Residential fire monitoring in the state of California

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1. In California does a C10 electrician installing a battery wall / solar system require an ACO license to monitor a residential fire system?

2. In California HVAC contractors when changing out HVAC equipment are required to upgrade the smoke and CO detectors to meet residential code with battery powered devices. Can the HVAC contractor do Central Station monitoring when installing wireless residential smoke and CO detectors?

 

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1. In California does a C10 electrician installing a battery wall / solar system require an ACO license to monitor a residential fire system?

2. In California HVAC contractors when changing out HVAC equipment are required to upgrade the smoke and CO detectors to meet residential code with battery powered devices. Can the HVAC contractor do Central Station monitoring when installing wireless residential smoke and CO detectors?

California law 7590.2 covers defines an ACO:
(a) An 'alarm company operator' means a person who, for any consideration whatsoever, engages in business or accepts employment to install, maintain, alter, sell on premises, monitor, or service alarm systems.

However if you read carefully into the definitions of the ACO laws, California defines an Alarm System as:
7590.1. (c)
(1) 'Alarm system' means an assembly of equipment and devices arranged to detect a hazard or signal the presence of an off-normal situation.
(2) “Alarm system” does not include a fire protection system, as defined in the California Fire Code.

Fire Protection System as defined in the California Fire Code is:
"Approved devices, equipment and systems or combinations of systems used to detect a fire, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire, control or manage smoke and products of a fire or any combination thereof."