Arden Everhart, Fire Alarm/Life Safety Specialist, Swanson Rink, Inc., Denver

A Lesson in Campus Fire-Alarm System Design

There are many considerations prior to the layout and design of a campus fire-alarm system. The most important is finding out what the owner expects to accomplish with the system. Is the intent to have total monitoring and control of the site facilities? Or is it to have a central command center for monitoring the campus systems? Are there other systems to incorporate into this campus network infrastructure? The answers to these questions will help determine the direction of the system design.