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Fire Alarm Installation Methods- State Exam Questions and Answers Latest Updated Life Safety Code (LSC) provides measures to ensure the safety of building occupants applies to existing structures as well as new structures: deals with hazards in buildings, public conveyances and occupations, an...

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Fire Alarm Installation Methods- State
Exam Questions and Answers Latest
Updated

Life Safety Code (LSC) - answer provides measures to ensure the safety of building
occupants

applies to existing structures as well as new structures: deals with hazards in buildings,
public conveyances and occupations, and are coordinated with other Codes and
Standards such as electrical , fuel-gas, mechanical, plumbing, energy, and residential

NFPA code - answer(standards don't become part of a code until adopted by reference
into a Building Code)

Once a document is adopted by reference in a state statute or local ordinance, the
applicable sections of that standard have the same force/effect as if the standard had
been printed therein in its entirety

**contains rules for how to install, inspect, and maintain fire alarm systems and
equipment specified by the IBC

Section 907.2 in IBC - answerNFPA 72 is adopted to govern how commercial fire alarm
systems will be installed

"an approved fire alarm system installed in accordance with the provisions of this code
and NFPA 72..."

WHEN

Section 9.6.1.3 in LSC - answer"any fire alarm system required for life safety SHALL be
installed, tested, and maintained in accordance with the applicable requirements... of
NFPA 72"

WHERE

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) - answeran independent product safety certification
organization that has been testing products and writing standards for safety for over a
century

UL 864 - answerFire Control Panel

, UL 480 - answerSpeaker for Fire Alarm EVAC systems

Control Panels/Units - answerreferred to as the Fire Alarm Control Unit (FACU)

"brains" of any fire alarm system

Fire Alarm Control Unit (FACU) - answera component of a fire alarm system, having
PRIMARY and SECONDARY power

receives then processes signals from initiating devices or other fire alarm control units
to determine the required fire alarm system output functions

Control Panel Mounting Location - answer**keep 36 inches IN FRONT of all control
panels clear

**always install equipment with environmental restrictions in mind: no electronic
equipment can be installed where temp. dips below 32 degrees F or above 120 degrees
F

Smoke detector location - answerfor ceilings 15 feet or less: ceiling or the wall (not more
than 12 inches down) within 21 feet of the centerline of the control units

for ceilings over 15 feet: on the wall above and within 5 feet of the top of the control unit

Fire Alarm Circuit Breaker - answeridentified by a RED sticker

NEW to 2013: if using a combination Fire/EVAC system, mark as this: FIRE
ALARM/ECS (or EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS if only EVAC)

Secondary Power - answerPer NFPA 72, the secondary power supply shall be a
storage battery dedicated to the fire alarm system and kick in *within 10 seconds of loss
of power

If it's an Emergency Voice Alarm Communication System (EVAC), it shall be able to
operate for **15 minutes

switchover shall be automatic

Alarm Signal Deactivation - answerif an alarm signal is deactivated, both the audible
and visible appliances *shall cease simultaneously

-means for allowing deactivation shall be key operated, located in a locked cabinet

-if deactivated, the visual indicator of the device/zone in alarm shall remain lit

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