Fire Alarm System (Continued)

THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS

Manually

Initiating

a Fire Alarm

1.Should you become aware of a fire emergency before your smoke or heat detectors sense the problem, go to your nearest keypad and manually initiate an alarm by pressing the panic key assigned for FIRE emergency for 2 seconds. If a key pair has been assigned for fire, press both keys at the same time. See the Using the Panic Keys section below for further details.

2.Evacuate all occupants from the premises.

3.If flames and/or smoke are present, leave the premises and notify your local Fire Department immediately.

4.If no flames or smoke are apparent, investigate the cause of the alarm. The zone number(s) of the zone(s) in an alarm condition will be displayed at the keypad.

Using the Panic

Key(s) Assigned

for FIRE

Emergency

A key or key pair may have been assigned for manually initiating a FIRE alarm. See the Panic Keys section for key assignments.

For convenience, indicate the key or key pair assigned for fire below.

Individual Keys

A B C

Press the individual key assigned for fire for 2 seconds.

OR

Key Pairs

1 O F F

R E A D Y

3 S T A Y

and

and

and

R E A D Y

#

#

(zone 95)

 

 

Press the key pair

(zone

99)

assigned for fire at

(zone

96)

the same time.

 

DISPLAYS FOLLOWING MANUAL INITIATION OF A FIRE ALARM

F I R E 9 5

95

AC

ALPHA DISPLAY KEYPAD

ALARM

FIRE

FIXED-WORD KEYPAD

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