Jim Kimpel, Product Manager, Fire Control Instruments

Factors to Consider When Choosing a Fire-Alarm Annunciator

A firefighter’s job is stressful enough without the additional challenge of trying to read, operate and silence a difficult-to-operate fire-alarm system. Unfortunately though, many face this dilemma every day. Most of us have stood out in the weather during an alarm that has sounded in an office, school or apartment building, waiting anxiously for the fire department to come and silence it. We get frustrated, but imagine how the firefighters feel, trying to navigate through dozens of buttons and switches, with building managers and residents looking over their shoulders.