NICET FAS-II case studies

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NICET lists Fire Alarm Systems (FAS) among its Fire Protection/Building Systems Programs. This page is an independent study resource for candidates working toward the NICET FAS Level II exam; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NICET. The NICET FAS-II case studies are 5 cases and about 3,407 words.

Battery Set, Charger, and NAC Voltage Drop on a Tenant-Improvement Submittal

A tenant improvement adds 26 addressable photoelectric smoke detectors, 11 monitor modules and 4 relay modules to an existing 24 VDC addressable panel. The contractor's battery calculation shows a measured standby load of 0.410 A (panel quiescent plus every module and detector) and an alarm load of 2.90 A (panel plus every appliance and relay energized).

658 words, about 3 min 2

Elevator Recall Detection in an Existing Building: Lobby Omission and Machine Room Devices

A six-story existing office building, fully sprinklered, is installing a new traction elevator. The fire alarm submittal shows smoke detectors in the elevator machine room and at the first-floor elevator lobby only.

712 words, about 4 min 3

Corridor Detector Layout and an Incomplete Design Submittal

A submittal for a four-story, fully sprinklered 120,000 sq ft office building arrives with floor plans and a riser diagram but no sequence of operations matrix, no battery calculation, and no voltage-drop calculations for the 22 notification circuits. A plan note reads: "All corridor smoke detectors on the same zone per floor." The corridors are 7 ft 6 in wide with 9 ft smooth ceilings.

670 words, about 3 min 4

T-Tapping an SLC and Sharing a Raceway in a Rated Stair

A contractor is adding a monitor module for a new sprinkler flow switch on the third floor of a five-story, fully sprinklered office building with a voice evacuation system. The existing signaling line circuit is Class B, installed in EMT, and passes through the two-hour rated exit stair enclosure on its way up from the panel on the first floor.

687 words, about 3 min 5

Annual Inspection Findings: Test Mode, Partial Testing, and a Signal Gap

During the annual inspection of a twelve-story building, the tester finds: the panel's test (walk-test) mode was left active after the previous annual and has been on for 14 months, so alarms are not being transmitted; the inspection log shows 38 of 240 initiating devices tested last year, with no sensitivity records for any smoke detector; three duct smoke detectors operated their local test-station LEDs but produced no signal at the panel; and the supervising station has no signal history for the last 45 days. The property manager wants the inspection report signed today to close out an insurance audit.

680 words, about 3 min