What's the point of fire alarms?

I believe you also need to have the "fire suppression system" placed in the room for the sprinklers to go off. Now, I'm not sure if the alarm and sprinkler system work together or not, but I have seen it in action. It just poofs the fire right out.

I don't know, but I really feel your pain! This exact thing happened to me the other day - I'd been playing through the generations to get to this specific sim, moved him out to start his YA life in his new place, and within 1 sim day the cooker caught on fire and he burned to death ignoring all pleas from me to extinguish himself, whilst listening to the sound of the fire alarm! Luckily I'd just saved it before he moved, so I could just exit and start again! I've now stopped having fire alarms as there is no point, and I've downloaded MC Command so I can auto save regularly...

To ensure your sim will extinguish themselves, cancel Fire! In their queue. Then the extinguish self command will drop right down.

"Melmack;c-16717588" wrote:
I believe you also need to have the "fire suppression system" placed in the room for the sprinklers to go off. Now, I'm not sure if the alarm and sprinkler system work together or not, but I have seen it in action. It just poofs the fire right out.

You don't need to have the supression item in the room specifically, it can go anywhere and it will still work; I often place it outside and it still puts fires out.

I always put fire alarms in rooms with cookers and fireplaces etc. out of habit since TS1, so don't know if supression system will still work without them. :smile:

"TheStarHermit;c-16717697" wrote:


You don't need to have the supression item in the room specifically, it can go anywhere and it will still work; I often place it outside and it still puts fires out.

Well, thank you for that info. Good to know I don't need to have that panel uglying up my kitchens anymore. :smiley:

"asimbsim;c-16717918" wrote:
Weirdly, I just built a house and didn't put a fire alarm or sprinkler system panel thing anywhere in the build. A neighbour came round and lit the fireplace (in the middle of summer, grr!) and the living room caught on fire. A random sprinkler appeared above the neighbour that caught on fire and put the fire out!?!? I had 2 toddlers in the house so I don't know if its an inbuilt game thing to protect children, or whether its just a glitch? It all just feels a bit random!

Do you have the sprinklers that came with Seasons? I've seen Simmers have these and not a fire alarm and suppression box and sprinklers came out of the ceiling and put out the fires. Otherwise, you do have to have a fire alarm and the suppression box somewhere on your lot in order to get sprinklers to come out during fires.

"damagedlostbroken;c-16718200" wrote:


Do you have the sprinklers that came with Seasons? I've seen Simmers have these and not a fire alarm and suppression box and sprinklers came out of the ceiling and put out the fires. Otherwise, you do have to have a fire alarm and the suppression box somewhere on your lot in order to get sprinklers to come out during fires.

Ahh, I did put a sprinkler in the garden for my Sims to play in during the summer- does that automatically start them if there's a fire in the house?! That's a random coincidence that stopped my house burning down if so, and really quite awesome! Thanks!

"asimbsim;c-16718471" wrote:

"damagedlostbroken;c-16718200" wrote:


Do you have the sprinklers that came with Seasons? I've seen Simmers have these and not a fire alarm and suppression box and sprinklers came out of the ceiling and put out the fires. Otherwise, you do have to have a fire alarm and the suppression box somewhere on your lot in order to get sprinklers to come out during fires.

Ahh, I did put a sprinkler in the garden for my Sims to play in during the summer- does that automatically start them if there's a fire in the house?! That's a random coincidence that stopped my house burning down if so, and really quite awesome! Thanks!

Not that sprinkle - on the page with the fire alarm detector is the house fire sprinkler - Put it on an out side wall - I put mine near the back door - then I put a smoke detector in every room that has a fire device - like a stove, a fireplace, the chemistry set, the wood working bench if in the house. Where ever I have a smoke detector the alarm goes off - the sprinkler drops down and puts out the fire instantly. It does not work on anything outside - like barbeques or fire pits - sims has to put those out. ( I notice when the smoke detector goes off if any toddler are in the house one of the parents runs and gets the toddler and takes it out side. I have never seen a fire happen when there is an infant so don't know what happens in that case.)

It does not work on sims - but if a sim catches fire send them immediately to the shower and they will get the message to put them selves out. I always have a shower on each floor and have never lost a sim to fire yet. With the household sprinkler system I have never even lost a stove or fireplace yet - it is very fast and gets the fire out before any damage is done. Food on a stove is the only thing you usually lose.

Do not use the yard sprinkler that's for playing in - not putting out fire. LOL.

"Writin_Reg;c-16718794" wrote:



Not that sprinkle - on the page with the fire alarm detector is the house fire sprinkler - Put it on an out side wall - I put mine near the back door - then I put a smoke detector in every room that has a fire device - like a stove, a fireplace, the chemistry set, the wood working bench if in the house. Where ever I have a smoke detector the alarm goes off - the sprinkler drops down and puts out the fire instantly. It does not work on anything outside - like barbeques or fire pits - sims has to put those out. ( I notice when the smoke detector goes off if any toddler are in the house one of the parents runs and gets the toddler and takes it out side. I have never seen a fire happen when there is an infant so don't know what happens in that case.)

It does not work on sims - but if a sim catches fire send them immediately to the shower and they will get the message to put them selves out. I always have a shower on each floor and have never lost a sim to fire yet. With the household sprinkler system I have never even lost a stove or fireplace yet - it is very fast and gets the fire out before any damage is done. Food on a stove is the only thing you usually lose.

Do not use the yard sprinkler that's for playing in - not putting out fire. LOL.

Thanks for taking the time to reply :smile: What I meant in my post was that I havent installed the sprinkler that you suggested or a fire alarm in my sims house at all, but when the fireplace caught fire, a random sprinkler appeared from the ceiling and put out the fire, even though I didnt have either the sprinkler system or fire alarm installed. We were trying to figure out why this might have happened. I did have a yard sprinkler, and so was wondering whether this somehow made the inside sprinkler appear. I definitely wouldnt have thought that putting a yard sprinkler in the yard would stop an inside fireplace fire LOL! But something made the random sprinkler appear, very odd!

When you put the sprinkler on the outside, it will be activated for any fire on that floor. So, you need one for each level of the house. And alarms within a few squares (I think five is the max) of stuff that tends to catch fire.