Fire Alarm Services

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The routine inspection, maintenance, and repair of your fire alarm panel and detection devices are critical for the safety of both your personnel and property. We offer an extensive array of services for a diverse range of systems, this helps you ensure your alarm is prepared to give notification when an emergency strikes.

Fire Alarm Panel on Testing Mode

We offer a broad range of annual and semi-annual inspections, as well as sensitivity testing for your detection devices. Our full-service inspections encompass evaluations of your main control panel, auxiliary functions, and detection devices.

Through these thorough inspections, we aim to provide you with insight into the health of your system. Should we identify any deficiencies, we will promptly notify you as well as address and repair them to help you ensure your system remains operational.

Given their importance, Fire Alarm System Testing & Inspections are required per NFPA 72 to give maximum assurance that the fire alarm system is up to code and will operate effectively and safely.

Thompson Safety is a top fire alarm service provider for commercial and industrial facilities. We can help keep your building, equipment, and people safe with expert testing, inspection, maintenance, repairs, replacement, and monitoring.

How The Service Works

  • Facility Walkthrough: conduct an equipment survey to determine the type, size and details of the existing system.
  • Inspection: based on the survey we determine the appropriate inspection, maintenance, repair needed to bring your equipment up to code.
  • Repair: if repairs are needed, those will be quoted and preformed in a timely manner to bring your system back online or up to code.
  • Service Interval: establish the appropriate service frequency, which will depend on the specific equipment being maintained and local requirements.
  • Documentation: provide thorough documentation of all services performed, repairs, notations and deficiencies, in written and digital formats.
  • Invoicing: multiple payment and billing options for your convenience.
  • Ongoing support: 24/7 customer service and account access

Testing, Inspection, and Maintenance

Thompson Safety's highly trained and certified fire service technicians perform the following:

  • Function test of fire alarm control panel and annunciator (if applicable) in normal and emergency battery backup conditions
  • Function test of all manual pull stations
  • Function test of all fire alarm initiating devices including: smoke detectors, thermal heat detectors, duct detectors, elevator recall systems, fire doors, pull stations, & all other applicable fire alarm initiating devices
  • Function test of all indicating devices including horn strobes, strobes, horns, bells, voice evacuation systems & all other applicable fire alarm indicating devices.
  • Function test of all other applicable fire alarm-initiating devices
  • Testing of all sprinkler waterflow and tamper switches
  • Verification of signals to monitoring company
  • A complete and detailed system report provided to you for submission to your insurance company and/or fire department
  • Service interval tag installed on the FACP

Repairs & Replacements

Testing and routine maintenance can reveal that some aspects of your fire alarm system isn’t functioning properly. But not to worry, Thompson Safety’s fire alarm system experts have the experience and equipment to repair or replace faulty components, so you can rest assured that your facility will be safe and meet required AHJ codes.

Monitoring Services for Fire Alarm Systems

When a fire alarm signal from the system is received, the monitoring company will telephone the proper fire department and the first person available as designated on your emergency call list. When supervisory or trouble signal is received, the monitoring company will notify you or the first person available as designated on your emergency call list.

Thompson Safety – A Trusted Fire Alarm System Service Provider

As your partner in fire safety, Thompson provides comprehensive testing, inspection, maintenance, repairs, replacement, and monitoring of commercial and industrial fire alarm systems.

NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code

NFPA is the authority that develops the guidelines for fire alarm and signaling systems. Notably, NFPA 72 lays out the standards and regulations related to the inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm and signaling systems. In the United States, many fire alarm systems require annual and semi-annual inspections per these guidelines, though some jurisdictions might demand more frequent checks based on this standard.

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