There should be at least one of these devices on each floor of a building if you are using monitored smoke detection in addition to your primary fire system. Bedrooms and central locations make for prime locations for your smoke detectors.

The smoke detector is connected to your alarm system so that when it goes off, the central monitoring station receives an alert. Professional operators respond immediately to confirm that there is an actual emergency at your home by going down your call list.

If you answer the phone within 6 rings and say that it was a false alarm, the fire department is not dispatched.

If you do not answer the phone after 6 rings, the operator will dispatch the fire department and then continue contacting the people on your call list.

This helps prevent unnecessary dispatches, which can lead to costly fines.

 

 

We recommend placing the device high up on a wall or on a ceiling. The most important place to have smoke detectors is in your bedrooms and in common areas that you'd have to pass through to exit the home.

Avoid placing them near any vents or ducts that could interfere with the device's detection ability.

If the wired detectors are low-voltage and already tied into a security system, there's a chance that we can reuse them. If not, no, we cannot connect them.