Role of Automatic Fire Alarm Systems and Fire Extinguishers in Designing Urban Buildings

Catastrophes concerning fire are an inordinate risk to human life and property. Ascribed to the lack of knowledge on fire safety among people, building fire safety at the present has progressively established its significance. Several approaches to avert fire have been undertaken. Fire safety systems such as automatic fire alarms deliver instantaneous automated surveillance and monitoring of the fire accidents, triggering an alarm indicating fire while fire extinguishers put off fire instantaneously. The fire alarm systems detect the signs of fire such as smoke and generate correspondingly a prompt alarm triggering an evacuation immediately and employing fire extinguishers such as water sprinklers or a call to the fire safety personnel, thus aiding in reduction of the damage caused to human lives as well as the buildings. Attributed to rapid urbanization, a myriad number of buildings are on a rise necessitating a large amount of fire safety systems to be devised that regularly check for smoke and an increase in temperature. This paper reviews and emphasises the use of fire safety systems and emergency response systems that must be adopted leading to a safe environment.