by Josh Brackett | Sep 10, 2020 | Codes and Regulatory Compliance, Operations & Maintenance, Troubleshooting
Sprinkler System Air Compressors Is your sprinkler system air compressor kicking on, or are you getting a lot of low air supervisory signals? Consider a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategy. We have replaced or rebuilt this compressor for our cooling tower...
by Josh Brackett | Sep 2, 2020 | Codes and Regulatory Compliance, Operations & Maintenance
Fire Dampers – ITM Fire dampers are an essential part of a building’s overall fire protection. They are a primary component in passive fire protection to help slow (hopefully stop) the spread of fire. Unfortunately, even though they are an overall simple...
by Josh Brackett | Aug 19, 2020 | Codes and Regulatory Compliance
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...
by Josh Brackett | Aug 12, 2020 | Codes and Regulatory Compliance
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...
by Josh Brackett | Jul 29, 2020 | Codes and Regulatory Compliance, Operations & Maintenance
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...
by Josh Brackett | Jul 20, 2020 | Codes and Regulatory Compliance
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...
