How Does Fire Alarm Monitoring Work?

If you are in charge of maintaining the safety and security of a building or office space, around-the-clock fire alarm monitoring will give you peace of mind since you can’t always be present. It’s essential to understand what fire alarm monitoring is and how it works so you’d understand the procedures you need to follow to keep everyone safe from fire-related emergencies. 

How Does Fire Alarm Monitoring Work?

Fire alarm monitoring works by communicating between your building and the security provider as quickly as possible. When an emergency happens, a signal is sent to alert the authorities so that they can handle the situation quickly and efficiently. 

There will be sensors all over the building which will connect to a system control panel. This system will alert you through whichever monitoring station you have set up. Fire monitoring panels use copper wire that connects the output in the system to the input.

Once the central station monitoring personnel has been alerted to the emergency that triggered the alarm, they will contact you to let you know whether the emergency was real or fake. 

They take extra measures if you do not answer by sending emergency responders to the address. Either way, you will have someone monitoring your fire alarms and responding to emergencies efficiently when you have a reliable system set up.

Overall, each security provider might differ in the technicalities of their systems. But rest assured that the main underlying basics are the same – these systems are meant to ensure that any fire emergency is responded to as soon as possible.

Other Features

Many fire alarm systems will alert you and security services to a wide variety of situations such as smoke, security alarm tampering, fire trouble, power failure, and low battery in the alarm system. 

Since they all count as fire-related emergencies, you will be alerted of these situations as soon as possible while the proper authorities set out to handle the emergency at your building. 

One of the most basic functions of a fire alarm system is to get inhabitants out of the building to wait in safety until the fire department has handled the fire situation.

We Serve Businesses of All Sizes

We use the latest technology alongside our team of experts to ensure professional fire alarm monitoring for your commercial property. If your business is located in more than one location, we can still monitor each of your buildings in a way that is unique and specific to that location.

With ACS Fire and Security, you know that your business is always protected and watched with regards to fire related emergencies.