Heart Like a Bell. Voice Alarm Control and Indicating Equipment
Aim: The aim of this article is to make an overview of selected features of the voice alarm control and indicating equipment (VACIE) confirmed in the process of assessment and verification of constancy of performance. Information presented by the authors play a crucial role during the process of des...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection - National Research Institute
2022-12-01
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Series: | Safety & Fire Technology |
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Online Access: | https://sft.cnbop.pl/pdf/SFT-Vol.-60-Issue-2-2022-pp.-146-162.pdf |
Summary: | Aim: The aim of this article is to make an overview of selected features of the voice alarm control and indicating equipment (VACIE) confirmed in the
process of assessment and verification of constancy of performance. Information presented by the authors play a crucial role during the process of
design and use of voice alarm systems as well as in the context of providing the safety of buildings.
Introduction: Control and indicating equipment (CIE) is extremely important for the safety of buildings, affecting both the safety of the occupants and
the property stored there. Given such an important role, special emphasis is placed on the reliability of the system’s operation, whose task is both to
detect the fire danger early enough but also to transmit information to its various components. An important role in ensuring the safety of construction
objects is the transmission of information about the threat detected by the system to the occupants of the facility. This information can be communicated
through the use of, among other things, automatic visual signalling implemented by VAS. The main component of VAS is the voice alarm control and
indicating equipment, which, as the heart of the system, receives and transmits information to individual elements (loudspeakers), and is responsible for
their operation – powering and monitoring them.
Methodology: An overview of selected features that are confirmed in the process of assessment and verification of constancy of performance, Introduction
to the testing process of selected features, which is an integral part of the conformity assessment of construction products. The article was
supplemented with issues related to the design and maintenance of fire alarm systems.
Conclusions: Voice alarm control and indicating equipment, in addition to control and indicating equipment, not only determine the safety of the buildings
themselves, but also affect the safety of their occupants, who, as a result of various circumstances, may have to be forced to quickly and efficiently leave
their place of residence. Nevertheless, the awareness of owners and managers of construction objects equipped with VAS should be important, since
their special attention should be directed to maintaining all components of the system in such a condition that will enable the complete installation to
fulfil its functions. An important element is the continuous education of service personnel and users of the facility (e.g. step-by-step evacuation drills),
in order to maintain knowledge at the highest possible level about how to act in an emergency situation, not only related to fire, but also in the face of
other local threats.
Keywords: evacuation of buildings, voice alarm system, VACIE |
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ISSN: | 2657-8808 2658-0810 |