Re: Fire Side Chat -- Fire Alarm Code Issue

["Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> What part of what Al wrote about
>> interconnecting smoke alarms to a
>> security system says "fire alarm"?
>
> In the USA fire alarm code applies to smoke detectors and anything else
> used to detect and warn of fire.  Using something which is not listed for
> the purpose doesn't turn a non-compliant installation into a compliant
> one.  If the system includes smoke or fire detectors then it is a fire
> alarm and it is subject to code (wherever code actually exists).  I
> included the parenthetical phrase only because there are still a small
> percentage of communities where there is no code at all.


Show me the part of the code that magically converts a burglar alarm panel
to a fire alarm system with the addition of fire detectors!  You keep
"flogging this poor horse" Robert.  Give it up.  You are wrong.