HEHO Alarms System Questions and Answers_0001.pdf

140P6020Q0011 Questions and Answers_HEHO_Alarm System Monitoring

1. What is the annual historical value of this contract – alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems and fire protection systems monitoring and testing at the Herbert Hoover National

Historic Site?

The last contract dollar value was $9500.00

2. What is the name of the current or most recent service provider for this work at the

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site?

Consolidated Protection Inc.

3. Who installed the fire alarm system, sprinkler systems and security systems at HEHO?

The best information we have is that they were installed in 2005 by Midwest Automatic

Fire Sprinkler Company. Our alarm system is a hybrid of several previous systems. The most recent “upgrade” to the fire alarm and intrusion alarm system was by Consolidated

Protection Services Inc.

4. What is the name, make, and model of the fire alarm system currently installed at

HEHO? Are there other fire alarm systems currently installed at HEHO across the 19 buildings?

See info below.

5. What is the name, make, and model of the sprinkler system currently installed at HEHO?

Are there other sprinkler systems currently installed at HEHO across the 19 buildings? Is the preaction sprinkler system protecting the Birthplace Cottage, Schoolhouse, Garvin

Cottage, Meeting House and the Blacksmith shop different in any way to other sprinkler systems at HEHO?

One preaction system protects the Birthplace Cottage, the Blacksmith Shop and the

Schoolhouse. The Garvin House and the Meeting House each have their own dry pipe system. See additional info below.

6. What is the name, make, and model of the sprinkler system currently installed at HEHO?

Are there other sprinkler systems currently installed at HEHO across the 19 buildings? Is the preaction sprinkler system protecting the Birthplace Cottage, Schoolhouse, Garvin

Cottage, Meeting House and the Blacksmith shop different in any way to other sprinkler systems at HEHO?

One preaction system protects the Birthplace Cottage, the Blacksmith Shop and the

Schoolhouse. The Garvin House and the Meeting House each have their own dry pipe system. See additional info below.

7. For the annual inspection and service of the HEHO handheld/portable fire extinguishers, does the government staff anticipate that the 20 ea. 10 lb. size, 23 ea. 5 lb. size and 13 ea.

2.5 lb. are all in the correct location, currently distributed in the correct amounts, and maintained in the appropriate sizes?

Yes

8. Do you know the amount of devices per each building? The statement of work states to inspect all devices in all 19 buildings but does not say how many pull stations, smoke and motion sensors etc.

See additional info below.

Additional Info from past inspection to fully answer all questions above

Sprinkler and Alarm system info from last inspections

Sprinkler Systems:

Garvin House: Reliable Model A Dry Pipe System

Fire Panel is Silent Knight Model SK-5208

Birthplace Cottage/Blacksmith Shop and School (three buildings served by one system)

Reliable Model A Preaction Deluge System

Fire Panel is Firelight MRP-4424

Releasing Panel is Potter PFC 4410

Meeting House: Reliable Model D Dry Pipe System

Fire Panel is Faraday Life Watch 401

Alarms: In addition to the above fire panels we have:

7 buildings with fire panel: Faraday Life Watch 401

7 buildings with fire panel: Firelight MS-2

19 buildings have transmitters/transceivers: Keltron PET404AC

Intrusion alarms: keypads in each building are MAXSYS. MAXSYS panel in the Visitor

Center is a MAXSYS PC4020CF

All transmission lines are direct buried copper (telephone lines)

All alarm system lines end up in the VC at a Keltron PS740 power supply

A total of 174 devices. That includes smoke alarms,heat detectors(fixed, rate-of-rise, and ductwork), horns, strobes, flow switches, tamper switches, low air pressure alarms and pull stations. Each building also has intrusion alarms at the doors and motion detectors (not on this list).

Blacksmith Shop-15 devices

Birthplace Cottage-14 devices

Schoolhouse-6 devices

Garvin House-27 devices

Meeting House-16 devices

Maintenance Shop-15 devices

P.T. Smith House-4 devices

Scellar's Barn-4 devices

Varney House-9 devices

Leech House-5 devices

Laban Miles House and upstairs apartment-11 devices

C.E. Smith House-4 devices

Visitor Center/Post Office-20 devices

Staples House-4 devices

Wright House-5 devices

Hayhurst house-5 devices

Mackey House-5 devices

Isaac Miles House-5 devices