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Alarm management — is the application of human factors (or ergonomics as the field is referred to outside the U.S.) along with instrumentation engineering and systems thinking to manage the design of an alarm system to increase its usability. Most often the major… …   Wikipedia

Alarm (disambiguation) — Alarm may refer to: *Alarm magazine, a music art magazine based in Chicago, IL. *Alarm, a device that gives an audible or visual warning of a problem or condition *ALARM, (Air Launched Anti Radiation Missile) a British anti radiation missile… …   Wikipedia

Alarm — An alarm (French: À l arme To the arms ) gives an audible or visual warning of a problem or condition.Alarms include: * burglar alarms, designed to warn of burglaries; this is often a silent alarm: the police or guards are warned without… …   Wikipedia

Fire alarm control panel — A fire alarm control panel (FACP), also called a fire alarm panel. Technicians usually refer to the FACP as the panel. A fire alarm control panel is the central control device that receives information from input devices (smoke detectors, heat… …   Wikipedia

National Emergency Alarm Repeater — The N.E.A.R. Warning Device. The National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR) was a civilian emergency warning device in the United States. It was a 2 3 (5 7.5cm) square box designed to plug into a standard 110 volt power outlet to receive a special… …   Wikipedia

silent alarm — 1. an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station. 2. any visual rather than audible alarm. * * * …   Universalium

silent alarm — 1. an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station. 2. any visual rather than audible alarm …   Useful english dictionary

Fire alarm notification appliance — A Wheelock MT 24 LSM electronic fire alarm horn and strobe. A fire alarm notification appliance is an active fire protection component. A notification appliance may use audible, visible, or other stimuli to alert the occupants of a fire or other… …   Wikipedia

Fire alarm system — An automatic fire alarm system is designed to detect the unwanted presence of fire by monitoring environmental changes associated with combustion. In general, a fire alarm system is either classified as automatic, manually activated, or both.… …   Wikipedia

Silent alarm — For the Bloc Party album, see Silent Alarm (album) .A silent alarm is a burglar alarm that makes no noise that is audible to the trespasser. The alarm makes an audible noise elsewhere and notifies the police. A silent alarm may also be a panic… …   Wikipedia

Car alarm — This article is about the electronic device. For the Kim Possible episode, see Car Alarm (TV Episode). A car alarm is an electronic device installed in a vehicle in an attempt to discourage theft of the vehicle itself, its contents, or both. Car… …   Wikipedia