Scheduling a Fire Alarm Disconnect
REG 07.25.6
Authority: Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business
History: First Issued: December 7, 2000.
Additional References: Request for Fire Alarm System Disconnect Form , Facilities Operations Website
Contact Info: Facilities Operations Director
1. Purpose: To allow work to be performed in buildings where there is potential
for the fire protection system to be put into an alarm condition.
2. Intent: To prevent disruptions such as building evacuation and unneeded
emergency response form Public Safety, Fire Protection, and Raleigh Fire Department.
3. Procedure:
3.1 Facilities Operations, Construction Management, and Building Liaisons are
the only persons authorized to initiate a fire alarm disconnect request. Faculty
or staff wishing to schedule a fire alarm disconnect must submit ALL disconnect
requests through their Building Liaison.
3.2 To schedule a fire alarm disconnect, the following steps must be executed
in the order shown below. Fire Alarm disconnects will be performed during
the normal working hours of 7:30am to 3:30pm, Monday through Friday. Exceptions
must receive prior approval from the Electronics Shops before submitting the
request.
3.2.1 Submit a Work Request Form requesting a fire alarm disconnect. The Work
Request should be sent to the Customer Service Center (Rm. 128 Morris Bldg.,
Box 7219) and include a reasonable description of the requested outage.
3.2.2 Submit to the Electronics Shop, via e-mail or hard copy, to the Request for Fire Alarm System Disconnect Form. The e-mail address
for the Electronics Shop is rawarlick@gw.ncsu.edu.
If the information entered on the Request for Fire Alarm System Disconnect
Form is not complete and accurate, the Electronics Shop may reject the
request.
3.3 Disconnects will be scheduled as follows, relative to the day they are approved
by NCSU Fire Protection. To expedite approval, request should be submitted
by 12:00 p.m.
NC State Fire Protection Approval Actual Disconnect
Monday Thursday
Tuesday Friday
Wednesday Monday
Thursday Tuesday
Friday Wednesday
3.4 The Electronics Shop will investigate the request, then e-mail NC State
Fire
Protection informing them of the exact areas of which facility being
disconnected and the duration of the disconnect.
3.5 Upon approving the disconnect request, NC State Fire Protection will e-mail
the Service Center with the specific disconnect information.
3.6 The Service Center will then notify the appropriate building users of the
disconnect and will also e-mail Public Safety, the Electronics Shop, and the
original initiator of the request that the disconnect has been scheduled.
Note: If at any point during the disconnect process one of the scheduling parties
encounters a problem scheduling the requested disconnect, the initiator will
be notified. Submission of a new fire alarm disconnect request may be necessary.
The original Work Request, however, will remain open to cover future billings.
