Integral Tips for Testing and Inspecting Bi-Directional Amplifiers
As one is starting to work within the BDA market, it is recommended that the installing firm find and use a firm that specializes in system design.
Shane Clary, Ph.D., is Security Sales & Integration’s “Fire Side Chat” columnist. He has more than 37 years of security and fire alarm industry experience. He serves on a number of NFPA technical committees, and is vice president of Codes and Standards Compliance for Pancheco, Calif.-based Bay Alarm Co.
As one is starting to work within the BDA market, it is recommended that the installing firm find and use a firm that specializes in system design.
If you design, install or service fire alarm systems, you’ll want to get familiar with bi-directional amplifiers ahead of the updated NFPA 1.
Thanks to a code transition, fire alarm system contractors will eventually be the primary source for bi-directional amplifier systems. Here’s what they need to know.
Though some argue they should be free, the NFPA or ICC could not survive and be able to continue their missions if the codes and standards they publish were available in public domain.
Within the 2022 edition, some stringent rules have been added to quantify what can and cannot be performed via remote access to the fire alarm control unit.
There are several additions to Chapter 18 of NFPA 72 related to the use of notification appliances within a protected premises, and a change to Chapter 17 regarding CO detectors.
Fire/life-safety expert Shane Clary reviews changes and additions to Chapters 14 and 10 in the 2022 Edition of NFPA 72.
The 2022 edition of NFPA 72 features a new chapter dedicated to cybersecurity. Here’s what integrators need to know.
Not only should those who work on fire alarm systems be factory certified on the systems and equipment they are working on, but they also need to be competent on resolving issues not associated with the equipment.
Calibrated test method, a manufacturer’s calibrated sensitivity test instrument and listed control equipment arranged for the purpose are a few methods laid out in NFPA 72.
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