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What good is a fire alarm system without an effective means of notifying building occupants when there’s a fire in progress? Not much.

System Sensor announced a line of notification solutions for fire safety and emergency communication systems, providing easy-to-install, efficient options for life safety system integrators.

The System Sensor L-Series covers the full range of candela settings while having the lowest power consumption — up to 35 percent reduction across all settings.

Security dealers will need to rethink their decisions about certain fire alarm notification appliances as the result of new code changes.