<div dir="auto">Good research imho. don't believe you will find any justification for silencing an alarm system and using a fire watch in it's place in any NFPA document. It has been on my codes and standards to do list to submit a change proposal to include this in the standard. Please consider submitting change. It's easy, on line, and effective. And announce it here so others can support it.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 3, 2023, 7:53 AM Jonathan Zitelman via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Poking out of my dusty little corner as I do every several years.</div><div><br></div><div>I know many theatres and hotels have a switch which has been programmed into the fire alarm system to disable specific initiating devices within the fire alarm system. Typically these are smoke detectors associated with fog/haze use, located directly around the stage. Actual use of the switch usually requires a permit and fire watch or fire inspector on site to still meet Life Safety Code, and the full system is not taken off-line so that patrons are still alerted if necessary.</div><div><br></div><div>I have reached out to our fire marshal about installing such a switch. He's amicable but has asked what reference allows for this exception. I've tried searching online and have found a few universities with guidelines and applications (and learned a lot about fats, oil and grease [FOG]), but cannot locate any specific references other than a blanket reference to NFPZ 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code. At over 400 pages and the inability to search while using free access, I was hoping someone here might be able to provide some more specifics.</div><div><br></div><div>I know this has to be done correctly as it directly involves life safety. Despite our best efforts to date, we still end up with one or two false alarms a year. Again, I appreciaite any insights, until then I will be leafing through code in my spare time.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Jonathan Zitelman</div><div>Director of University Events</div><div>Texas Lutheran University<br></div></div>
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