Monthly Fire Extinguisher Inspections Have you ever been cited for your monthly fire extinguishers? Most likely it was due to something simple, like not doing a monthly inspection the month of the annual, or someone pencil-whipping the PM and not really taking the...
Heat Detectors Aren’t Tested Correctly! Do you think that your ITM Team is testing your heat detectors correctly? You might want to check! One of the most common fire alarm ITM errors is not testing non-restorable heat detectors because they can’t be...
Fire Alarm Pull Stations Fire Alarm Pull Stations – EC.02.03.05 EP 3 We’re continuing down our path for EC.02.03.05. We debated not even doing a video on pull stations because they are such simple devices, but they are tested incorrectly so often! Too...
Butterfly Valve with Tamper Switch EC.02.03.05 EP 2 – B’Fly Valve w/ Integral Tamper Switch Taking a step back to a previous post on (check the comments below) waterflows, tampers, and high-air alarm devices. There were several messages and comments requesting...
Now this is how you test duct detectors Duct detectors are a big passion of mine because they are the most improperly tested fire alarm device based on my experience. To give you an example, I personally went and tested all the dampers and duct detectors in a new...
