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Two or more ensures More than half of

that employees, visitors, and house fires take

other people in the building place in homes that

will be able to get do not have fire

out quickly during an alarms, and mostly at night,

emergency. Additional fire resulting in a high number

exits may be necessary of deaths. It is easy

based to get trapped in the start of

on the building size, number a fire.

of occupants, and the EMERGENCY

arrangement of the interior LIGHTING

of the building. What is

important is that people can mergency lighting is

get out quickly and Edesigned to make sure

safely. The number and that in the event of

location of fire exits must be the normal power supply

sufficient to accomplish failing, illumination is

this. provided promptly,

FIRE ALARMS automatically and for
sufficient time. This will

fire alarm alerts you ensure that occupants of a

A when you are busy, building are able to

working or sleeping. evacuate safely in the event

You can therefore take of an emergency, such as a

action before major damage fire. When a fire alarm

takes place, thus saving you sounds without warning,

the cost of property loss- and fire starts to spread

also saving insurance throughout a building,

companies a lot of damage a sense of panic will

cost. often ensue.

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