Re: Automatic resetting fire panel :(

["James" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Remote Annunciator is now DEAD...   I notified the AHJ and remved the
wire going to the remote building.  Problem Solved

James


"Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Gotta love the NFPA....Shall be...Shall be...blah blah blah,....other than
> approval from the AHJ.
> AHJ, AHJ, AHJ. I could have shortened the book by several hundred pages.
> What do you think Mike. (I'm kidding of course) :^)-Happy face off ;^(
>
> "Michael B. Baker" <mbbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > NFPA 72-2002 6.8.2.7  Protected premises fire alarm control units shall
be
> > capable of being reset or silenced only from the control unit at the
> > protected premises unless otherwise permitted by 6.8.2.8.
> > 6.8.2.8  Remote resetting and silencing of a fire alarm control unit
from
> > other than the protected premises shall be permitted with the approval
of
> > the authority having jurisdiction.
> >
> >
> > "James" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:hYqdnQWTX7Pv8NbfRVn-sA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Today i was installing a communicator on a notifier fire panel.  This
> > > panel
> > > is in one of many buildings that a manufacturing company had owned.
The
> > > building I was working in is going to be a "Tech School" vocational
> > > college.
> > > Once I was done installing the communicator I ran a test on the fire
> alarm
> > > panel to check the reporting.  I pulled a pull statoin and the fire
> alarm
> > > went into alarm, a few seconds later it silenced and reset "by
itself".
> I
> > > tried running several more tests all with the same results.  After
about
> > > an
> > > hour of locating devices and tracing wires I figured out the panel has
a
> > > remote annunciator in another building about 7 buildings away.  This
> > > building was still in posession of the manufacturing firm and they had
> "24
> > > hour security".  The security personell were silencing and resetting
the
> > > fire alarm withought verrifying what was going on.  I would have
thought
> > > they would have dispatched the fire department and sent a runner to
> check
> > > the building before they silence the horns, let alone reset everything
> > >
> > > James.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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