Hazard and Threat Assessment System
First Claim
1. A fire alarm monitoring system comprising:
- a receiver adapted to receive fire alarm information from a plurality of fire sensors in a building, the fire alarm information indicative of a fire alarm event;
a controller in communication with the receiver for determining a rate of change or a duration of at least one aspect of the fire alarm event and for determining a graphical illustration to graphically illustrate the rate of change or the duration; and
a display in communication with the controller, the display adapted to graphically illustrate the graphic illustration of the rate of change or the duration of the at least one aspect of the fire alarm event.
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Abstract
A fire alarm system for graphically illustrating a fire alarm event is provided. The fire alarm system may receive fire alarm information from one or more fire sensors in a building, and may determine a rate of change of at least one aspect of the fire sensor. The rate of increase of temperature, the length that the fire sensor has been activated, the progression of the fire, etc. The rate of change may be graphically illustrated to enable the operator to quickly assess the fire alarm event. A fire alarm system, whose actions are modified by the rate of change of the fire alarm event, is also provided. Depending on the rate of change, one or more input devices (e.g., cameras or other sensors) one or more output devices (e.g., sprinklers, notification appliances, etc.) in the fire alarm system may be controlled.
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1. A fire alarm monitoring system comprising:
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a receiver adapted to receive fire alarm information from a plurality of fire sensors in a building, the fire alarm information indicative of a fire alarm event; a controller in communication with the receiver for determining a rate of change or a duration of at least one aspect of the fire alarm event and for determining a graphical illustration to graphically illustrate the rate of change or the duration; and a display in communication with the controller, the display adapted to graphically illustrate the graphic illustration of the rate of change or the duration of the at least one aspect of the fire alarm event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A fire alarm system comprising:
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a plurality of sprinklers; a plurality of cameras; a plurality of notification appliances; a plurality of fire sensors; and a controller in communication with the sprinklers, the cameras, the notification appliances, and the fire sensors, the controller comprising logic for; receiving fire alarm information from the fire sensors indicative of a fire alarm event; determining a rate of change of at least one aspect of the fire alarm event based on the fire alarm information and previous fire alarm information; determining progression of the fire alarm event based on the rate of change; selecting at least one of the sprinklers, cameras, or notification appliances based on the progression of the fire alarm event; and controlling at least one of the sprinklers, cameras or notification appliances based on the determined progression of the fire alarm event. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for displaying information regarding a fire alarm event, the method comprising:
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receiving fire alarm information from a plurality of fire sensors in a building, the fire alarm information indicative of a fire alarm event; determining a rate of change or a duration of at least one aspect of the fire alarm event; determining a graphical illustration to graphically illustrate the rate of change or the duration; and graphically illustrating the graphic illustration of the rate of change or the duration of the at least one aspect of the fire alarm event. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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