Advanced MxPro 5 AlarmCalm Button with Buzzer

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At Advanced, we’re passionate about fire safety and believe fire alarms should only sound when there’s a genuine reason. Unfortunately, false alarms are a persistent problem. They’re disruptive, can be costly, and waste fire and rescue service resources. Worse still, they can cause complacency and delayed reactions in real fire emergencies, putting lives and property at risk. Fortunately, whatever false alarm problem you may be facing, Advanced has a solution.

Let’s look at some common scenarios. In apartment blocks, steam from showers, smoke from cooking, and call point misuse can lead to unnecessary evacuations, annoying residents, and deterring prospective tenants. In supermarkets, repeated false activations can be caused by heat, steam, and smoke from in store bakery ovens. When the problem persists, staff sometimes turn off their whole fire system in frustration with serious potential consequences. Meanwhile, in manufacturing plants, high temperatures, dust, and chemicals can all increase the chance of unwanted alarms and unnecessary evacuations causing production downtime and potential loss of business.

Luckily, the Axis e n, MX Pro five, and Go Fire panels from Advanced have the powerful false alarm management capability of AlarmCam built in. Alarm Calm combines versatile software, detector technology, and the optional Alarm Calm button to put an end to false alarm frustration. Here’s how. If someone in a flat creates cooking smoke, their verification sounder will activate. If they have an alarm calm button installed, the person can press it to silence the sounder, extend the verification time, and give the smoke chance to clear.

During verification, if no other device activates and the smoke clears, the system will return to normal, avoiding unnecessary evacuation of other residents. However, if the problem becomes more serious and smoke persists beyond the verification time, the system will go into full alarm, and the necessary evacuation procedures can begin. In the case of a supermarket bakery, if smoke from the oven activates a multi sensor, a verification countdown timer can be programmed to begin. If the smoke clears and no heat is detected, the system will return to normal, avoiding evacuation. On industrial sites, false alarm risks vary based on building use.

On a shop floor, where steam or smoke occur around the clock, you can set a verification time. A device activation registers on the fire panel, but if no other detector is activated during the countdown, the system automatically resets, avoiding unnecessary evacuation and costly downtime. Elsewhere in the building, for example, in offices only occupied for a few hours per day, you can set different false alarm strategies. This is easy to do as Alarm Calm uses building areas for programming. These allow you to design your false alarm management around specific risks on your site rather than being restricted by the fire zones in place.

Alarm Com’s programming flexibility makes it highly adaptable across a wide range of settings. You can easily program a variety of alarm verification and investigation delays according to time of day, staff presence, and building use. Other special features like exam mode make AlarmCam ideal for schools or other situations where it’s critical to avoid accidental sounder disturbance. AlarmCam comes as standard with every Axis e n, MX Pro five, and Go panel. For advice on how to make the most of this powerful feature, please contact your sales manager or a member of our technical support team.