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Carolina Security & Fire, Inc. provides fire alarm system inspections and certifications for industrial, governmental, and commercial clients.
At the close of our inspection, we will deliver to you a completed NFPA-72 Form.
Our fire inspectors are certified by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies, which has been providing certification programs since 1961. Our technicians are certified in Fire Protection Engineering Technology.
Our procedures for inspections typically occurs as follows:
- On-Site point of contacts are informed of the testing
- Fire alarm dispatch is notified to take the system offline
- Full system testing takes place
- The building manager is informed of any issues
- The system is brought back online
- Report is prepared
- Repairs, if necessary, are scheduled
- Repairs are completed and devices are all retested
- The panel is dated and a pdf report is emailed to management.
Our fire equipment inspections conform to the following standards:
- NFPA 12 for Carbon Dioxide and Fire Extinguishing Systems
- NFPA 12A for Halon 1301
- NFPA 17 for Dry-Chemical
- NFPA 17A for Wet-Chemical
- NFPA 2001 for Clean Agent.
An inspection includes a review of all of the following:
- Control Units
- Alarm-initiating Devices and Circuits
- Manual Fire Alarm Boxes
- Smoke and Heat Detectors
- Water-flow Switches
- Supervisory Switches
- Other
- Alarm Notification Appliances and Circuits
- Horn Stobes
- Strobes
- Horns
- Bells
- Speakers
- Other
- Signaling Line Circuits
- System Power Supplies
- Pre-test Notifications
Inspections include:
- Control Unit
- Interface Equipment
- Primary Power Supply
- Trouble Signals
- Ground-Fault Monitoring
- Battery Condition
- Load Voltage
- Remote Annunciators
- Notification Appliances
- Audible
- Visual
- Speakers
- Voice Clarity
- Emergency Communications
- Phone Set
- Phone Jacks
- Off-hook Indicator
- Amplifier(s)
- Tone Generator(s)
- Call-in Signal
- System Performance
- Monaco
- Interface Equipment
- Supervising Station Monitoring
- Alarm Signal
- Alarm Restoration
- Trouble Signal
- Supervisory Signal
- Supervisory Restoration
- Post-Test Notifications
- Monitoring Entity
- Building Occupants
- Building Management
- Other
- AHJ
We install certified warranteed equipment like the following