UL 514B
(2004) Conduit, Tubing and Cable Fittings
UL Fire Prot Dir
(2004) Fire Protection Equipment Directory
1.2
RELATED REQUIREMENTS
Materials shall conform to Section 16050N BASIC ELECTRICAL MATERIALS AND
METHODS, with the additions and modifications specified herein
1.3
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Work includes provision of labor, material, tools and equipment necessary
for and incidental to the provision of a complete and usable base-wide
digital alarm communicator fire alarm system. The system shall be in
accordance with NFPA 72 and as specified herein. Materials and equipment
furnished under this contract shall be the current products of one
manufacturer regularly engaged in production of such equipment.
Electronics shall be solid state. The system shall be listed by the
Underwriters' Laboratories (UL) or approved by Factory Mutual Engineering
and Research (FM) as a public fire reporting system, in accordance with
NFPA 72. Equipment used to interconnect the system with local building
fire alarm systems shall be UL listed or FM approved, 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 proprietary
protective signaling system in accordance with NFPA 72, provided the system
meets the requirements as specified herein without violating such listing
or approval. The system shall conform to the Federal Communications
Commission's rules and regulations concerning connection of telephone
equipment, systems, and protective apparatus to the public switched
telephone network. In the National Fire Protection Association (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
1.4
DEFINITIONS
a.
Year 2000 compliant - means computer controlled facility
components that accurately process date and time data (including,
but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from,
into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and
the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations.
1.5
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
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NOTE: Include all types of initiation
devices/panels to which system shall be connected.
A/E shall investigate existing systems in each
building. In some cases it may be necessary to
replace old, unapproved "drill panels" and shunt
systems with new local energy panel/systems (refer
to Section 13852, "Interior Fire Alarm System."
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SECTION 13854N
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