Fire Detection Systems – Working Principle

As the name suggests, fire detection systems are designed to discover fires early in their development. It should be early enough when the time is still available for the safe evacuation of occupants. We know how important it is to detect fire before it becomes havoc. Early detection plays a prominent role in protecting the safety of emergency response personnel. You can save people and property with timely detection. If not, much at least damage can be reduced for property and downtime for the operation minimized through early detection because control efforts are started while the fire is still small.

Properly placed fire detection systems can expedite the process of fire control by providing information to emergency responders on the location of the fire. They are integrated with alarms and this is how they are at their best use. Alarms and hooters help to spread the warning to the occupants and usually, it sends signals across staffed monitoring stations sometimes far away. In certain cases, it helps to notify the fire department directly, not everywhere though. These are some of the benefits when integrated with another system. Suppression systems such as automatic sprinklers when integrated with alarms can act to control the fire. They are of 2 types:

1) Heat Detection – These types of fire detectors work on the basic principle of rising in temperature associated with the fire broke out. As soon as such detectors sense a sudden unusual rise in temperature they’ll warn with the help of alarms and hooters.

2) Smoke Detector – There can’t be smoke without fire is not just a phrase it is the base behind such kind of fire detectors.

Fire detection system by Standard Fire Solution is best suited for closed spaces such as office buildings, commercial buildings, and other public places. Advanced systems have fire extinguishers with detectors that help in putting off the fire.