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reduce the need for multiple personnel on site.
Additional benefits include preventing the need
for frequent service calls or the rolling of trucks,
especially in rural areas where technicians may
need to travel long distances. For example, if technicians
can remotely diagnose the system status,
they can pick up replacement parts before heading
to the job site. This could include necessary
software upgrades.
Many leading manufacturers of fire cloud services
have also introduced features for testing and
inspecting of peripheral devices. In some cases,
these features allow the service technician to generate
compliant test reports. These reports help
improve service efficiency and maintain digital
records of device testing, including timestamps,
device addresses, detector sensitivity values, pass/
fail status, and more. This ensures compliance
with NFPA 72®
Code®
, which requires specific system components
to undergo annual or semiannual testing and visual
inspection. As you can see, remote access provides
several benefits for the owner, including the ability
of authorized and qualified personnel to remotely
update panel configuration files, access history logs,
and perform " disturbance-free " remote testing of
devices with minimal impact to the building occupants.
This enables the building owner to ensure
their system is in proper operating condition.
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Having a holistic view of
life safety systems is vital to
the safety and security of
building occupants.
, National Fire Alarm and Signaling
Remote command and control is a trending
topic in cloud-connected fire alarm systems and
was recently added to the 2022 edition of NFPA
72. Subsection 23.8.2.11 defines requirements on
the system and user for remote access of the fire
alarm system for testing and maintenance activities,
remote diagnostics, and remote software updating.
These requirements include the ability to deactivate
the remote connection manually or automatically, a
feature that can help minimize the number of personnel
needed on site. For software updates, it is still
necessary to test the system per the requirements of
Chapter 14, Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance.
Having a holistic view of life safety systems is
vital to the safety and security of building occupants.
It is critical to determine whether an alarm
was caused by a legitimate threat or if it was triggered
by a faulty detection device or wiring issue.
This is a point of great importance for firefighters,
many of whom have responded to numerous calls
over the years that were caused by faulty or soiled
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