Home Fire Alarm System
Are Fire Alarms Part of a Home Alarm System?
When you buy a home alarm system, is a fire alarm part of the protection that you get? Most of the time the answer to that question is yes, but not always. So be sure to check with your home alarm system company whether or not your system is equipped for fire alarm protection as well.
Fires come unexpected and can cause severe financial stress – as well as inconvience you as you are forced to make other living arrangements after a fire. The cost to replace walls, floors, furniture, ciellings, etc. is usually covered by your home insurance policy, but not always – which is why it is a good idea to know if you are covered with fire alarm protection as part of your home alarm system so that you can minimize the damage if at all possible.
Fire alarm systems come in all different shapes and sizes. They can be part of a home security alarm system or completely seperate. They can come equipped with voice evacuation panels, manual pull stations, or special medical alert components that can be linked to your home alarm system or stand-alone fire alarm system in the event of any kind of medical emergency happen.
Most fire alarm systems – whether they are part of the home alarm system or not – provide 24-hour monitoring services that will alert you regarding key areas of your home such as doors and windows. Should a fire start, the fire alarm system will automatically call the fire department and police department as well as let you know there is a fire starting.
When building your home, it is generally easier to install a fire alarm when you are building it – but you can easily also install a fire alarm in a home that has already been built. You can also dovetail fire alarm services right into a home security alarm system as well.
If you have small children, disabled, or elderly persons residing in your home, fire alarm systems are particularly important to ensure that everyone is able to make it out of the house. Many fire alarm systems have special features that will allow you to inform the fire department of residents who need extra or special help escaping in the event of the a fire, and therefore need to be rescued first.
...Central city fire damages 1 home, 4 apartments
SALT LAKE CITY — Chris Jensen was in the shower when she heard a neighbor outside yelling for her to get out.
"I heard a loud explosion and then flames were shooting higher than the trees," she said. "It was like 'boom-boom.' "
Jensen grabbed the first shirt and pair of pants she could find, then grabbed her dog and got out, leaving everything else behind.
"There was nothing valuable enough to save. Jewelry, passports … I just left them. I just grabbed me and the dog and ran," she said.
Jensen's home was one of eight evacuated, in addition to four structures that were damaged or destroyed in a three-alarm fire on a narrow street in Salt Lake's Central City neighborhood Monday. The fire, which caused an estimated $500,000 in damage, quickly spread from house to house before crews were able to bring it under control.
Just after 2 p.m., fire crews were called on a report of an explosion and flames shooting from the attic of a home at 753 S. Roberta St. (240 East). The first arriving crews heard additional explosions, said Salt Lake City fire spokesman Scott Freitag.
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