PE Problem #7

6/11/2018

A fire alarm system containing horn/strobes, manual pull stations, fire sprinkler monitoring, and heat
detectors would be considered what type of fire alarm system?
a. manual, temporal-3
b. manual and automatic, temporal-3
c. manual, emergency voice/alarm communication
d. manual and automatic, emergency voice/alarm communication

Solution | Posted 06/12/18

4 Comments

shafeeq

6/11/2018 07:06:19 am

b. manual and automatic, temporal-3

Edward Henderson

6/11/2018 08:03:22 am

B. Manual and Automatic, temporal 3

6/11/2018 01:07:30 pm

Colleen

6/11/2018 02:24:35 pm

b) Manual and automatic temporal 3

Pull station is activated manually and the heats and sprinkler monitoring are automatic systems.

This rules out a and c. We have horn strobes and not speaker strobes, so no emergency voice, which means it’s temporal 3.

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