Cause And Effect Fire Alarm [2021] -

He thought about the chain of events. The faulty wire. The ionization. The scream. The fall. The panic.

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Above him, the alarm kept screaming. It didn't care that he was hurt. It didn't care that he was scared. It had done its job. It had sensed the invisible. It had translated the chemical reality of combustion into the auditory reality of danger. He thought about the chain of events

"Shut up," he hissed. "Just shut up."

| Cause | Effect | |-------|--------| | Any manual call point on Floor 2 activated | Evacuation alarm (temporal pattern) on Floors 1,2,3; Alert signal on Floor 4; Strobe lights on Floor 2 | | Smoke detector in Lift Lobby on Floor 5 | Homing of all lifts to Ground Floor; Disable lift automatic recall on further alarms; Activate lobby pressurization fan | | Sprinkler flow switch in Basement Car Park | Full building evacuation; Shut down all AHUs; Close all fire dampers; Unlock all magnetic door holders | | Two independent heat detectors in Server Room | Release clean agent suppression (after 30s pre-discharge warning); Shut down non-critical IT equipment | The scream