FL Fire Alarm case studies
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The Florida Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board, within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, licenses and regulates electrical contractors, and its scope includes alarm system contracting. Two certified alarm credentials matter here: Alarm System Contractor I (EF), whose business includes all types of alarm systems for all purposes, and Alarm System Contractor II (EG), whose business includes all types of alarm systems other than fire. The FL Fire Alarm case studies are 5 cases and about 3,302 words.
1The Weekend Panel Swap at an Occupied Assisted Living Facility
A 96-unit, four-story assisted living facility in unincorporated Broward County has an obsolete conventional fire alarm control panel. The owner's maintenance supervisor wants your licensed fire alarm company to replace the panel and 'reuse every existing device' over one weekend, starting Friday at 6 p.m.
681 words, about 3 min2Change Order, Notice to Owner, and the Ninety-Day Lien Clock
Your company is the fire alarm subcontractor on a 9.2 million tenant improvement in Tampa. The subcontract is 186,400 and states that no extra work is authorized without a written change order signed by the general contractor.
695 words, about 3 min3The 1099 Crew, the Owner's Exemption, and the Certificate Request
Your family-owned fire alarm company has eight W-2 technicians. The president owns 100% of the corporation and has a Notice of Election of Exemption on file with the Florida Department of Financial Services; his spouse, the vice president, is on payroll and does not have an exemption.
630 words, about 3 min4Steel Fish Tape at 277 Volts in an Occupied Tower
Two technicians are adding horn/strobes above the lay-in ceiling of an occupied 22-story office tower in Miami. The ceiling is 9 feet 6 inches high, and one technician is standing on the top cap of a 10-foot fiberglass stepladder to reach over the grid.
675 words, about 3 min5Sixty-Three Nuisance Alarms in a New Apartment Tower
A 14-story, 210-unit apartment building in Orange County received its certificate of occupancy five months ago. The addressable system has smoke detectors in each unit's sleeping rooms, in the shared corridors, and a detector in each kitchen.
621 words, about 3 min