Extra security smoke alarm system

An extra security alarm system for monitoring conditions within a predetermined monitoring area and alerting persons located within the monitoring area, in a vicinity of the monitoring area and appropriate emergency personnel as to existence of an emergency situation, said extra security alarm system including:

• a) a plurality of sensor means strategically positioned throughout the monitoring area for sensing conditions within the monitoring area, each of said plurality of sensor means including a sensor for sensing a plurality of conditions, a control unit for analyzing the conditions sensed by said sensor to determine if an alarm situation exists and generating a sensor signal indicative of the sensed conditions, a transmitter for transmitting the sensor signal to other ones of said plurality of sensor means, receiver means for receiving sensor signals from the other ones of said plurality of sensor means, and alarm means for generating an alarm signal upon determining at least one of an alarm condition has been sensed by said sensor and receipt of a sensor signal indicating an alarm condition has been sensed by one of said plurality of sensor means;
• b) a central monitoring unit including receiver means for receiving said sensor signals from said plurality of sensor means, control means for analyzing said received signals to determine if an emergency situation exists and generating an emergency signal upon determining an emergency situation exists, and transmitter means for transmitting said emergency signal;
• c) means for alerting emergency personnel upon receipt of an emergency signal from said central monitoring unit comprising telephone means for automatically calling appropriate emergency personnel, said telephone means including a receiver to receive emergency signals issued by said central monitoring unit, telephone controller means for analyzing said emergency signals to determine whether a signal has been received which indicates that an emergency situation exists, and a memory unit for storing a plurality of telephone numbers of emergency personnel, said telephone controller means retrieving selected ones of said plurality of telephone numbers upon analysis of said emergency signals for automatically contacting said appropriate emergency personnel;
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• d) means for alerting persons in a vicinity of the monitoring area upon receipt of an emergency signal from said central monitoring unit comprising flasher means including a receiver to receive a signal from said central monitoring unit, flasher controller means for analyzing any signal received from said central monitoring unit to determine if a signal indicating an emergency situation has been received, and means connected to said flasher controller means to issue an audible alarm for indicating that an emergency situation exists, and means for flashing existing lights to provide a visual indication that an emergency exists.