As I stated before, you have been given both an enormous challenge and an enormous opportunity. The challenge: to bring yourself up to speed on the requirements for properly inspecting, testing, and maintaining the fire alarm systems under your care. The opportunity: to significantly impact in assuring the long term reliability of these systems that provide such a vital service in protecting the lives of the clients using your facilities. Recently, the National Fire Protection Association has adopted the 2002 edition of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code. However, since I began this discussion with reference to the 1999 edition of the Code, I will continue using that edition as the reference. Many jurisdictions will continue to reference the 1999 edition until their statute revision process allows them to update their reference to the 2002 edition.
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