Communicating With Fire Alarm Technicians and Scheduling Inspections

Property managers, engineers, and building house owners in Texas: this list has been abbreviated for clarity, discuss with your Authority Having Jurisdiction to verify the testing necessities for your space. Not all of those tests can pertain to each system, and a few buildings could have additional frequent testing necessities than others.

Waterflow & Tamper Testing - Quarterly - each three months


Electronic Door Lock Testing - Semi-Annual - each half-dozen months

Visual examination of fireside Alarm instrumentation - Semi-Annual - each half-dozen months

Automatic hearth Suppression Systems - Semi-Annual - each half-dozen months (kitchen hood, halon, FM-200, dry chemical, Pre-Action systems).

Fire alarm Inspections - Annually

Fire Extinguisher Inspections - Annually

Fire Hose Inspections - Annually - Annually

Fire Hose Valve examination & exercise - Annually

Fire Pump(s) Flow check - Annually - Annually

Fire Protection Tank examination - Annually

Backflow Preventer check - Annually - Annually

Fire Alarm Sensitivity - Bi-Annually - each two years (varies per system).

Fire Alarm audibleness check - each three years

Dry System Trip check - each three years

Fire Hose Pressure check - (5 years from manufacture date / each three years afterwards)

Water Supply Tanks Flow check - each five years

Standpipe System(s) Hydro check - each five years

Fire Department Connection(s) Hydro check - each five years

Pressure Reducing Valves / Pressure Reducing Devices - each five years

Other Inspections:

Fire Damper Tests - each four years = mechanical contractor

Stair Pressurization Tests - each five years = mechanical contractor

Emergency Power / Lighting - annual load check = Annually

Since starting my career as Associate in Nursing account manager, I even have encountered some customers WHO are given tickets for not having the correct tests performed or for not having the correct hearth alarm permits. I even have additionally encountered customers WHO haven't tested something, had cobwebs growing on their instrumentation, and ne'er received a price ticket. The necessary exclude is that if there's a hearth, your building and occupants are going to be so much safer if your systems operate effectively.

Your authority having jurisdiction is sometimes your native fire chief. To find them and raise them concerning testing necessities or allowing necessities you'll typically perform a fast Google search.

To actually have these tests performed i'd suggest employing a well established company that may give you with correct documentation for the tests that they perform. several well established corporations can give hearth alarm, sprinkler, asphyxiator, and elevator inspections as a package deal.