fire detection

[DalyArcher]

So the rough in electrical is all done in my cabinet shop and I took the weekend to just hang out with my wife and my boy and kindda paused on the construction project for now. Anyway, in between making pancakes and playing trains I had a realization that I completely overlooked any sort of fire detection in my new shop.

I am thinking a single heat detector as smoke detectors are not that friendly in a dusty environment. My addional thought was, I will never hear the beeping of a detector inside the shop at two in the morning so perhaps a loud hailer/air raid siren mounted on the outside of the building.

What are you guys employing for fire detection in your detached shops?

 

[Elginz]

Non in the attached mostly woodworking shop. The welding shop, detached, was not meant to be a welding shop has a smoke detector hard wired to a couple in the house. I have to make sure the exhaust fan is running and makeup air on the othe end is a window open.

 

[btdobie]

Modern ionizing smoke detectors are more resistant to dust than older styles so I would put one of those in as well as a heat detector. The siren sounds like a good idea, but i would also look into getting one of the self monitored security systems so you can receive text alerts if you're gone.

 

[REDONE]

I'm glad you brought this up since I've given it very little thought (ok, no thought) but completely recognize the need! At work we have optical fire sensors in the shop and automatic sprinklers (which ****, they're the little-red-stick-blocking-the-water type). I don't want those sprinklers in my shop since they can pop at ambient temps if they get extreme, and I have no idea what those optical fire sensors cost...

All I know is that attached garages are required to have a self closing and latching door to the main house to slow the spread of fire into the house, and I only know that's for sure in my local building code, so that might be different elsewhere. But that does nothing for fire protection.

EDIT>> My FIL is a retired fire chief or captain or something in Eugene,OR now doing fire PI for insurance companies. I just texted him to see what he thinks *shudder*.

 

[1redTA]

don't forget carbon monoxide

 

[pcmeiners]

Perhaps a smoke detector is not that important, you can't technically kill tools with smoke (this could be argued), so a heat detector system is important.
Don't forget the type X Sheetrock.