Fire Alarm System - Initiating Devices

Initiating Devices

• Manually actuated devices; Break glass stations, Buttons and manual fire alarm activation, are constructed to be readily located (near the exits), identified, and operated.
• Automatically actuated devices can take many forms intended to respond to any number of detectable physical changes associated with fire: convected thermal energy; heat detector, products of combustion; smoke detector, radiant energy; flame detector, combustion gasses; fire gas detector, and release of extinguishing agents; water-flow detector. The newest innovations can use cameras and computer algorithms to analyze the visible effects of fire and movement in applications inappropriate for or hostile to other detection methods.