The City provides installation permits for the following type of Fire Alarm (F/A) installation work. The permit must be obtained by a qualified licensed electrical contractor and installed to the CAN/ULC-S524-06 , inspected and tested to CAN/ULC-S536-04 and verified to CAN/ULC-S537-04 standards and be acceptable to the city.
A) "Any modifications to the existing fire alarm system are to be verified in accordance with CAN/ULC S537-04. The verification report complete with the technicians checklist per Appendix C is to be submitted to the Electrical Section 48 hours prior to request for final inspection."
The contractor must verify an existing installation to the standards laid out by the ULC CAN/ULC S537-04 standards. Appendix C Fire Alarm System Verification Reports and supporting documentation must be submitted at least 48 hours prior to an inspection request by the contractor and must be thoroughly checked by the FSR for complete for the scope of work performed.
B) "Fire Alarm Installations: The F/A permit holder may be required to attend the group FA examination attended by the Surrey Fire Dpt. and area the electrical inspector. The F/A system must comply with the requirements of the installation standards CSA/ULC S524 and CAN/ULC S537 appendix C verification standards and demonstrated to be in acceptable working condition before final inspection is granted. Failure for the F/A system to perform to the submitted verification reports will require re-verification and may require re- verification by a second verification company."
The contractor submitting the F/A verification reports noted above must be available during the fire department testing procedure. The system and test must demonstrate to be a reliable working system as indicated by the verification report submitted. Failure or approval of the system will be recorded in the presence of the contractor submitting the verification report. Failure for the system to perform will be noted with the opportunity or the contractor to repair and to resubmit new verification reports accordingly. A second failure will require a third party verification agency (not the installation contractor) to verify the system to be working satisfactory to the fire or inspection agency and at the expense of the permit holder. Continued failure of the system to work as expected may result in the permit holder loosing their F/A permit privileges and the BCSA surety bond used to complete or to "make safe" the installation.
C) Fire alarm verification documentation to include confirmation of the operation of the HVAC shutdown and the heat trace monitoring.
D) A ULC certificate for protective signalling service must be provided [for fire alarm system monitoring] to the Electrical Section 48 hours prior to fire and life safety system demonstration test.
E) A fire alarm system connection for monitoring of the fire pump for: pump running, power failure, and phase reversal is to be provided.
F) Drawings of the Fire Alarm Graphic Annunciator are to be submitted to the Fire Department for acceptance prior to manufacture and a copy of accepted design submitted to the Electrical Inspection Section prior to demonstration test.