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New fire alarm system
- Drawings and permit on site
- Panel mounted
- Cable pulled, penetrations firestopped
- Devices set and addressed
- Programmed
- Pre-test, then acceptance test with AHJ
- Monitoring online
Checklists by trade
Fire alarm job checklists
New fire alarm system, device add, monitoring / communicator install, cable pull / pathway and more. Here are the common steps for 12 fire alarm jobs.
Pick the job you are on. Run down the steps. Print this page for the truck. In the app, pick fire alarm as your trade and these jobs load as your checklist, next to your before, during and after photos.
New install
Device add
- Monitoring placed on test
- Device addressed
- Wiring landed
- Programming done
- Alarm tested
- Monitoring and building told test is done
Monitoring / communicator install
- Account set up
- Communicator mounted
- Panel connected
- Test signals sent and confirmed
- Central station confirmed
- Customer shown
Cable pull / pathway
- Pathway clear
- Cable labeled
- Pull complete
- Supports in place
- Each penetration firestopped and photographed
- Cable ends tagged
Replace / 1-for-1 swap
Device replace (1-for-1)
- Monitoring placed on test
- Old device removed
- New device addressed
- Device tested
- Panel restored to normal
- Monitoring and building told test is done
Panel replace
- Monitoring placed on test
- Old panel documented
- New panel mounted
- Circuits landed
- Programmed and tested
- Monitoring restored
Battery replace
- Monitoring placed on test
- Old batteries out
- New batteries in
- Date labeled
- Charger voltage checked
- Panel normal
Repair / service call
Trouble / fault call
- Trouble noted
- Circuit isolated
- Fault found
- Repair made
- Panel normal
- Monitoring told
False alarm investigation
- Event history pulled
- Device found
- Cause fixed
- Device tested
- Panel normal
- Customer briefed
Renovation / remodel
Tenant improvement / remodel
- Existing devices mapped
- Devices relocated or added
- Programming updated
- Tested
- As-builts updated
- AHJ told (if required)
Inspect / maintain
Annual inspection
- Monitoring, building and occupants notified
- Visual check of all devices
- Each device tested
- Batteries tested
- Signals confirmed at monitoring
- Deficiencies listed
- System restored, everyone told
System inspection prep
- Devices walked, troubles cleared
- Batteries checked
- Past reports and as-builts gathered
- Impairments listed
- Test date set with building and monitoring
- AHJ told (if required)
Use these as a base. You know the job best, so add or skip steps to fit it. You are responsible for the work and the customer info you collect. See the Terms.
Not sure which photos to take? See the fire alarm job photo checklist. Want these as a print-ready book with a sheet per job type? That is a trade pack, on the pricing page.