Fire Alarm Salt Lake City
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Fire Alarm Systems It has not been very long ago that you could have your electrician install a system and then you could forget about it. With the new codes, requirements & liability associated with these systems it is best if you hire a Fire Alarm Contractor that has experience in this field and is regularly engaged in the installation of such systems. The new law in Utah that passed in 2007 requires anyone certifying or testing Fire Alarm Systems to be certified through the State Fire Marshal’s office with level 2 and level 3 for highrise buildings. See the State Fire Marshal’s web site for additional information. http://publicsafety.utah.gov/firemarshal/
The new requires that every fire alarm system be tested, green tagged and have an NFPA 72 report filled out each year. The sensitivity test is not required at this time by law. Cleaning the smoke detectors is not required by law either but having this done can extend the life of the smoke detectors are reduce false alarms.
These systems need to be tested and cleaned regularly. If you intend on remodeling or building a new facility the assumption is that the plans that are drawn up by the engineer are reviewed by the Fire Marshall in plan review. This assumption is incorrect. The Fire Alarm plan should be submitted to the Fire Marshall to be approved and this is separate from normal plan review. Working in conjunction with the AHJ or Fire Marshall is a good idea and will save you headaches in the long run. Many companies will try and do the minimum required by code just to get by. When AS&F designs a system it is done to code. Designing your system to surpass code is very advantageous, not only for liability sake but for peace of mind. Knowing that your maintenance department and the authorities will be called automatically in case of fire, flood or security breach assures that the proper action can be taken to avoid problems that can be costly to the company and it also shows the public that your company did everything in its power to avoid any accidents or incidents.
Many fire alarm contractors are leery to give out unit pricing. Each project is different in the fact that some projects may require that trenching between buildings be done or drilling through walls to run wire or extremely long wire runs may be needed. With all the factors taken into consideration prices will vary depending upon how busy a contractor may be, the price of copper (wire) and the labor that the individual job may take. Many times a customer may require a fixed bid. A time and material bid will in most cases save the end-user quite a bit. Fixed bids take into consideration several contingencies that may come up. Prices on new construction work will be more consistent than prices on remodels. AS&F is not always the low bidder, however AS&F is very professional and will do the job right the first time.
Zoned Fire Alarm Systems meet the codes required by the law and for smaller facilities zoned systems are excellent. Many Radionics zoned systems have the ability to be upgraded to addressable by adding modules. A zoned system will tell you if a detector has gone off and alert you by giving you a general area. Zone one could be the south area of the building or zone 1 could be all the pull stations. This all depends on how the system is wired. Most of the time zoned systems require more wire than addressable systems since addressable systems are on data loops. Zoned systems may be wired class A or class B. The old class B systems did not alert you if there was a problem, now class B systems will alert you if there is a break in the line and many systems will even give you the general location of the break. Class A systems are more costly because they use more wire and conduit so you will want to review your options with your Electrical Engineer, the AHJ and the Fire Contractor. Fire Alarm Salt Lake City refers to Peak Alarm www.PeakAlarm.com
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Addressable Fire Alarm Systems also meet all of the code requirements and will give you an exact location of the problem such as “ North East 1st Floor Pull Station” . Addressable modules or POPITS can be added to any device such as Duct Detectors, Security Door Contacts, Motion Detectors, flow switches etc.... Radionics has panels that are UL listed for FIRE, SECURITY & ACCESS CONTROL all in one panel. For smaller systems under 200 points this is ideal because you do not have to have separate panels for each operation. Otherwise you would have to purchase a security panel, an access control panel and a fire panel. The Radionics D9112 is an excellent choice for retrofitting a building since it can monitor the old zones and also point ID the new addressable points. This panel can also be partitioned into 8 different areas for security so each tenant could have their own codes and yet the fire is on a 24 hour zone that does not take one of the 8 partitions
Analog Addressable Fire Alarm Systems also give you an exact location of the trouble or alarm and they allow you to adjust sensitivity settings on the detectors as well as print out sensitivity reports from the panel. For large systems this can save you quite a bit of money in the long run. An analog system would eliminate the need to test each detector separately. Many times boiler plate specifications are used and have analog systems listed and specified. For smaller buildings a zoned or an addressable system may be sufficient. If you receive various bids that are several thousand dollars apart you will definitely want to determine which contractors included Analog systems and which contractors bid out Addressable systems. Many times the specification will list a requirement as follows: Must provide a zoned, non-coded, addressable, microprocessor based Analog Fire Alarm system. This requirement is ambiguous in the fact that some contractors will bid the project addressable, some will bid zoned, and others may bid it out Analog. Many times AS&F will give you options so you can see the price difference.