How does the NFPA Fire Alarm Code 72 interface with the NEC?
Does the FA alarm installer have to comply with the NEC, other that Article 760?
I will appreciate some feed back please.
Joe I install a fair amount of fire alarm systems and have not looked at NFPA 72 more than a couple of times.
The reason is this, I install the systems per engineered prints.
Even when we do a design build job the fire alarm prints are drawn up by an engineer. After that they go to the FD for approval.
Out at the job I get a stamped set of drawings that I can not deviate from.
The placement of devices, the number of them, how they interact with other building systems like HVAC, elevators etc. is all laid out for me.
All the issues I have input in are contained in the NEC.
Sadly that makes me just an installer and not a technician in my mind.
To be honest I do not feel qualified to design a life safety system like a fire alarm.
Bob
