Life Safety

75% of deaths from fires are due to smoke inhalation.

When it comes to life safety all these devices are classified as life safety devices for Central Monitoring purposes.

SMOKE DETECTOR



For the home it is always good to have a monitored smoke detector to complement ones purchased from your local hardware store.

This device can and has been known to save lives, especially good for you pet owners.  Most fires in a home occur in the kitchen. If you have a monitored smoke detector make sure you clean it often, and when cleaning notify the Central Monitoring Station to put your system on test while cleaning so the Fire Department is not falsely alerted. 

Monitored 24 hours, 7 days a week whether the system is armed or not.

Get quick response from the monitoring center if a fire should ever occur, time is very important to saving lives and property.

There are two types of smoke detectors, photoelectric and ionized. Photo electric are best at detecting smoke, ionized are good at detecting flash flames.

Smoke detectors should be replaced every 5 years. Every home owner should have a planned escape design in the event of a fire in the home. This escape plan should be practiced on a regular basis.

HEAT DETECTOR

A heat detector is a fire detector that detects either abnormally high temperature or rate of temperature rise or both.

Heat detectors can be set up for a fixed temperature or for a rate of temperature rise.  Heat detectors can be used in kitchen area or another good place would be an attic or garage.  If you store flammable chemicals subject to certain temperature conditions a heat detector would be a good choice for monitoring of these temperatures.

CARBON MONOXIDE

A carbon monoxide unit detects an odorless gas known as carbon monoxide.  Carbon monoxide is a dangerous killer due to its properties. With petroleum being the main source to everyday items we purchase for our home, all homes should have at least one of these devices monitored.  When a fire initiates it smolders thus emitting carbon monoxide because of the petroleum based products being burned.

Another danger of carbon monoxide was reported from certain chargers used for golf carts.  When these chargers were in use for very long periods of time they emitted a carbon monoxide type of gas.