Fire Alarm

[papa smurf]

I have a fire alarm that I hope someone could help me with. I am inspecting a Commercial building that some has installed a pull station with a alarm above it in 3 different locations and there not tied together in any way. Is this leagal and if so where might I find info or code violations at. Thanks for any help.

 

[electricalperson]

usually the pull stations and horn/strobe circuits are completly seperate. i dont really understand the question.

do you mean each pull station just activates the horn/strobe above it and nothing else? i never heard of anything like that before

 

[mdshunk]

I have seen the stand alone, 120V powered pull stations with electric gongs. Normally in mid to late 60's vintage buildings where the pull stations were not otherwise legally required at the time, but provided in some minimal fashion anyhow. How old of a place is this?

 

[charles1970]

Fire Alarm

Hi Papa Smurf. Strange enough, I dealt with the same situation. A pull station at each exit. A bell at every exit. And each pull station operating its respective bell. In other words: Pulling one station would only activate one bell in the building as opposed to all the bells. I would like to see a code section (NEC NFPA) that substantiates requiring each detection device (pull station) to activate all annunciation devices (bells) in the building.

 

[acrwc10]

I have a fire alarm that I hope someone could help me with. I am inspecting a Commercial building that some has installed a pull station with a alarm above it in 3 different locations and there not tied together in any way. Is this leagal and if so where might I find info or code violations at. Thanks for any help.

How old is the building ? Like Marc said it may not have had alarms to start with and this was a "compromise" with the fire dept. over some other issue.
What are you inspecting for ? I would think this falls into fire dept. area of inspecting not electrical.

 

[wbalsam1]

I have a fire alarm that I hope someone could help me with. I am inspecting a Commercial building that some has installed a pull station with a alarm above it in 3 different locations and there not tied together in any way. Is this leagal and if so where might I find info or code violations at. Thanks for any help.

What standard are you using and what checklist?

 

[ivsenroute]

If it is an older building then you may need to familiarize yourself with the fire and panic act that was in place when the system was installed.

 

[ron]

Are the manual stations required for this occupancy?
If so, I think you can piece together the requirements for public notification (audible and visual) from the international building code (if applicable in your jurisdiction) Section 907 and NFPA 72.