Re: "Central Station Service" Poll

["Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" <Please-use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> "Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >I was just in Montreal in September and noticed that the
> > fire alarm system was in trouble in Place Ville Marie. Went
> > back the next day and it was still in trouble. I was not aware
> > that the systems do not have to be monitored unless the
> > insurance company's required it.
> > In Westmount, years ago, part of the Alexis Neon Plaza was monitored
> > at the the Westmount fire house, and the other part at the Montreal Fire
> > Department, due to a major fire there many years ago. (The plaza
> > sits on the border of Montreal/Westmount.)
> > Are there any differences on the requirements for ULC/FMC
> > in Canada?
> >
> > Norm Mugford
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>
> ULC is the standard by which most AHJ's "default" to.  ULC is written
around
> NFPA 72 for fire monitoring, requires a licensed, ULC certified company to
> install the equipment, the use of ULC listed components, and a ULC listed
> (for fire) monitoring station.  The system must also be certified (five
year
> certificate) with *annual* inspections of the equipment mandated.  On a
lot
> of buildings in which we service the fire alarm, access control and CCTV
but
> don't happen to provide the monitoring service, I rarely see the annual
> inspection section signed off on.  That is a major "no-no".
>
>
A lot of fire systems are not inspected according to NFPA 72 time frames.

I take it you ment to write "ULC listed company to install the equipment"
or is there a different ULC requirement?

Norm