Re: NFPA's Creation of Security Standards/Codes

["Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> but who would be the AHJ in the security
> world. The electrical inspector?

Probably.

> They have absolutely no knowledge of
> design and application for this diverse field.

I suspect the idea, ill-formed as it may be, is that the AHJ could simply
read the code and suddenly become qualified to determine if an installation
is in compliance.

> Would it be the police department?

In some towns the responding officers already issue advisories as to the
probable cause of a given false alarm.  This is usually done without the
officers ever gaining entrance to the protected premises.  One has to wonder
how they imagine they can tell from outside the house that there's a spider
inside a PIR motion detector.

> They don't even want the dispatch responsibility,
> let alone have the required knowledge....

Of course not, but if there's an opportunity to create another revenue
stream from the alarm industry, they might just try.

> Seeing how this industy is so diverse and
> not as cut dried as the fire industry, who
> is left to be an AHJ? Could it be a third
> party verifier? NFPA themselves are not
> going out in the public doing inspections.
> Hmmm.....so who is left out there...

Hmmm indeed.  Can we say "UL"?  Imagine the increase in revenue if UL,
through the aegis of NFPA could somehow trump the burglar alarm industry
with a requirement that all installations be issued a certificate.  We're
probably talking $billions here.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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