Re: Automatic resetting fire panel :(

["Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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
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> > 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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