When you want some extra information about fire alarms, who better to turn to than DynaFire? We’re the Miami fire alarm company for the job.
You know that fire alarms save lives and property, but what else do you know about them? Our last team trivia night inspired us to put this blog together just for you, and you don’t even have to listen to Jeff sing karaoke like we did.
5 Alarm Facts From Your Local Miami Fire Alarm Company
One: The first fire alarms were closely related to… you!
Before the automatic smoke detector was invented, the fire alarm was pretty low-tech. Early fire alarms were people. These individuals would keep watch over their cities day and night, and if they spotted a fire, they would blow whistles or ring bells to alert their neighbors. At DynaFire, we like to assume that we’re direct descendants of these living fire alarms. Fire protection runs in our blood.
Two: Telegraphs disrupted the market
As cities became more populated and grew in size, it wasn’t as efficient to rely on guards for widespread alerts anymore. Enter the cutting-edge technology that was the telegraph machine (never thought you would hear anyone say that, did you?).
William F. Channing and Moses G. Farmer worked together to develop the first city-wide fire alarm system. This system operated off of the telegraph machine, and it was installed in the city of Boston in 1852. Alarm boxes in local neighborhoods could be activated in case of a fire, and they would send telegraph signals to the city’s central monitoring station. The central station would then ring bells and alert city inhabitants of the emergency.
Three: The greatest cause of residential fire alarm failure is batteries
The fire alarms in your home are either hardwired, operate off of batteries, or both. NFPA statistics show that in over half of reported home fires where the smoke detectors were present but didn’t sound, it was because the batteries were missing or disconnected. The most common reason for this was that homeowners had removed them to avoid nuisance alarms.
Even if your cooking sets off your fire alarm a few times a week, don’t remove the battery. Take it as a sign that you need to leave the cooking to someone else.
Four: Fire alarms are for everyone
Fire alarms can do more than make noise. Those who are deaf or hard of hearing may have a difficult time noticing a sounding fire alarm, so there are alarms and other devices available that use strobe lights, vibrations, and other non-auditory alerts. As a Miami fire alarm company, DynaFire provides a wide range of fire alarm systems for our clients to meet their specific needs.
Five: Commercial fire alarms need to be regularly tested
The fire alarm system on your commercial property needs the regular attention of trained Fire & Life Safety professionals. Not only can the team at DynaFire install your fire alarms, but we also offer:
- Annual commercial fire alarm testing
- Quarterly commercial fire alarm testing
- Smoke detection sensitivity testing
- Maintenance
- Monitoring
- Repairs
- And more
Now that you’ve reached the end of our blog, we hope you have some facts that you can use to impress your friends and family. And when you need a Miami fire alarm company, think DynaFire first. Contact us today for all of your fire protection needs!
