Fire Alarm Systems
Fire alarm systems are your building's primary detection and notification platform — and the system most often subject to AHJ scrutiny during commercial inspections.
A fire alarm inspection includes:
- Testing manual pull stations and automatic detection devices (smoke and heat detectors)
- Verifying alarm signals reach the supervising station within required transmission times
- Functional testing of audible and visual notification appliances
- Control panel functionality, battery, and backup power testing
- Testing of supervisory signal devices that report to the fire alarm panel (water-flow, valve position, low-temperature, pressure)
Relevant Code: NFPA 72 (National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code)