Fire Alarm Inspection Services in Vancouver
Delays in detecting a fire can result in serious loss for your property and occupants. To mitigate this risk, it is very important that your fire alarm system is properly maintained to provide effective protection.
Fire Alarm Inspection Service in Vancouver from Professional and experienced technicians
Our trusted ASTT-certified fire protection technicians conduct annual and monthly fire alarm inspections in accordance with the B.C. Fire Code, NFPA 72 and all other industry standards. These inspections are carried out to the highest standards as we understand the importance of keeping personal property and people safe. Safety is our number one concern and we pride ourselves in ensuring best practices are followed and every industry standard guideline is met. Your safety is our number one priority.
What is Fire Alarm Inspection
Helpful Q & A on Fire Alarm Inspection
Many Local Authorities and Fire Marshal’s need routine inspection of fire alarm systems and their components. It’s the building owner or manager’s responsibility to make sure that these inspections are done at the specified time intervals and appropriately documented.
Although some components should be inspected weekly or monthly, many require inspections on a quarterly, semiannual, or annual basis. Zenith develops a schedule based on your fire alarm and local code requirements. We work closely with you to make sure your system and its components are inspected at the right intervals.
A comprehensive fire alarm system consisting of a control panel, initiation devices, and notification appliances provides early warning to building occupants in advance of active fire protection systems, like Fire Sprinkler Systems. The safe and orderly egress of building occupants before the arrival of emergency personnel increases their ability to react to the actual emergency more quickly.
The main goal of a fire alarm inspection is to provide visual confirmation that a system or component is working properly, in the proper location, free from physical damage, or any condition that could impair operation. A good proactive fire alarm inspection plan is essential to catching problems early on, in between, or during testing cycles.
ANNUAL FIRE ALARM INSPECTION
Years of Experience and Skilled Staff You Can Trust
Reliable Fire & Safety in Vancouver, BC installs, inspects and tests fire alarm systems. The B.C. Fire Code (1998 BC Fire Code, Section 6.3), Vancouver bylaws, NFPA 72 and ULC Standard (CAN/ULC-S536-M97) require that every building conduct a full test of the entire fire alarm system, annually. Our technicians will preform a thorough check of your system, including:
- Ensuring proper installation and examination of any changes, alterations, additions or damage to the overall system.
- Making sure that every connected device is functioning, accessible and well secured.
- All auxiliary and ancillary functions and connections are tested.
- Internal fire alarm panel is functional.
- The operation of all remote annunciators and alarm system annunciators which will communicate with the fire department or on-site staff where the device has been activated.
- Check the functionality of EVAC (evacuation) system, including voice communication and paging systems, firefighters’ phones and related equipment.
The goal is to ensure that after conducting this thorough examination,
our fire protection company Vancouver relay all pertinent information to the necessary parties
(ie, fire department, insurance companies and property owners) with a detailed report
that also includes any outstanding deficiencies.
Reliable Fire & Safety is happy to replace or upgrade your fire alarm system if required.
Monthly Fire Alarm Inspections
To ensure proper operation of the fire alarm system, we provide monthly checks in between the required annual checks. If so needed, we are also willing to train on-site staff to conduct them. Our monthly testing includes:
- Confirming the system power lamp is illuminated
- Testing one pull station, to ensure it sets off the fire bells
- Confirming the annunciator indicates the correct zone where the pull station was activated
- Visually inspecting the standby power batteries to check for corrosion of the terminal connections
- Testing the system's "trouble indicator"
- Testing one emergency telephone
- Testing paging capability to one zone
Contact us today to schedule your fire alarm inspection in Vancouver Lower Mainland.
In-Suite Testing
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In some cases, fire alarm detection, audible and visual devices are located inside residential dwelling units, such as strata units. These devices are connected to the main building’s fire alarm system and must be tested annually. Therefore, access to residential dwellings is crucial to ensure complete system testing and code compliance.
Stand-alone, battery-operated in-suite smoke alarms are not connected to the fire alarm panel, but are usually tested at the same time.
Reliable Fire & Safety in Vancouver creates a schedule and uses a testing format that meets or exceeds national and local code requirements. The goal is to ensure systems are operating within the ranges optimal for peak performance.
Our customized forms and test reports detail all of the system’s functions, devices, and also identifies any deficiencies. We take time to discuss these test report’s results with our customers so that we can answer their questions and address any areas of concern.
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