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 people (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), who are located within the range of a detector (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), as a function of request signals (S1, S2) from at least one alert source (10, 11). Each detector (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) establishes current countdowns (S1C1, S1C2, S1C3, S1C4, S1C5, S2C1, S2C2, S2C3, S2C4, S2C5) for each of the alert sources (10, 11). Upon output of a request signal (S1, S2) by one of the alert 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) receiving the request signal (S1, S2) are started. The detector (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), the started c
