| To most employers, fire protection and safety is all | | | | means a pause in production as well. |
| about extinguishers, megaphones and exit signs that | | | | The second are the ionization alarms that display |
| help fight flames and assist everybody during | | | | properties of feeling the smoke by detecting the |
| evacuation respectively. But beyond those, you as an | | | | presence of minute particles often associated with |
| employer should also provide further protection to | | | | fires. This means that even if the material burning |
| your staff by investing in a good fire alarm system | | | | gives off little to no smoke at all, they can still get |
| that will alert everybody once an actual emergency | | | | set off when needed. Because of this feature, they |
| arrives. | | | | are not recommended in an industrial kitchen setting |
| Now, when people talk about fire alarms in general, | | | | as they may give out false alarms more often than |
| they often end up thinking that these are smoke | | | | you want them to. |
| detectors that produce high pitched sounds when | | | | 2. Apart from the very famous smoke alarms that |
| they are set off. But what they do not know is that | | | | are usually automatic, some buildings still have the |
| there are actually several types of alarms available in | | | | manual mechanisms. |
| the market. | | | | If you are not that familiar with them, those are the |
| What exactly are those? | | | | alarms that are activated with a push of a button or |
| 1. Well, let us start off with those varieties that you | | | | pull of a lever. Unlike smoke alarms which are |
| are more familiar with, the smoke alarms. | | | | commonly installed in the ceiling or the upper part of |
| As implied, these devices are made to detect the | | | | walls, these are usually put where they can easily be |
| presence of smoke in a room where it is installed. | | | | reached by anybody in case of fire. |
| Usually they can be set to tolerate a certain level of | | | | While these alarms can be pretty inexpensive, they |
| smoke, but when it goes beyond the "tolerable" level, | | | | are not the popular choice because they are not only |
| it gives of a sound enough to warn everybody about | | | | outdated, but they can be pretty ineffective as well. |
| the impending danger. | | | | How so? |
| A regular smoke alarm has its variations too. The first | | | | Well mainly because before these alarms can get |
| are the photoelectric alarms which detect the visibility | | | | triggered a person would have to notice the fire first. |
| of smoke. This feature makes them particularly ideal | | | | And usually this happens when the fire is already too |
| in workplaces where there are a lot of highly | | | | big to control. |
| combustible materials that give off a lot of smoke | | | | So those are your main choices for an alarm to install |
| while they are burning. | | | | in your building. If you do not know which to choose, |
| There is a downside though. These alarms require | | | | just consider which alarm is right for the type of |
| professional installation and regular maintenance too. | | | | your business and which will provide more protection |
| If they get too dirty, they may get set off | | | | to your staff. As long as you have those things in |
| accidentally by insects like flies or mosquitoes. And to | | | | mind, you are good to go. |
| an employer, false alarms are costly because that | | | | |