Identify types of initiating devices and their components.

Identification should include

• automatic alarms (e.g., heat detectors, smoke detectors, flame detectors, fire-gas detectors, wet-pipe and dry-pipe sprinkler systems)
• manual alarms (e.g., pull boxes, break glass call points).

Identification should also include descriptions of the sensor devices in specified alarms and the various types of alarm output (e.g., audible, visual).

Process/Skill Questions:

• What are the shortcomings of audible alarms?
• What are some auxiliary services provided by alarm systems?
• How does an automatic, dry-pipe fire suppression system operate?