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FIRE ALARM OPERATION SUMMARY:

A- PULL STATION AND COMMON AREA SMOKE DETECTOR OPERATION:

ACTIVATION OF A PULL STATION OR COMMON AREA SMOKE DETECTOR WILL INITIATE

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS.

1- A VOICE EVAC MESSAGE WILL SOUND AT FLOOR OF INCIDENCE, FLOOR ABOVE AND

FLOOR BELOW THE FLOOR OF INCIDENCE AS WELL AS ALL GENERAL ALARM

AREAS(stairwells, ground floor and roof).

2- ALL STROBES IN THE BUILDING WlLL OPERATE

3- THE F.A.C.P. WILL DIAL AND REPORT ACTIVITY TO EMERGENCY 24.

4- ALL DOOR HOLDERS WILL RELEASE

5- STAIR FANS IN STAIRWELLS WlLL PRESSURlZE STAIRWELLS.

B- ELEVATOR FIRE ALARM OPERATION: ALL ITEM "A" ACTIONS ALONG WITH THE

FOLLOWING.

1- SMOKE DETECTORS IN ELEV ATOR LOBBIES 2 THRU PH, TOP OF SHAFT AND MACHINE

ROOM WILL RECALL ELEVATORS TO PRIMARY RECALL FLOOR(ground floor).

2- SMOKE DETECTOR IN GROUND FLOOR ELEV A TOR LOBBY AND ELEV ATOR PIT WILL

RECALL ELEVATORS TO ALTERNATE RECALL FLOOR(2nd level).

3- DETECTORS WILL ALSO FLASH FIREMAN'S CAB LIGHT.

4- HEAT DETECTORS IN MACHINE ROOM WILL SHUNT ALL POWER TO ELEVATORS.

C- SPRINKLER ACTIVATION FIRE ALARM OPERATION:

I - FLOW SWITCH ACTIVATION WILL FOLLOW ITEM "A" ABOVE.

2- TAMPER SWITCH ACTIVATION WILL CAUSE SUPERVISORY ALARM AT PANEL AND

REPORT TO EMERGENCY 24.

3- F.A.C.P. MONITORS AND REPORTS FIRE PUMP RUN, A\C FAIL AND PHASE REVERSAL AS

SUPERVISORY EVENTS.

D- F.A.C.P POWER BACK-UP: ALL F.A.C.P. OPERATIONS ARE ON EMERGENCY POWER

CIRCUITS BACKED UP BY GENERA TOR AND ARE BACKED UP BY BATTERIES TO SUPPLY 24

HOURS UNDER QUIESCENT LOAD THEN OPERA TE AT MAX CONNECTED LOAD FOR 15 MIN ..

LOSS OF A\C POWER IS INDICATED BY MAIN A\C POWER LOSS TROUBLE DISPLAY.