Guide for decreasing unwanted fire alarms offered

摘要

The Fire Service Guide to Reducing Unwanted Fire Alarms, a free 17-page downloadable PDF document released by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), offers guidance in how the fire service can reduce unwanted fire alarms. An unwanted alarm is defined by NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, as one that is not the result of a potentially hazardous condition. In 2009, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 2.1 million false alarms, which included 979,500 responses resulting from unintentional activations and 698,000 caused by system malfunctions, according to the NFPA.