Electrical supervision shall be provided for a fire alarm system. |
A standpipe systemIf a fire alarm system in a building is required to have an annunciator, except for hose valves, all valves controlling water supplies in a standpipe system shall be equipped with an electrically supervised switch for transmitting a trouble signal to the annunciator in the event of movement of the valve handle. |
An automatic sprinkler systemAn automatic sprinkler system shall be electrically supervised to indicate a supervisory signal on the building fire alarm system annunciator for each of the following: 1. tamper switch(wet pipe system) 2. loss of excess water pressure(wet pipe system) 3. loss of air pressure(dry pip system) 4. loss of air pressure(pressure tank) 5. a significant change in water level (any water storage container used for firefighting purposes) 6. loss of power to any automatically starting fire pump 7. low temperature (dry pipe valve enclosure or water storage container) 8. a fire pump as stipulated in NFPA 20 Indication of all supervisory signals shall be transmitted to the fire department. |
| THE ABOVE CODE ANALYSIS IS AS PER BC BUILDING CODE 2018. PLEASE REFER TO OTHER PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL CODES AND BY-LAWS FOR SPECIFIC REGIONAL REQUIREMENTS. |
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