Re: Can anyone help me?

["S. Smith" <ChaosLogicXIII@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm afraid he might have a point if you monitor the fire alarms of said
banks.  If it's just burg signals, then you might have a case... but
according to code, if your banks have fire alarms that report to your
monitoring station, then you station must be UL approved.

Sorry.


KLee wrote:
> For over 30 years our Central Station has monitored our own banks and
> ATMs, now all of a sudden I've got a new boss at the helm and he
> doesn't understand why we are not UL listed?
>
> Trying to explain that Banks are federally regulated and insured, and
> within the Bank Protection Act we simply need to have our alarm system
> be capable of alerting the police or fire to respond, and that there is
> no requirement federally or on the state level where we would have to
> pursue UL.
>
> Can anyone give me some direction as to where I can go that gives a
> clearer understanding of why federal banks that maintain their own
> central station that monitor only their banks, ATMs or offices are not
> required to be UL listed?  Is there anything that you are aware of that
> the State of Michigan or the State of Illinois requires?
>
> When I spoke to the UL Listing Agent, the first question he had for me
> is why are you pursueing this?  I've yet to see any Bank that monitors
> their own alarms, such as Wachovia, Bank of Hawaii, Fifth Third,
> Comerica, and the list goes on where they have gone through UL Listing
> their central station.
>
> Thanks.