In order to protect property and, when applicable, life, protective fire detection and alarm systems can be installed to initiate a number of different activities: detection and location of a fire; provision of assistance to contain andíor extinguish the fire; emergency evacuation procedures; summoning of fíre-fighting forces.
ITU-T L.21 FRENCH-1996 history
1996ITU-T L.21 FRENCH-1996 Fire Detection and Alarm Systems Detector and Sounder Devices Study Group 6; 12 pp