We are upgrading our fire alarm system at my downtown hotel. Because we have an internal "fire brigade" our alarm does not have to ring throughout the building everytime there is an alarm. We have a pre-alarm at the front desk. The 2 or 3 man brigade is called via walkie-talkies, we check it out. If we see or smell ANYTHING we call back the front desk & have the general alarm put on.
There have been problems during the work. A number of times the general alarm has rung, sometimes in the middle of the night, often due to human error.
I'm shocked at the number of guest that ignore the alarms or the ones that call the front desk to ask what is going on? Some free advice folks, when the fire alarm in an hotel is ringing the front desk usually does not know right away why either! Get off your butts & evacuate. That is what the alarm means!
There have been problems during the work. A number of times the general alarm has rung, sometimes in the middle of the night, often due to human error.
I'm shocked at the number of guest that ignore the alarms or the ones that call the front desk to ask what is going on? Some free advice folks, when the fire alarm in an hotel is ringing the front desk usually does not know right away why either! Get off your butts & evacuate. That is what the alarm means!
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