can most effectively be detected by ...

Question one

An artificially generated smoke differs from a real smoke from the fire in that the artificial smoke has high velocity. Its pressure is measurable at in terms of few inches WG or some few kilopascals. The smoke is pressurized or passed through a pressured compartment or blowers and extended heat exchangers nozzles. Natural smoke from the fire on the other side has a low pressure of movement.

Question two

Concept Smoke generator is the machine or the device that generates the artificial smoke by heating the smoke chemical above its boiling point turning it into vapor. The concept generator is an ...