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Smoke alarms, are they appropriate.

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Part of the communal areas of purpose built sheltered housing flats on three floors with a lift that has a full monitored fire alarm system, that closes the internal fire doors and opens the exterior doors when activated. 


Each individual flat has a heat alarm in its hallway connected to the communal alarm system and also has an Aico interconnected smoke and heat alarm system that is connected to the intercom system allowing the call centre to monitor them and speak to the tenants to ask why they have been activated. 


Can you think of any justification for installing very basic domestic battery operated smoke alarms in the communal areas?


Because I cannot think of any way their installation can be justified, particularly as they will not be monitored in any way and should not be required. 


Andy B
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    Hi Andy,

    just a couple of points first.

    When you say "opens the exterior doors when activated " do you mean unlocks rather than opens?

    Am I correct that I understand that 1) outside each flat there are interconnected heat alarms as a communial alarm and 2) there are combined smoke/heat alarms connected to the intercom system ?

    So, in effect, then 2) would be dealt with initially via operator intervention i.e "is it real or is it a false alarm" and 1) is the second line of defence in case danger starts to spread with or without operator intervention (for alarms initiated inside a flat).

    Hope I got that right.


    So are any more additions required (I`d think not) or an actual improvement (I`d think so, mostly but with drawbacks). Overall it can`t hurt can it?


    I`m intrigued as to why your question, perhaps somone has insisted it must be done for compliance to something.


    Essentially I think the same as you
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    Hi Andy,

    just a couple of points first.

    When you say "opens the exterior doors when activated " do you mean unlocks rather than opens?

    Am I correct that I understand that 1) outside each flat there are interconnected heat alarms as a communial alarm and 2) there are combined smoke/heat alarms connected to the intercom system ?

    So, in effect, then 2) would be dealt with initially via operator intervention i.e "is it real or is it a false alarm" and 1) is the second line of defence in case danger starts to spread with or without operator intervention (for alarms initiated inside a flat).

    Hope I got that right.


    So are any more additions required (I`d think not) or an actual improvement (I`d think so, mostly but with drawbacks). Overall it can`t hurt can it?


    I`m intrigued as to why your question, perhaps somone has insisted it must be done for compliance to something.


    Essentially I think the same as you
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