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sg | 12:43 Fri 31st Dec 2010 | How it Works
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We have a fire alarm for our house of 14 flats. There is a central fire alarm, for which the control panel is in the hall near the front door.
For the last three days the panel has beeped every three seconds and hasn't stopped. This has happened before and I assume each time it happens somebody calls the landlord to get it switched of.
I can't contact the landlord at the moment, so I want to try to stop, or reset the panel myself.
There is a key in the panel which you can switch to Arm, but I don't want all the alarms going off. Is there an easy way of resetting the panel?
It's a Firesafe fpm4-12


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its most probably bleeping because of a fault in one of the zones, its best to call the engineer so they can service the problem as it might be one of the smoke heads that needs fixing
i wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, if you do something that renders this alarm inactive you will be responsible for any fire / deaths that may occur because of your actions,
contact some authority see what they advise about it if you cant get hold of the landlord,
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Thanks for your advice - I think the landlord has been round as the beeping has stopped. It's such a relief!
Mute or Silence: When there is fire or fault alarm, the fire alarm control panel will sound. Press “mute” or “silence” key on the panel, the mute or silence indicator will be lit on and sound terminates. If press the “Mute” or “Silence” key again or a new alarm occurs, the mute or silence indicator will be lit off and sound again.
Reset: Press “reset” key, alarm information, system fault information and display information will be cleared.
Manual: At fire alarm control panel manual status, the external linkage equipment can be started and stop controlled manually.
Automatic: At fire alarm control panel automatic status, the external linkage equipment can be started and stop as pre-set.

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