Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Alarmierung von Personen (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), die sich im Bereich eines Melders (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) befinden, in Abhängigkeit von Anforderungssignalen (S1, S2) von wenigstens einer Alarmquelle (10, 11). Jeder Melder (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) legt aktuelle Countdowns (S1C1, S1C2, S1C3, S1C4, S1C5, S2C1, S2C2, S2C3, S2C4, S2C5) für jede der Alarmquellen (10, 11) fest. Bei Ausgabe eines Anforderungssignals (S1, S2) von einer der Alarmquellen (10, 11) werden die zugehörigen Countdowns (S1C1, S1C2, S1C3, S1C4, S1C5, S2C1, S2C2, S2C3, S2C4, S2C5) aller Melder (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) gestartet, die das Anforderungssignal (S1, S2) empfangen. Der Melder (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), dessen gestarteter Countdown (S1C1, S1C2, S1C3, S1C4, S1C5, S2C1, S2C2, S2C3, S2C4, S2C5) abläuft, gibt ein Alarmsignal (S1A1, S1A2, S1A3, S1A4, S1A5, S2A1, S2A2, S2A3, S2A4, S2A5) aus, wobei die manuelle Annahme eines ausgegebenen Alarmsignals (S1A1, S1A2, S1A3, S1A4, S1A5, S2A1, S2A2, S2A3, S2A4, S2A5) durch eine Person (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), die sich im Bereich des Melders (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) befindet, der das Alarmsignal (S1A1, S1A2, S1A3, S1A4, S1A5, S2A1, S2A2, S2A3, S2A4, S2A5) ausgibt, die gestarteten Countdowns (S1C1, S1C2, S1C3, S1C4, S1C5, S2C1, S2C2, S2C3, S2C4, S2C5) der anderen Melder (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) abbricht.The invention relates to a method for alerting persons (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) located in the area of a detector (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) as a function of request signals (S1, S2) of at least one alarm source (10, 11). Each detector (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) sets current countdowns (S1C1, S1C2, S1C3, S1C4, S1C5, S2C1, S2C2, S2C3, S2C4, S2C5) for each of the alarm sources (10, 11). When a request signal (S1, S2) is output from one of the alarm sources (10, 11), the associated countdowns (S1C1, S1C2, S1C3, S1C4, S1C5, S2C1, S2C2, S2C3, S2C4, S2C5) of all detectors (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) which receive the request signal (S1, S2). The detector (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) whose countdown has started (S1C1, S1C2
