Fire alarm with integrated firefighter communications system
US8693641B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B25/14
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fire control system may include a fire alarm control panel situated at a first location, the fire alarm control panel coupled to a first hardwire circuit. The fire control system may also include one or more telephone stations, wherein each telephone station of the one or more telephone stations is disposed at a different location than each other telephone stations and coupled through the first hardwire circuit to the fire alarm control panel, and one or more radio repeaters are each disposed at one or more respective locations, and wherein each radio repeater is operative to receive audio information as a radio signal and to transmit the audio information as an electrical signal through a second hardwire circuit to the central telephone.
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