Excellent video. Thanks ! Btw - After 30+ years as a volunteer firefighter /paramedic AND the owner of a fire alarm installation & service company, I’ve noticed very few fire department personnel on the volunteer side, know much about sprinkler systems. And… it seems that “dry” systems seem to have the most rust/corrosion problems.
Duct detectors are often set up as alarm points per the local AHJ. That’s how I most often see them set up in my area of Ohio. Also trouble points, and sometimes supervisory points, can sometimes be set up as latching. Personally I think they should clear on their own just as you said. Nice video!
Great informative video, but I myself, who works for a fire protection company, I notice a couple things I wanted to point out. I’m curious as to why you would have to “silence” the “trouble” and “supervisory” conditions if you “acknowledge” them first?Silence is only to “kill/quiet” the horns/strobes/speakers if the building is in alarm. Obviously, like you pointed out, you must confirmed the “alarm” condition and deem if everything is all good. In actuality, you don’t have to silence those conditions since acknowledging them will stop those conditions. In addition, the “trouble” and “supervisory” conditions will not set off the building unlike a alarm condition would. “Silencing” trouble and supervisory won’t do anything unless it was programmed that way. Sometimes supervisory conditions are not latching and may go in and out, depending on the circumstances. I haven’t touched Fike panels in like forever so maybe I’m just overthinking here. I bring this up since end users tend to get misinformed about how they operate the panel. They know the silence button and will press it without checking out the situation since it’s just beeps a lot for them.
@@FireAlarmFriday-shorts uh, yes it does, dependent on how it’s programmed and what the AHJ required at the time. Pressing “silence” can silence the horns/speakers but still strobe or silence horns/speakers and strobes. Again, all depends on how it’s programmed. S.O.P is to Acknowledge the alarm condition, investigate area, if no fire or false alarm, silence condition then reset. If that doesn’t work, call your service provider to extensively troubleshoot. What I’m asking here is why silence a “trouble” or “supervisory” condition since they don’t actually “alarm” the building or put the building in “alarm”. “Supervisory” and “Trouble” conditions will annunciate locally at the FACP to let certain personnel know what’s going. People will always put in service calls, regular or after hours “emergency”, and said the alarm is going off…..sure, it’s the FACP beeping or the building is actually in alarm sounding throughout? 95% of the time is the “panel is beeping”. The difference could determine whether it’s an actual emergency or some dumb jughead doesn’t understand how their equipment works that could wait for a regular service call during normal business hours.
@@bjkjr1087 Strobes are silenceable in the sense that they DO or DO NOT follow the silence function on the panel. You can also send the signal to your smartwatch. ua-cam.com/video/kc0IfUopZmQ/v-deo.html
Very explicit explanation.
It made me understand so easily and I am grateful.
Thank you
Thank you Jerry “The King” Lawyer. Very informative
Excellent video. Thanks !
Btw - After 30+ years as a volunteer firefighter /paramedic AND the owner of a fire alarm installation & service company, I’ve noticed very few fire department personnel on the volunteer side, know much about sprinkler systems.
And… it seems that “dry” systems seem to have the most rust/corrosion problems.
great explanation
Duct detectors are often set up as alarm points per the local AHJ. That’s how I most often see them set up in my area of Ohio. Also trouble points, and sometimes supervisory points, can sometimes be set up as latching. Personally I think they should clear on their own just as you said. Nice video!
Pari
yes most RTU's have duct detectors installed, and some UL location require global shut down on all units in alarm condition.
Thank you for posting this video. It was informative.
This was very well done.
NICE
Great informative video, but I myself, who works for a fire protection company, I notice a couple things I wanted to point out.
I’m curious as to why you would have to “silence” the “trouble” and “supervisory” conditions if you “acknowledge” them first?Silence is only to “kill/quiet” the horns/strobes/speakers if the building is in alarm. Obviously, like you pointed out, you must confirmed the “alarm” condition and deem if everything is all good.
In actuality, you don’t have to silence those conditions since acknowledging them will stop those conditions. In addition, the “trouble” and “supervisory” conditions will not set off the building unlike a alarm condition would. “Silencing” trouble and supervisory won’t do anything unless it was programmed that way. Sometimes supervisory conditions are not latching and may go in and out, depending on the circumstances. I haven’t touched Fike panels in like forever so maybe I’m just overthinking here.
I bring this up since end users tend to get misinformed about how they operate the panel. They know the silence button and will press it without checking out the situation since it’s just beeps a lot for them.
Silence won’t kill horns or speakers
Strobes don’t make sound
@@FireAlarmFriday-shorts uh, yes it does, dependent on how it’s programmed and what the AHJ required at the time.
Pressing “silence” can silence the horns/speakers but still strobe or silence horns/speakers and strobes. Again, all depends on how it’s programmed.
S.O.P is to Acknowledge the alarm condition, investigate area, if no fire or false alarm, silence condition then reset. If that doesn’t work, call your service provider to extensively troubleshoot.
What I’m asking here is why silence a “trouble” or “supervisory” condition since they don’t actually “alarm” the building or put the building in “alarm”.
“Supervisory” and “Trouble” conditions will annunciate locally at the FACP to let certain personnel know what’s going.
People will always put in service calls, regular or after hours “emergency”, and said the alarm is going off…..sure, it’s the FACP beeping or the building is actually in alarm sounding throughout? 95% of the time is the “panel is beeping”.
The difference could determine whether it’s an actual emergency or some dumb jughead doesn’t understand how their equipment works that could wait for a regular service call during normal business hours.
@@FireAlarmFriday-shorts You don’t say? aren’t you a Sherlock Holmes? You sure are the piece of chalk that is needed for a dry erase board. 🤣😂
@@bjkjr1087 Strobes are silenceable in the sense that they DO or DO NOT follow the silence function on the panel. You can also send the signal to your smartwatch. ua-cam.com/video/kc0IfUopZmQ/v-deo.html
Tq sir 🙏🙏