Attachment 12 Fire System Criteria - 10Dec18.pdf

Attachment 12 – FA488721R0009 Luke Air Force Base

Fire Alarm/Mass Notification System Installation rwm-12/10/2018

Luke Air Force Base Fire Alarm/Mass Notification System Installations

Basic Standard Installation Criteria:

• Standardize Fire Alarms Systems in all base facilities.

• Fire Alarm System/MNS must be compatible with Monaco BTX-21, BTX-M

• Factory train Alarm Maintenance personal on base standard/selected Fire Alarm System.

• Establish bench stock for base standard/selected Fire Alarm System.

• System design must meet AFI’s, ETL’s, UFC 3-600-01, UFC 4-021-01 (Design/O&M for Mass

Notification Systems), NFPA 70/72 and IBC 2009.

• The Fire Alarm Design/MNS is engineered by qualified FPE or NICET level IV personnel.

• Factory trained personnel to perform system installation, testing, training, and maintenance.

• Mass Notification System (MNS) will provide a Common Intelligibility Scale (CIS) for indoor sound at 0.08 CIS minimum value. An intelligibility voice signal being broadcast will be determined at a distance of no more than 33 ft within the same area.

• Fire Alarm initiation will have pull stations (w/ Lexan covers) at all primary exits; monitor all flow switches; smoke/heat detectors (if installed); duct smoke detectors, flame (UVIR) detectors, and monitoring modules. Install smoke detector within 4’ above Fire Alarm Panel.

• Fire Alarm Indication will be by the MNS speaker system (voice) and clear strobes.

• The MNS sound system will override any fire signals and provide indication of ALERT through amber strobes.

• Voice messages can be obtained by the FPO will be per UFC Air Force requirements and have Local Operators Panel(s) with microphone located within a distance determined by the FPO/AHJ, but no further than 200’.

• The MNS sound system w/ BTX-M will have (LVN) Live Voice Notification from Fire Department (ECC) Emergency Communication Center or Base Command Post.

• Monaco Transmitting Zones:

Will include; pull stations, smoke/heat detectors, CO detectors, duct detectors, water flow, tampers switches, AEDs, Emergency infrastructure such as (generators, fuel levels, etc.), flame (UVIR) detectors, remote emergency panic buttons;

• Contact Fire Dept ECC for proper zoning…

• Size of the FACP panel will incorporate the amplifiers and will be mid-size in height, (may require more panels of same height).

• Annunciator panel will be installed in facilities with complex configurations per FPO/AHJ.

• FPO/AHJ will have final acceptance of Fire Alarm System Installation

Ronald W. Martin Chief, Fire Prevention 623/856-7421