Fire alarm system inspection, with the checklist already written
Each panel: power, batteries and signals, plus the devices around the building. Work it on a phone with no signal, send the customer a signed report, and quote the repairs for anything that failed.
- Items
- 16
- Run on
- Each fire alarm panel
- Usually comes due
- Every year
The checklist you start with
Every item can be changed, removed or added to. Check against the edition of NFPA 72 your jurisdiction has adopted.
Panel
Panel shows normal with no trouble or supervisory signals
Pass or fail, each fire alarm panel, photo on a fail
Lamps, display and sounder work on the lamp test
Pass or fail, each fire alarm panel, photo on a fail
Power
Panel runs on mains power and the breaker is labelled and locked on
Pass or fail, each fire alarm panel, photo on a fail
Battery voltage under load
Reading (a number), each fire alarm panel, passes at 0 V or more
Battery date
Date, each fire alarm panel
Batteries are within their service life and free of corrosion
Pass or fail, each fire alarm panel, photo on a fail
Signals
Alarm signal is received by the monitoring station
Pass or fail, each fire alarm panel, photo on a fail
Trouble signal is received by the monitoring station
Pass or fail, each fire alarm panel, photo on a fail
Initiating devices
Smoke detectors tested and respond
Pass or fail
Heat detectors tested and respond
Pass or fail
Manual pull stations tested and respond
Pass or fail
Duct detectors tested and shut down the air handler
Pass or fail
Notification
Horns and strobes operate throughout the building
Pass or fail
Alarm can be heard in every occupied area
Pass or fail
Other functions
Elevator recall, door release and other tied-in functions operate
Pass or fail
Devices not tested and why
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