Re: 2 Partition DSC 1864 Smoke Detector Question

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

yeppers...totally agree







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**Crash Gordon**







"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jun 29, 4:52?pm, "Mike Schumann" <mike-nos...@traditions-
> nospam.com> wrote:
>> Commercial.
>>
>> Mike Schumann
>>
>
> With regard to fire .... and commercial applications .... it all
> depends where you live and what the local authority who has
> jurisdiction over the installations of fire alarms in your comunity
> has to say..... but generally speaking, it really doesn't matter
> whether you "need" smoke detectors or a fire alarm, or if you are
> doing the installation yourself. On commercial buildings, because the
> public( people other than the owner) have access, most jurisdictions
> require that you adhere to fire codes. National fire codes usually
> prevail and they require pull stations at every entrance, stobes and
> sounding devices in all locations and in isolated areas, smoke and
> heat dectectors installed for specific applications and all devices
> mounted at specific heights and specific spacing. You can't use a
> control panel that isn't specifically listed for commercial use. If
> you do and you have a fire or possibly just a false alarm, you may be
> subject to local fines and if you should seek to obtain a discount
> from your insurance agency they may require your system to be a
> "conforming" system anyway.  And again, it really doesn't matter
> whether you " need" it or it isn't "required"
>
> If you have it .... it has to conform. And since you've already tried
> to do it yourself with out consulting with someone ...... you should
> bbe advised that an installation of this type is consideralbly more
> expensive than what you've proposed so far ..... even if you were to
> continue to do the job yourself, rather than calling in a
> professional.
>
> As mentioned by someone else, you should check with your local
> building department or whoever it is who has authority in your area
> governing the installation of fire alarms before you install a system
> that you'll not be able to use or worse yet, get yourself into a legal
> situation with fines etc.
>
> You could also call in a local rocket scientist. (Private joke to our
> group idiot)