Specs

Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC
PROJECT MANUAL
Version: January 2012
SECTION 17000
SPRINKLER SUPERVISORY, FIRE ALARM & MONITORING SYSTEM
PART 1 GENERAL
1.01 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
A. SCOPE & RELATED DOCUMENTS
1. National Account Vendor as listed on drawings shall furnish and install a complete Fire Alarm
System as described herein and as shown on the plans; to be wired, connected, and left in first
class operating condition. The system shall use closed loop initiating device circuits with
individual zone supervision, individual NAC supervision, incoming and standby power
supervision. Include a control panel, manual stations (fire alarm boxes), automatic fire detectors,
indicating devices, remote enunciators, all wiring, connections to devices, outlet boxes, junction
boxes, and all other necessary material for a complete operating system.
2. The work covered by this section of the specifications includes the furnishing of all labor,
drawings, equipment, materials, and performance of all operations in connection with the
installation of the Fire Alarm System as shown on the drawings and as herein specified.
3. The requirements of the conditions of the Contract, Supplementary Conditions and General
Requirements, apply to the work specified in this section.
4. The complete installation is to conform to the applicable sections of NFPA-72, Local Code
Requirements and National Electrical Code with particular attention to Article 760.
5. Additionally, the entire installed system and all integrated system operations shall be within the
guidelines of the Basic Building Code.
6. The work covered by this section of the specifications is to be coordinated with the related work
as specified elsewhere under the project specifications.
7. The approved vendor is a National Account Vendor as listed on drawings as designated on
drawings. No substitutions allowed.
8. Knox Box shall be provided by the General Contractor with tamper switch and wired by the
National Account as designated on drawings for tamper monitoring. Supervisory signal to be sent
to the National Account as designated on drawings Net Center for 24 hr. Remote Station
Monitoring.
9. Remote Station monitoring of the fire alarm system shall be provided by the National Account as
designated on drawings under separate contract with the owner. Any other local requirements for
signals to be sent to the location fire department directly shall be by the owner.
B. REFERENCES
NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm Code
NFPA 101 - Life Safety Code®
Building Code appropriate for this Jurisdiction.
Other Applicable Codes and/or Standards
C. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
1. Equipment: All devices, combinations of devices, notification appliances, and equipment, shall be
listed for the protective signaling purpose for which they are used and shall be installed in
compliance with applicable codes and standards.
2. Type of System: The control panel shall be Listed for power-limited applications per NEC 760 and
for compliance with the National Fire Protection Association Standards NFPA 72; for Local,
Auxiliary, Remote Station, and/or Proprietary fire protective signaling systems.
3. Type of Service: The control panel shall be Listed for the applicable types of service, i.e.; Manual
Alarm, Automatic Alarm, Waterflow Alarm and/or Sprinkler Supervisory Service.
4. Type of Signaling: The control panel shall be Listed for the applicable types of signaling methods
used, i.e.; Temporal Coded, Zone Coded, Non-Coded, June Time and/or Digital Alarm
Communicator (DACT) Signaling.
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