A first hazard detection system (105, 205, 300, 500) existing within a structure (100, 200), the structure (100, 200) comprising a plurality of hazard detection systems (105, 107, 205, 207, 300, 500), the first hazard detection system comprising: a speaker (218, 560); a wireless circuitry (212, 214, 380, 1750) for wirelessly communicating with the other hazard detection systems (107, 207) within the structure (100, 200); and at least one processor (210, 230, 1760) coupled to receive data from the other hazard detection systems via the wireless circuitry (212, 214, 380, 1750), the at least one processor (210, 230, 1760) operative to: receive state status from at least one of the plurality of hazard detection systems (105, 107, 205, 207, 300, 500); determine a number of the hazard detection systems that provided their state status; determine a location status of the at least one hazard detection system that provided its state status; compile an audible message based on at least one speech paradigm (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) that uses the number and the location status as factors in defining room information to be included in the audible message; and play the audible message through the speaker, wherein the plurality of speech paradigms (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) account for alarm conditions and room locations of all the hazard detection systems (105, 107, 205, 207, 300, 500) existing within the structure (100, 200), and wherein the incorporated one of the plurality of speech paradigms (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) is selected based on priority and a set of rules (600, 660, 670) governing how the audible message conveys room information, wherein the set of rules (600, 660, 670) comprises comparing a number of rooms experiencing an alarm condition to a plurality of different thresholds, thereby considering whether or not, and how many room locations are known, to control whether the audible message specifies which room(s), or how many rooms, are experiencing an alarm condition. a speaker (218, 560); a wireless circuitry (212, 214, 380, 1750) for wirelessly communicating with the other hazard detection systems (107, 207) within the structure (100, 200); and at least one processor (210, 230, 1760) coupled to receive data from the other hazard detection systems via the wireless circuitry (212, 214, 380, 1750), the at least one processor (210, 230, 1760) operative to: receive state status from at least one of the plurality of hazard detection systems (105, 107, 205, 207, 300, 500); determine a number of the hazard detection systems that provided their state status; determine a location status of the at least one hazard detection system that provided its state status; compile an audible message based on at least one speech paradigm (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) that uses the number and the location status as factors in defining room information to be included in the audible message; and play the audible message through the speaker, wherein the plurality of speech paradigms (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) account for alarm conditions and room locations of all the hazard detection systems (105, 107, 205, 207, 300, 500) existing within the structure (100, 200), and wherein the incorporated one of the plurality of speech paradigms (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) is selected based on priority and a set of rules (600, 660, 670) governing how the audible message conveys room information, wherein the set of rules (600, 660, 670) comprises comparing a number of rooms experiencing an alarm condition to a plurality of different thresholds, thereby considering whether or not, and how many room locations are known, to control whether the audible message specifies which room(s), or how many rooms, are experiencing an alarm condition. receive state status from at least one of the plurality of hazard detection systems (105, 107, 205, 207, 300, 500); determine a number of the hazard detection systems that provided their state status; determine a location status of the at least one hazard detection system that provided its state status; compile an audible message based on at least one speech paradigm (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) that uses the number and the location status as factors in defining room information to be included in the audible message; and play the audible message through the speaker, wherein the plurality of speech paradigms (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) account for alarm conditions and room locations of all the hazard detection systems (105, 107, 205, 207, 300, 500) existing within the structure (100, 200), and wherein the incorporated one of the plurality of speech paradigms (511, 512, 513, 604, 614, 624, 634, 644, 654) is selected based on priority and a set of rules (600, 660, 670) governing how the audible message conveys room information, wherein the set of rules (600, 660, 670) comprises comparing a number of rooms experiencing an alarm condition to a plurality of different thresholds, thereby considering whether or not, and how many room locations are known, to control whether the audible message specifies which room(s), or how many rooms, are experiencing an alarm condition.