Event prioritization and user interfacing for hazard detection in multi-room smart-home environment

A hazard detection system existing within a structure comprising a plurality of hazard detection systems positioned in different rooms of the structure, the system comprising:

• a speaker;
• wireless circuitry for wirelessly communicating with the other hazard detection systems within the structure;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to receive data from the other hazard detection systems via the wireless circuitry, the at least processor operative to:
• when an alarm condition exists in a plurality of the rooms of the structure, play back voice alarms via the speaker and enable inter-room hushability according to a first protocol;
• when a pre-alarm condition exists in a plurality of the rooms of the structure, play back voice alarms via the speaker and enable inter-room hushability according to a second protocol, and
• wherein the second protocol is such that it hushes all alarms being emitted by the plurality of hazard detection systems when any one of those plurality of hazard detection systems processes a hush command, and wherein the first protocol is such that it does not hush all of the alarms being emitted by the plurality of hazard detection systems when any one of those plurality of hazard detection systems processes a hush command.