FACP Fire Department Notification Circuit

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kingpb

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SE USA as far as you can go
Occupation
Engineer, Registered
What are the installation requirements for a FACP notification circuit going to the Fire Department?

Looking for cable type, conduit requirements, and separation from other circuits.
 

iwire

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Location
Massachusetts
In smaller towns and rual areas, a connection to a telephone line may be more common.

I think it is very different in each area, just around me we use hard wired Master boxes, Radio master boxes, private central station monitoring over POTS or cell or no monitoring at all.


(Here a 'Master Box' is a device that sends alarm signals, and some times much much more, directly to the fire departments dispatch center)
 

nhfire77

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NH
(Here a 'Master Box' is a device that sends alarm signals, and some times much much more, directly to the fire departments dispatch center)

It also sends profits up as well:). "Oh what's that, your engineer didnt bother to put the digitize Radio box on the plans? He didn't talk to the FD? Well that's a shame, have you seen my $8000 change order lying around here?"
 
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