What is the point of having a fire panel vs using the alarm to report fires in a building?

Does the fire panel just give you a little more detail on the fire zone whereas the security alarm just reports a general fire alarm?

For some reason the fire alarm panel cost a fortune to monitor and apparently requires a dedicated phone line whereas the regular alarm cost are more reasonable.

I'm not sure why exactly.

Please let me know your thoughts on this.

Thanks.

Last edited by raidsystemtech; 05/27/17 03:51 AM.