Re: "Central Station Service" Poll

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Thanks for all your comments. Getting opinions by the professionals of this
group is a big help.
We here in the State of Florida are being challenged by some local
municipalities when it comes to commercial fire alarm systems. The AHJ's in
these south Florida cities and counties are requiring UL or FM listing on
every commercial fire alarm system, because of the way they are interpreting
NFPA 72. Seems they think that NFPA 72 requires all systems to have "Central
Station Service" and that means Certificated or Placarded. They also know
that State law does not allow them to require more than a State license, but
they don't care about Florida statutes that covers the license holders.
Are there any other States that are faced with this type of certificated or
placarded requirements, enforced only by the AHJ's?

Thanks
Norm Mugford
Licensed Alarm Contractor and
Chairman, Florida Electrical Contractors Licensing Board.


"Al Colombo" <securitymission@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Another way to put it is some AHJs require the moon and the sun so to
> cover their butts if "anything" should go wrong.  I wonder whether
> they'd rethink their position on this if they had to pay out that kind
> of cash for a fire alarm system.  Perhaps they'd think twice about
> making others do it when it's not really necessary.
>
> I'm all for fire safety, but I'm not especially keen on throwing
> dollars needlessly at an installation just so an AHJ can feel
> comfortable at night when they go to bed :-).  At the same time, I've
> seen AHJs who require very little.  There ought to be a balance (while
> still observing code) with a good helping of common sense thrown in to
> boot.
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> Al
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