Conceptual Design for an Automatic Residential Remote Fire Alarm System (ARRAS). A Summary Report

摘要

The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual design of an 'Automatic Residential Remote Alarm System' (ARRAS) which is a means of immediately alerting the occupants to the presence of fire in their residence and at the same time, automatically summoning fire fighting aid and life saving assistance. The technology to support such a system has been used in commercial and industrial fire alarm systems for some years. This study was conducted to determine what equipment exists today, or could be developed, to form a low-cost ARRAS without sacrifice to reliability, and if possible and practical, some decrease in the rate of false or needless alarms which might be originated by the system. The study shows that the system is feasible assuming that the volumes required to achieve a reasonable price level per residential installation could be achieved.