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Re: Colorado shooting - fire alarm



On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:14:00 AM UTC-4, G. Morgan wrote:
> I wrote this in another group, but I'd like your opinions.  Someone here
> may actually be in a position to get at the event logs.
>
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> I've serviced fire alarms in big cinemas like that.  The protocol is
> pretty complex.  Once smoke is detected anywhere in the building *all*
> of the projectors shut down, the RTU's are shut off, house lights come
> on full brightness, emergency exit signs flash, elevators recall & lock
> open, and a coded message -  "the siren tone" with voice egress
> directions are announced on all speakers.  We spend a lot of effort to
> make all that happen.
>
> I want to know why the fire alarm didn't do that.

I agree its a state requirement  Probably your area follows life safety code 101 or similar code which requires this. It makes sense more states should follow it but they do not.


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