UL 514B
(2004) Conduit, Tubing and Cable Fittings
UL Fire Prot Dir
(2004) Fire Protection Equipment Directory
1.2
RELATED REQUIREMENTS
Materials and workmanship shall conform to Section 16050N BASIC ELECTRICAL
MATERIALS AND METHODS, with the additions and modifications specified
herein. Include provision of all labor, material, tools and equipment
necessary for and incidental to the provision of a complete and usable[
base-wide] radio fire alarm reporting system. The system shall be in
accordance with NFPA 70, NFPA 72 , and as specified herein.
Radio
transmitting and receiving/decoding equipment furnished under this section
shall be the current products of one manufacturer regularly engaged in
production of such equipment. All other materials and equipment furnished
under this section shall be the current products of one or more
manufacturers regularly engaged in production of such materials and
equipment. All electronics shall be solid state.
Equipment shall be
listed by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. (UL) or approved by the
Factory Mutual System (FM) as a Public Fire Reporting system, in accordance
with NFPA 72. Equipment used to interconnect the system with protected
premises fire alarm system control units and fire suppression /
extinguishing system control units [and dry-contact initiating devices]
shall be UL listed or FM approved for that service, in accordance with NFPA
72. As an alternate to the above listing requirements, all equipment shall
be UL Fire Prot Dir listed or FM P7825 approved as a Supervising Station
Fire Alarm System in accordance with NFPA 72. Radio transmitters and
receivers shall comply with all requirements for FCC Type Acceptance,
except that they shall be capable of operation in the military frequency
bandwidths and at the power output specified herein. In the NFPA
publications referred to herein, the advisory provisions shall be
considered mandatory, as though the word "shall" had been substituted for
"should" wherever it appears; reference to the "authority having
jurisdiction" shall be interpreted to mean the [_____Division] [Engineering
Field Activity _____], Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Fire
Protection Engineer.
1.2.1
Continuity of Protection
During installation of this system, there shall be no loss of function of
the existing base fire reporting system, or of the protected premises
alarm and suppression / extinguishing systems connected thereto. Transfer
of protected premises system connections from the existing base reporting
system shall not result in loss of alarm transmitting or receiving
capability. Temporary interruption of individual protected premises
systems connections, not to exceed 8 hours duration, will be permitted
with the approval of the Contracting Officer. No interruption of alarm or
communications functions at the central[ fire/emergency communications
center] will be permitted.
1.3
SYSTEM DESIGN
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NOTE: Include all types of fire alarm control
panels and fire suppression / extinguishing system
control panels and initiating devices to which
system transmitters must be connected. A/E must
investigate existing systems in each building. For
connection to the radio alarm transmitter, each
SECTION 13853N
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