Heat Activated Fire Alarms

Home fires are devastating and unfortunately no one know where a home fire will start.  Many high risk areas such as the kitchen, dining room, attic, furnace room, utility room, basement, crawlspace, and integral or attached garage lack early detection warning equipment due to the limitations of traditional smoke alarms.  That’s why industry experts recommend the use of heat detectors designed for early warning detection in such high risk areas, and ThermaLINK Heat Activated Fire Alarms are the #1 heat detector in the direct sales industry.

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Why Heat Alarms?

When it comes to fire protection for your home, the combination of heat and smoke detectors in their appropriate locations will provide you the complete coverage you need.  While smoke detectors are sensitive to detecting smoke, heat detectors are equally as important according to Section A.29.8.4 of The National Fire Alarm Code.

“While Chapter 29 does not require heat alarms or heat detectors as part of the basic protection scheme, it is recommended that the householder consider the use and placement of additional heat detectors for the same reasons presented under Section A.29.8.3.”

Section A. 29.8.3   “One of the most critical factors of any fire alarm system is the location of the fire detecting devices. This annex is not a technical study.  It is an attempt to provide some fundamentals on fire-warning equipment location.  For simplicity, only those types of alarms or detectors recognized by Chapter 29 (e.g. smoke and heat alarms or smoke and heat detectors) are discussed.”