The elementary school that I work at towards the end of last school year got Centegix strobes installed on the ceiling and wall in various places throughout the school.
Now whenever the school does their monthly lockdown drill those strobes flash in red in addition to the PA announcement announcing the drill.
There used to just be PA announcements announcing the lockdown drills before the strobes were installed.
They have Centegix strobes on the exterior of the school mounted on the building near various doors in addition to the ones that are inside the school.
After the fire alarm silenced during the fire drill, the Centigex strobes continued to flash until the PA announced came on announcing the all clear.
It’s not the main fire alarm system but rather a supplement to the system. Much like airbags are supplementary protection with seatbelts. Thus, traditional codes may not apply
Yes, the Centigex strobes indicate that an all clear has not been given and that the building is not to be entered even though the fire alarms may have been silenced.
Unless the system is set to audible silence. This is a code where I live in Canada, where strobes are supposed to flash after the alarm has been silenced, and continue until the panel is fully reset.
The school that I work at doesn’t have audible silence on the fire alarms. When the alarm is silenced, the strobes on the TrueAlerts don’t continue flashing.