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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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    There are intercom call points in the communal areas and each of the flats allowing people to contact a call centre, the intercoms at the front and rear entrances allow visitors to contact each of the individual flats and the residents can then open the front and back doors, they can also see who’s at the front and back doors using their televisions as monitors for the CCTV system, as can the call centre.


    The fire alarm system in the communal area is a part one system that is monitored by the same call centre, when it is activated the internal fire doors close and the external entrance doors fully open to allow people in the building to evacuate and the emergency services to enter the building.


    The flats have monitored part six systems.


    I am really finding it hard to any justification for installing battery operated stand alone smoke detectors, if an issue has been identified that needs dealing with this cannot be the way to resolve it as far as I can see.


    Andy Betteridge
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    There are intercom call points in the communal areas and each of the flats allowing people to contact a call centre, the intercoms at the front and rear entrances allow visitors to contact each of the individual flats and the residents can then open the front and back doors, they can also see who’s at the front and back doors using their televisions as monitors for the CCTV system, as can the call centre.


    The fire alarm system in the communal area is a part one system that is monitored by the same call centre, when it is activated the internal fire doors close and the external entrance doors fully open to allow people in the building to evacuate and the emergency services to enter the building.


    The flats have monitored part six systems.


    I am really finding it hard to any justification for installing battery operated stand alone smoke detectors, if an issue has been identified that needs dealing with this cannot be the way to resolve it as far as I can see.


    Andy Betteridge
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