Re: 110 VAC Fire Alarms

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

$200 is fair when I was doing inspections. Now with all the NFPA this,
and Nicet that, it would have drove my rates up to the $400 mark just to
make ends meet.

Jim Rojas



Frank Olson wrote:
> Matthew Stanley wrote:
>> I was called to a potintial customer today. They needed their fire
>> alarm system tested. When I arrived, I found that it was 4 pull
>> stations wired to 4 4" edwards 110VAC adaptabells.
>>
>>
>> The owner told me that they never needed it inspected before but now
>> the fire marshal was needing something showing it works. What do you
>> guys do if you run into this situation.
>>
>> I have only seen this setup once and the fire marshal forced them to
>> replace the system since it was not supervised and it had no back up
>> power.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for all replies......
>
>
> While we're "on the subject", what do you guys bill as a minimum for an
> inspection like this?  On a three story walk-up with six bells, six
> pulls and one (or two) heat detectors - say 20 devices total - with all
> the required paperwork completed (for the applicable jurisdiction) we're
> at around the $200.00 mark.