What is a good location for alarm system controls?
Burglar alarm systems should be located in the main office areas, libraries, computer labs, science labs, vocational shops, cafeteria and other areas that may be a burglar’s target. All classrooms should have a two-way communication system between the main office and the classrooms. Some older buildings have a one-way buzzer into the main office but most have installed telephones in classrooms. Another system is a hand-held device with a pin in it that the teacher can pull out. Alarm controls should be located in accessible areas that are easy to supervise so students do not tamper with the system. The weather alarm system will, in the future, supply all-weather radios in all schools. The radios would be kept in the principal’s or the secretary’s office and would go off only when an alarm is issued for the school’s surrounding location.
