your workmanship and care for your customers are the best. swearing is totally fine and u are showing up what really happens when a job sounds simple but realize how much more time it takes to do correctly. keep up the good work.
That was fun,,, I'm in Canada and have worked in fire alarm, among other things, for over 20 years. Retired now. We always had 2 people (and walkie talkies) in all system tests. We did a lot of Government work, hospitals, senior homes and jails.
What a top bloke! To take the time out and give people an insight into what you do is highly appreciated. I'm working as a lightning protection engineer at present and wanting to cross over to your side of things your videos have given me the determination to just go for it. Thankyou
Hi Thomas just getting into the trade myself at 24, at college doing one day a week. Just landed a job as an apprentice/lackey/tea maker :) 4 days a week!. I Watch all your videos and your work ethic, presentation, methods are deferentially something to learn from keep up the good work buddy!.
Your videos are great. I know how hard it is to get the job done and also film at the same time but you're doing a brilliant job. Keep up the good work 👍
I do like a twin flex pro panel. Part 1 & 6 this conforms too for a sav wire. Very intelligent for what it is. It's nice to see no resistors in the non used terminals. I see a lot of electricians put EOL resistors in non used terminals and this causes them to over heat. This panel you can switch off unused terminals. Very neat 👍🏻
Tom yet another great video, don't worry about how you come across every single video provides great information and humour. P.s. you need an apprentice!!! Being ex army I can fund my own training if I had a workplace 🤔😉
I wish my school had that logic link system as it is common for the alarm to go off when a teacher uses a toaster. In my years at the school we have had more alarms from food than drills
I used to work for a very well-known grocery delivery company who are extremely popular in central London. As it was the nature of our job to be constantly unloading, our training put strong emphasis on loading rules in the city. You are permitted to stop for loading (includes unloading too of course) for 20 minutes on double yellow lines, AND in on-street Pay and Display parking spaces. You are also allowed to double-park alongside on-street parking bays so long as there is at least one free lane for trafffic to move around you. Exceptions to these loading rules are: - Not on Zig Zag markings, on any pedestrian crossing - Not blocking any dropped kerb - Not within 10 meters of a junction - Not where double yellow lines run down the kerb (no loading at any time) - Not in an area of restricted loading - these are marked by a single yellow kerb marking, and the times are shown on signs on the kerbside. - Not where the local council has suspended parking or loading. It's not exhaustive but it might save you hauling half a dozen heavy fire extinguishers along a main road in the city!
Great video Tom. I'm starting my electrical apprenticeship within the next few weeks and your videos have been very informative and enjoyable. Keep it up mate!
This is quite fascinating seeing the differences between testing there and here. We do not have a weekly test but we do have monthlies that serve the same purpose.
I discovered you yesterday and I love your channel. You are doing the work I always wanted to do since I was a kid, but couldn't afford college and no one locally wanted an apprentice. You are doing a great job anyway, but to record your work on video so professionally is even better! Thanks for your uploads, I have now subscribed
Love your videos. They are entertaining and educational. Neat seeing the slight difference in your work vs what I'm used to in the USA. Thanks for your time!
No worries at all Tom ive just subscribed to your channel from Perth Western Australia im not an electrician. You do an awesome job trying to keep up with requests doing your job filming and editing your days work you have passion and great work ethic standards... just remember to take some time out for you too! Cheers mate!
Great content again. If you want to save legs n stuff you could carry a can of compressed air and blow it to alarms after the alarm has started. It wont retrigger the alarm that way. Also you can set the panel to walkmode or testmode, not sure whats it called so you dont need to go back to panel after all invidual buttons and censors. Just check the log that they all sent the alarm to panel
Another great video Tom! Brilliant to watch. Hope you keep making them. I'm hoping to go solo one day and these videos are great in terms of what to expect when I make the jump. Cheers
Tom, I have watched the majority of your videos, "excellent!"; very informative and you have a captivating camera presence. Please keep up the great work. Cheers from your neighbour in Atlantic Canada; Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jeff Smith, TTM Home Inspections & Home Check-ups. August 29, 2018.
Great video Tom .. When I used to work on lots of different panels there used to be a one man test mode, even if it was just a pin connection link or a test mode on the addressed ones... :-)
Had a fire safety inspector come into my work last week. Found one of our emergency light failed. I Checked it two weeks ago and it worked. I Found the logic board failed so had to replace with a whole new from old standard emergency light to LED emergency light. I did it all by myself yesterday. Now we’ll pass fire safety inspection when the fire safety inspector comes in again this week
Hi Tom, keep up the great videos. I’ve just got some potential work/experience finally so hopefully it works out for me :) Thanks for the inspiration 👍
Wow congratulations on 1k subs man, very well deserved! That's crazy I'm pretty sure when I first started watching you only had like 20 or so! You need an apprentice mate, find one that's actually interested and keen to learn and you're laughing! Will make you £££ in the long run too😉 Hope all is well👍
Sounds like you should get looking for an apprentice mate. I've heard you mention it a couple times now. Probably should look into it, would make for good videos! Keep it up mate. Informational and entertaining, lovely to see others take pride in their work :)
You should do subsequent alarms so you don’t have to run up and down the stairs to reset. Just write down or remember the order you set off the alarms. I do Reg. 4 testing for Los Angeles county and sometimes I have to do it alone.
Thomas if you already have got a key, put in "test mode" that would save a bit of time and your ears may not bleed at the end of day.. ps in test mode you won't need to put as much smoke in it as detectors are more sensitive..
The ontario fire marshal here in Kingston ontario canada will leave a one week notice during a building fire alarme test that says the fire alarmes will be sounded but to ignore them as they are being tested but the alarmes may go off without warnning
Just Thought I would mention it to you as it would save you a lot of hassle. I would invest in an Apollo test kit. It has extension poles and makes life a lot easier testing Thomas.
i know mate; they are lovely kits but pricey. i only test about three or four alarms a year so it just seems a lot of cash for minimal use i see what i mean? im doing another fire alarm course in January so i may end up investing in it then as the poles also makes life alot quicker too ;-)
Great videos Tom I'm a first year apprentice and your videos are great to learn from. Can you fit in one of your videos how you go about doing two way switches and intermediates ?
I just did a fire test in an apartment here. Gave caretaker over a week notice on day I was to be there so they could notify tenants. When it came to ring the bells, everyone came out... They never got notified. I usually do the testing with bells offline then when done, do a final test with bells.
Keep up the good work man. Just a little note - wouldn't it be easier to use the Walk Test mode so when you finish testing a call point the alarm silenced itself? That would stop you needing to keep going back to the panel
For what reason would you have the detectors only programmed for a single thing? Presumably you're paying to have both heat and smoke sensors in the unit, so why not have them both enabled, especially in a hallway like this, it's not like it's in a boiler/airing cupboard. Also why only heat and smoke? I'd have thought modern systems could quite cheaply add a CO sensor as well.
Mustang because you couldn’t really have a smoke alarm in the kitchen because of vapour and general fumes so you would have the detector programmed to heat
CO sensors would mean a significant increase in unit cost, that would really add up on any significant project, and if not required by the standards why price for them if your competitors pricing the job won't Would also make testing more costly if testing the CO component, (more gear to carry around too), and CO sensors usually have a limited lifespan so replacements would be required much sooner.
dude that system has a one man test mode..also have a look at the Apollo no climb test pole it will save you lugging your steps about and the test head fits over the afd so you can use less smoke stopping false alarm after testing.it also has a heat detector test head.
Hi im training to become an electrician and have just started watching your channel. I am finding it very helpful on what to expect and the advice on tools a geart help. Thanks Damion
Powder fire extinguishers need to be maintained regularly to make sure the powder does not settle and bake at the bottom. Replacing them is probably cheaper than having them maintained. A 12 month turnaround does sound a bit excessive but better safe than sorry i guess.
the flat im in has a fire alarm system similar to that one, but i have one question. in regards to the sensor which type would you recommend for someone who vapes, there has been a few time where i have set the alarm off by just vaping in my room and is just annoying
Love your work mate so nice to see an elective an who's work is so neat and love the vids! I'm a fire alarm engineer by trade did you do your fault finding on this service? And as I can see from some of the other comments your aware their is a test mode so won't need to go into that ☺ keep up the good work 👍
Addicted to your videos Thomas. I was wondering if you allow people who are completing the 2391 and 2392 to come and work with you for free to gain experience?
Hi Thomas, I'm an electrician based in south east London just wanted to know your thoughts on checkatrader if you use or not, or if it's worth it??? Thanks Richard 👍
Oh fuck me yes it's worth it. I've done all types of advertising directories websites, gumtree, my builder, contacting builders and estate agents direct, yell.com. local papers. Everything. Checkatrade is by a million miles the best.
I live in a small town and it still performs. You need a call out a month to get your money back and I win between 2-6 jobs per week from it. It's the quickest way to grow your client base
Wouldn't worry too much about camera quality, set up and footage too much mate. What you're doing now works well. Besides, at the end of the day you're a spark not Stephen Spielberg. Another Great video.
Hi tom, just wondering , what should a sparky charge for a days work or a call out? I'm based in south London. Great videos by the way. Really helpful with your knowledge in the industry. just starting out myself in the trade, so all the hints, tips and experience that you're sharing is really grateful.
Hey Thomas Top video as always, just wanted to ask what do you do regards to recording your services and inspections on the fire alarm/detectors also how often do you test your emergency lighting. Where I work as a rule I do a weekly call point/fire alarm test on a Thursday around the same time so staff know it's a test and at the same time I do a single emergency light spot test. I then fill out a record spreadsheet I knocked up on excel with the dates tested, location and any findings. That has been enough to please the people in charge
I did have these bits in the video but I had to cut it out because of the length of the video. I did the emergency lighting at the same time but again, had to chop it out due to time constraints on the film. I think I will do an emergency lighting video separately. the way you are doing it sounds the same as most I think. There are official docs you can use to fill out this stuff but nothing wrong with using your own as long as it covers everything that's needed. I don't see why not? On site is a file which contains the fire alarm plans, zone charts, and test results etc. ;-)
I live in a 3 floor flat with polystyrene cladding on the outside and we have absolutely no fire alarms inside except from the in flat smoke alarms (which the occupant are responsible for).
You can put the panel in walk test mode and it will reset itself after every activation.
"Put that out so if anyone dies I can say it wasn't my fault" 😂😂😂
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cool content, as a school kid its really intersting to see how people do their jobs
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@@alexandersalarms5380 not that much
your workmanship and care for your customers are the best. swearing is totally fine and u are showing up what really happens when a job sounds simple but realize how much more time it takes to do correctly. keep up the good work.
That was fun,,, I'm in Canada and have worked in fire alarm, among other things, for over 20 years. Retired now.
We always had 2 people (and walkie talkies) in all system tests. We did a lot of Government work, hospitals, senior homes and jails.
What a top bloke! To take the time out and give people an insight into what you do is highly appreciated. I'm working as a lightning protection engineer at present and wanting to cross over to your side of things your videos have given me the determination to just go for it. Thankyou
glad you like em buddy. shout if you need advice etc.
;-)
Hi Thomas just getting into the trade myself at 24, at college doing one day a week. Just landed a job as an apprentice/lackey/tea maker :) 4 days a week!. I Watch all your videos and your work ethic, presentation, methods are deferentially something to learn from keep up the good work buddy!.
Your videos are great. I know how hard it is to get the job done and also film at the same time but you're doing a brilliant job. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks Rafael
Dans the Engineer -the struggle of being a porn star
Another slice of your weekend devoted to youtube production. Thanks Thomas.
As an apprentice thank you for all your knowledge and explanations! You make more sense than most people I have worked with! Keep up the good work!
keep up the good work mate - your editing is better than most who have a fixed camera, never mind lugging all of it around with you! keep it up.
as an electrician myself i love to see how others work in other countries. lovin this
I do like a twin flex pro panel. Part 1 & 6 this conforms too for a sav wire. Very intelligent for what it is. It's nice to see no resistors in the non used terminals. I see a lot of electricians put EOL resistors in non used terminals and this causes them to over heat. This panel you can switch off unused terminals. Very neat 👍🏻
This is the original video that got me into watching this channel all the time 😂😂
Tom yet another great video, don't worry about how you come across every single video provides great information and humour.
P.s. you need an apprentice!!! Being ex army I can fund my own training if I had a workplace 🤔😉
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I wish my school had that logic link system as it is common for the alarm to go off when a teacher uses a toaster. In my years at the school we have had more alarms from food than drills
You kept calling the panel a fuseboard 😂 electricians life be like
I used to work for a very well-known grocery delivery company who are extremely popular in central London. As it was the nature of our job to be constantly unloading, our training put strong emphasis on loading rules in the city.
You are permitted to stop for loading (includes unloading too of course) for 20 minutes on double yellow lines, AND in on-street Pay and Display parking spaces. You are also allowed to double-park alongside on-street parking bays so long as there is at least one free lane for trafffic to move around you.
Exceptions to these loading rules are:
- Not on Zig Zag markings, on any pedestrian crossing
- Not blocking any dropped kerb
- Not within 10 meters of a junction
- Not where double yellow lines run down the kerb (no loading at any time)
- Not in an area of restricted loading - these are marked by a single yellow kerb marking, and the times are shown on signs on the kerbside.
- Not where the local council has suspended parking or loading.
It's not exhaustive but it might save you hauling half a dozen heavy fire extinguishers along a main road in the city!
Tom great content in your video, i am a registered contractor in Ireland so i have great interest in some of the differences in our regs
Great video Tom. I'm starting my electrical apprenticeship within the next few weeks and your videos have been very informative and enjoyable. Keep it up mate!
This is quite fascinating seeing the differences between testing there and here. We do not have a weekly test but we do have monthlies that serve the same purpose.
Also that is a neat system you have... I don't think we have any system that fancy approved here... but Canada is very conservative with Fire Alarms.
I discovered you yesterday and I love your channel. You are doing the work I always wanted to do since I was a kid, but couldn't afford college and no one locally wanted an apprentice. You are doing a great job anyway, but to record your work on video so professionally is even better! Thanks for your uploads, I have now subscribed
Just watched this one Tom very good video shows the wide variety of work u cover 👍👍👍
You are a boss! Hard enough being self employed, you’re doing great!
Love your videos. They are entertaining and educational. Neat seeing the slight difference in your work vs what I'm used to in the USA. Thanks for your time!
Your videos are very much appreciated Thomas, keep up the good work and great content.
Nice video Thomas, you should do a video showing what the back of your van looks like fully kitted out!
No worries at all Tom ive just subscribed to your channel from Perth Western Australia im not an electrician. You do an awesome job trying to keep up with requests doing your job filming and editing your days work you have passion and great work ethic standards... just remember to take some time out for you too! Cheers mate!
Yes today was a good day that I watched your video and really enjoyed every single bit of it. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Great content again. If you want to save legs n stuff you could carry a can of compressed air and blow it to alarms after the alarm has started. It wont retrigger the alarm that way. Also you can set the panel to walkmode or testmode, not sure whats it called so you dont need to go back to panel after all invidual buttons and censors. Just check the log that they all sent the alarm to panel
Use pressured air to clean detectors after you smoked them, you´ll have less trouble.
KEEP THE EXCELLENT WORK.GBY!
Spray of compressed air into the smoke head after the smoke works a charm
testing Tuesday was also for Broadmoor hospital escape prisoner alarm back in the the day at 10am - most towns in a 10 mile radius had a siren.
Another great video Tom! Brilliant to watch. Hope you keep making them. I'm hoping to go solo one day and these videos are great in terms of what to expect when I make the jump. Cheers
That intro was brilliant
Tom, I have watched the majority of your videos, "excellent!"; very informative and you have a captivating camera presence. Please keep up the great work. Cheers from your neighbour in Atlantic Canada; Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jeff Smith, TTM Home Inspections & Home Check-ups. August 29, 2018.
the fire alarm day in my school is a thursday but once a burnt toadt set an alarm off on a tuesday. the alarms there are apollo s65 with strobe
Excellent stuff, love all your videos!
cheers boss ;-)
Looks like you will have to get someone to work for you, so many people are asking for this :)
Good video;)
Fike twinflex pro you can do a silent test and wait for the LED on the device, then test the sounders at the end.
Great video Tom .. When I used to work on lots of different panels there used to be a one man test mode, even if it was just a pin connection link or a test mode on the addressed ones... :-)
love watching your videos .. keep up the good work
Had a fire safety inspector come into my work last week. Found one of our emergency light failed. I Checked it two weeks ago and it worked. I Found the logic board failed so had to replace with a whole new from old standard emergency light to LED emergency light. I did it all by myself yesterday. Now we’ll pass fire safety inspection when the fire safety inspector comes in again this week
Hi Tom, keep up the great videos. I’ve just got some potential work/experience finally so hopefully it works out for me :) Thanks for the inspiration 👍
hey bud! glad to hear it mate. if you need help/advice/emotional rescue/coffee support just ask. ;-)
thomas nagy Thanks mate
Wow congratulations on 1k subs man, very well deserved! That's crazy I'm pretty sure when I first started watching you only had like 20 or so! You need an apprentice mate, find one that's actually interested and keen to learn and you're laughing! Will make you £££ in the long run too😉
Hope all is well👍
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Hello lovely work
Sounds like you should get looking for an apprentice mate. I've heard you mention it a couple times now. Probably should look into it, would make for good videos! Keep it up mate. Informational and entertaining, lovely to see others take pride in their work :)
This is different from what they do in the US but still a great video!! How often do you do these kind of videos? I have a firelite MS-5UD in my home.
You should do subsequent alarms so you don’t have to run up and down the stairs to reset. Just write down or remember the order you set off the alarms. I do Reg. 4 testing for Los Angeles county and sometimes I have to do it alone.
Great video as always!
great video
Thomas if you already have got a key, put in "test mode" that would save a bit of time and your ears may not bleed at the end of day.. ps in test mode you won't need to put as much smoke in it as detectors are more sensitive..
No idea why this was in my recommended but I subscribed
The ontario fire marshal here in Kingston ontario canada will leave a one week notice during a building fire alarme test that says the fire alarmes will be sounded but to ignore them as they are being tested but the alarmes may go off without warnning
Just Thought I would mention it to you as it would save you a lot of hassle. I would invest in an Apollo test kit. It has extension poles and makes life a lot easier testing Thomas.
i know mate; they are lovely kits but pricey. i only test about three or four alarms a year so it just seems a lot of cash for minimal use i see what i mean? im doing another fire alarm course in January so i may end up investing in it then as the poles also makes life alot quicker too ;-)
Great video thank you 😊
You coud have just put in test mode and it would have saved you going up and down the stairs, or hirng an apprentice. Everything awesome
Some systems are odd with testing mode..
Until he has done 100% service and verified zonal indication as he is doing correctly 👍
Keep up the good work!
Coolest channel I've come across in a while :D
Great videos Tom I'm a first year apprentice and your videos are great to learn from. Can you fit in one of your videos how you go about doing two way switches and intermediates ?
i'll get on the case. might not be for a few weeks as i have afew others to get through ;-)
Really informative, subbed.
I like your videos!!!
Really great!
i love you thomas!!!!
Have now subscribed
No joke, I was your 20,000th sub!!!!
I just did a fire test in an apartment here. Gave caretaker over a week notice on day I was to be there so they could notify tenants. When it came to ring the bells, everyone came out... They never got notified.
I usually do the testing with bells offline then when done, do a final test with bells.
Great info bout fire alarms
You so need a transport trolley for your equipment..!!
His back won't keep that slog up
Great video just got a new subscriber found you channel about a week ago i don’t subscribe to a lot of channels but your I just love so I have
Brilliant video. Wanted to know where you carried out your fire training? Thanks
Keep up the good work man.
Just a little note - wouldn't it be easier to use the Walk Test mode so when you finish testing a call point the alarm silenced itself? That would stop you needing to keep going back to the panel
For what reason would you have the detectors only programmed for a single thing?
Presumably you're paying to have both heat and smoke sensors in the unit, so why not have them both enabled, especially in a hallway like this, it's not like it's in a boiler/airing cupboard.
Also why only heat and smoke?
I'd have thought modern systems could quite cheaply add a CO sensor as well.
Mustang because you couldn’t really have a smoke alarm in the kitchen because of vapour and general fumes so you would have the detector programmed to heat
CO sensors would mean a significant increase in unit cost, that would really add up on any significant project, and if not required by the standards why price for them if your competitors pricing the job won't Would also make testing more costly if testing the CO component, (more gear to carry around too), and CO sensors usually have a limited lifespan so replacements would be required much sooner.
Nice mode of demonstrate.AZ phk
dude that system has a one man test mode..also have a look at the Apollo no climb test pole it will save you lugging your steps about and the test head fits over the afd so you can use less smoke stopping false alarm after testing.it also has a heat detector test head.
You could put the panel in walk test so you don't have to keep running down to the panel
Hi im training to become an electrician and have just started watching your channel. I am finding it very helpful on what to expect and the advice on tools a geart help. Thanks Damion
Powder fire extinguishers need to be maintained regularly to make sure the powder does not settle and bake at the bottom. Replacing them is probably cheaper than having them maintained. A 12 month turnaround does sound a bit excessive but better safe than sorry i guess.
Your videos made me want to become an electrician .
It is possible to put that fire panel in OMT save the running around
the flat im in has a fire alarm system similar to that one, but i have one question.
in regards to the sensor which type would you recommend for someone who vapes, there has been a few time where i have set the alarm off by just vaping in my room and is just annoying
D-Tronics UK they should not be vaping as its stupid for a start you can opt for heats
Dont vape then. There's nothing you can install in your flat unless you fit a heat detector, but it is illigal to mess with the system.
Love your work mate so nice to see an elective an who's work is so neat and love the vids! I'm a fire alarm engineer by trade did you do your fault finding on this service? And as I can see from some of the other comments your aware their is a test mode so won't need to go into that ☺ keep up the good work 👍
Addicted to your videos Thomas. I was wondering if you allow people who are completing the 2391 and 2392 to come and work with you for free to gain experience?
after 12 months or so, the fire extinguisher contents can leak and or become flat, so it wont work.
Doesn't setting it off automatically ring the fire department? Or does having the key in the control box prevent it from sending out the call?
Hi Thomas, I'm an electrician based in south east London just wanted to know your thoughts on checkatrader if you use or not, or if it's worth it???
Thanks Richard 👍
Oh fuck me yes it's worth it. I've done all types of advertising directories websites, gumtree, my builder, contacting builders and estate agents direct, yell.com. local papers. Everything. Checkatrade is by a million miles the best.
I live in a small town and it still performs. You need a call out a month to get your money back and I win between 2-6 jobs per week from it. It's the quickest way to grow your client base
Glorified expensive yellow pages. Micky mouse reviews.
Wouldn't worry too much about camera quality, set up and footage too much mate. What you're doing now works well. Besides, at the end of the day you're a spark not Stephen Spielberg. Another Great video.
If you run out of fuses can you use kitchen foil instead? Serious question.
An idea for when you for get to turn the mic on is do a voiceover
Do you call them dill switches in the UK? We call them dip switches in ireland
well done! recently found your channel and subscribed :D
Hi tom, just wondering , what should a sparky charge for a days work or a call out? I'm based in south London. Great videos by the way. Really helpful with your knowledge in the industry. just starting out myself in the trade, so all the hints, tips and experience that you're sharing is really grateful.
that's where you need the apprentice to run up and down the stairs while you wait by the control panel 😂😂😂
Hey Thomas
Top video as always, just wanted to ask what do you do regards to recording your services and inspections on the fire alarm/detectors also how often do you test your emergency lighting. Where I work as a rule I do a weekly call point/fire alarm test on a Thursday around the same time so staff know it's a test and at the same time I do a single emergency light spot test. I then fill out a record spreadsheet I knocked up on excel with the dates tested, location and any findings. That has been enough to please the people in charge
I did have these bits in the video but I had to cut it out because of the length of the video.
I did the emergency lighting at the same time but again, had to chop it out due to time constraints on the film. I think I will do an emergency lighting video separately.
the way you are doing it sounds the same as most I think. There are official docs you can use to fill out this stuff but nothing wrong with using your own as long as it covers everything that's needed. I don't see why not?
On site is a file which contains the fire alarm plans, zone charts, and test results etc.
;-)
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realy enjoy watching your vids keep it up can we pos have a blooper real one day thank you
I live in a 3 floor flat with polystyrene cladding on the outside and we have absolutely no fire alarms inside except from the in flat smoke alarms (which the occupant are responsible for).
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