When UPS batteries vent it has a distinctive odor. It's very pungent and sulfuric, but it doesn't smell like a fire or melting silicon. Any experienced operations guy has smelled it before.
Additionally in most fire suppression systems the Big Red Button is the abort button. A well designed room will dump itself when it detects smoke after a short evacuation alarm. It's precisely designed to keep people from screwing around with a real fire. They must make the active decision to stop fire suppression rather than start fire suppression.
When UPS batteries vent it has a distinctive odor. It's very pungent and sulfuric, but it doesn't smell like a fire or melting silicon. Any experienced operations guy has smelled it before.
Additionally in most fire suppression systems the Big Red Button is the abort button. A well designed room will dump itself when it detects smoke after a short evacuation alarm. It's precisely designed to keep people from screwing around with a real fire. They must make the active decision to stop fire suppression rather than start fire suppression.