Life Safety systems that protect commercial structures from fire, smoke, and other natural disasters utilize a wide variety of equipment and technologies, including:<\/p>\n
It\u2019s crucial that each individual portion of the system functions and works properly during a fire or other emergency, which is why mandatory testing procedures require detailed coordination.<\/p>\n
In buildings, especially large commercial structures, many of these components, including the security systems, elevators, and fire safety systems, are often installed, maintained, and inspected by different contractors. This can make it difficult for a building owner to coordinate tests, unless a single, full-service firm is responsible for the integrity of the entire system.<\/p>\n
The fire safety system is essentially the brain of your building\u2019s safety apparatus \u2013 each of the individual components need to work in concert during a fire. In fact, the fire safety system takes control of many other portions of a structure during an emergency. Some important interactions include:<\/p>\n
According to the National Fire Protection Association<\/a>, there were 1,298,000 fires reported in the United States in 2014, causing thousands of deaths and $11.6 billion in property damage. Given these statistics, it\u2019s essential to make sure that all these parts of your life safety system work, and, importantly, that they all work correctly together. In addition to the legal responsibilities of a building owner to maintain and test the life safety system, a disaster is not the time to discover that some components are malfunctioning.<\/p>\n In addition to the interactions listed above, a full test also helps you answer questions like:<\/p>\n While all parts of your life safety system are extremely important in the case of a fire or other disaster, sprinklers, smoke detectors, and emergency power systems are three of the most essential elements of any disaster prevention apparatus. The National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code (NFASC) Handbook emphasizes that the coordinated testing of integrated systems is especially important and may require additional support personnel, potentially including building management, and, in some cases, inspection authorities.<\/p>\n Non-residential fires represent only seven percent of reported fires in the US, but they result in 23 percent of of dollar losses<\/a> nationwide. The installation and inspection of your fire sprinkler system is essential to protect your property and your business from serious physical and financial damage. Additionally, the installation, inspection, and maintenance of sprinkler systems in a commercial facility are mandated by law.<\/p>\n According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> (FEMA), smoke alarms effectively alert occupants of non-residential buildings about 70 percent of the time. The most common cause of smoke alarm failure is power source problems; another reason why it\u2019s essential to ensure that all life safety components are tested concurrently, including your emergency power system.<\/p>\n In addition, the National Fire Protection Association\u2019s NFPA 72 guidelines specify<\/a> that elevator shutdown and fire protection systems and protocols must be fully tested by experienced, certified personnel.<\/p>\n In addition to ensuring that all your safety systems work together, using LifeSafety management to conduct a comprehensive building safety test has other benefits:<\/p>\n Dealing with five or six contractors just to make sure your building is safe can be a serious hassle. In addition, a collection of firms and agencies may miss serious safety equipment problems, since they\u2019re only focused on one area at a time instead of reviewing your system as a whole.<\/p>\n The NFPA reports<\/a> that there were over 100,000 non-residential fires in the US in 2013, causing 2.6 billion dollars in damage. It\u2019s essential that your building is prepared by having all of your life safety systems fully maintained and regularly tested.<\/p>\n If the life safety system in your building needs a checkup, or your fire sprinklers, emergency lighting, smoke detectors, or other safety technology requires repair, call the full-service experts at LifeSafety Management at (800) 330-1158 or reach us through our online contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You won\u2019t know If they work together unless they\u2019re tested together Life Safety systems that protect commercial structures from fire, smoke, and other natural disasters utilize a wide variety of equipment and technologies, including: Sprinklers Alarms Stairwell pressurization systems Elevator safety systems Emergency and exit lighting Pull stations Smoke detectors Emergency and standby power systems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesafetymanagement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}An integrated life safety system test is like a complex fire drill for your business<\/h3>\n
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Sprinklers<\/h3>\n
Smoke alarms, elevators, and emergency power systems<\/h3>\n
The benefits of using LifeSafety Management to test your system<\/h3>\n
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