What's the point of fire alarms?

"asimbsim;c-16719200" wrote:

"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!