Re: using CAT5 for smoke detectors

["Robert L Bass" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Christopher Glaeser" wrote:
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> I had to call the Fremont Fire Department to get them to change the policy.

I was in a waiting room while my mother underwent surgery at Sarasota Memorial
Hospital a few years ago.  The fire alarm system went off, releasing the
magnetic door holders and closing the door to the room.  A magnetic lock secured
the door.  I got up to look out in the hall and discovered we were locked in.
There was no REX motion sensor and no Push to Release button anywhere near the
door.  Someone had installed a release button (non-UL, of course) at the
volunteer's desk about 10-15 feet from the door.  I asked the volunteer and of
course she opened the door.

I notified hospital security (it's been a long time; I forget who I actually
spoke to) about the code violation and the danger of locking people into an
interior room during an actual fire.  They did nothing.  A call to the fire
marshal got it remedied.  I assume the same thing was done in other locations
around the hospital.  Hope they fixed them.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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