DSC PC2525 Instruction Manual page 12

FIRE ZONE OPERATION
NOTE: Fire Zones will not be operational on your system until your installer has enabled this feature.
Your installer will inform you if these zones are operational on your system, and of which zones are
affected.
Fire Zones are armed at all times, whether the rest of the system is armed or disarmed. When a Fire Zone
is activated, an alarm will sound with a pulsing tone, even if the rest of the system is disarmed.
Be sure to read the "Fire Safety in the Home", "Household Fire Safety" and "Family Escape Planning"
sections of this manual.
When a Fire Alarm Sounds
If the Fire Alarm sounds at night, do not investigate the alarm. Follow your evacuation plan
immediately. Go to a neighbor and contact the fire department from there.
When a Fire Zone generates an alarm, the bell or siren on your system will sound with a pulsing tone - the
bell or siren will be ON for 2 seconds, and then OFF for 2 seconds.
Transmission of the fire alarm to your monitoring station is delayed for 30 seconds to allow you to cancel
possible false alarms. To silence the alarm, press the [#] Key. When the [#] Key is pressed, the system will
delay transmission of the fire alarm for an additional 90 seconds. The 90-second delay is intended to allow
you to reset the smoke detectors after a false alarm.
If the smoke detector is reset and remains reset after the 90-second delay, a fire alarm will not be
transmitted to the monitoring station.
If the smoke detector is reset but goes into alarm again after the 90-second delay, the fire alarm will sound
again and the process described above will repeat. A fire alarm will be transmitted to your monitoring
station after 30 seconds if it is not silenced by pressing the [#] Key or by entering an Access Code.
Resetting Smoke Detectors
Smoke detectors installed on your system may be reset after a false alarm using the procedure described
here.
IMPORTANT: Your installer will inform you if the [ ][7] command has been set up to reset smoke
detectors on your system.
If a false alarm sounds, (for example, an alarm caused by cooking smoke), first silence the alarm by
pressing the [#] Key within 30 seconds of the alarm's sounding. You should only silence an alarm and
reset the smoke detectors if you are absolutely certain that there is no real threat of fire.
To reset the smoke detectors to normal, first clear all products of combustion from the detectors. Reset
the detectors by entering [ ][7] on the keypad.
If the detectors are clear of smoke, they will return to normal. If the detectors still have smoke in them, the
alarm will sound again. If the alarm sounds again, first ensure that there is no threat of fire; you may then
silence the alarm and reset the smoke detectors.
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