Thread for those in the Fire Alarm industry.(Technicians/Inspectors/Installers)
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>Years in trade
>Licenses/Certificates
>Current wage
>Questions about trade as well as tips.

I'll go first I guess.
-September marks 4 years
-FASA/BASA, NICET T&I Level 1, NICET T&I Level 2
-$28/hr
-Get your licenses and certifications as quickly as you can and give your employer a solid reason to up your pay.

>>2924648 (OP)
Elevator guy here, can you idiots learn to follow simple instructions? Thanks.

>>2924673
Could you please expound? What instructions are not being followed?

>>2924872
Consistently issues with smoke addressing. Ask for overhead smoke and control space devices to throw Hat relay, 90% of the time the alarm guys have to reprogram. Really eats away at my adjusting time when I have to spend 5 hours pre-testing and your programmer is an hour away.

>>2924648 (OP)
when you gunna upgrade to becoming a wireman?

>>2924915
What do you mean? Like an installer? Or do you mean an actual electrician?

>>2924650
Please tell me that is in a flyover state. I'm getting $29 with a high school diploma to sit in AC 70% of the day tell people to turn their shit on and off again.

>>2924648 (OP)
>Questions about trade as well as tips
Why are all welders queer?

>>2925114
I'm 24yo in south florida

>>2925115
Fire alarm guys don't work around welders too much. Maybe you have some fire alarm related questions?

>>2925139
So do you just plug them in and then ...what? Start a fire to test them? What's to talk about? It's your thread, anon, what do YOU want to discuss in relation to fire alarms? I don't even have one, they're annoying.

>>2925638
Any commercial building is required to have some type of centralized fire alarm system installed in the modern world. Think of the red Fire devices you might see in a school or doctors office. They are connected to a main panel somewhere in the building. These systems require yearly checkups and tests to ensure they are functioning properly.

>go to pull fire alarm wire
>it was piped by a first year that has only done lighting

Can extreme smells (jeets making curry) trigger fire alarms. Every few months or so fire alarm outside my door starts blasting without apparent reason and I have to stay up closing it every 15min, or indians downstairs start banging on my door and screaming that I have to do something about it since it's outside my apartment. The smell is always so thick that its more close to mustard gas than food.

>>2924650
>FASA/BASA, NICET T&I Level 1, NICET T&I Level 2
>$28/hr
How were you scammed into earning less than uneducated south american roofers? I'm a high-school dropout myself.

>>2924673
>Elevator guy here
Consider showing up to work on time. The way you assholes talk up your smarts, you should be able to operate an alarm clock.
>>2928072
No.
>>2924648 (OP)
Green. Fuck off.

25 years in the making

>>2924648 (OP)
Call-maker for a fire department billing company here
How the FUCK do businesses have so much trouble passing their inspections? And why do so many of these knuckle draggers fail to provide good contact info?
Some people don't get charged until their 3rd reinspection and it's still not rare to see these same people with 4ths!
Pay your fuckin' fire department, people. Rant over.

>>2928329
How is making phone calls still a real job?

>>2928096
I think I make above average for most people my age. And by the time I'm 30 I should be in the upper 30s if I keep progressing at this rate.

>>2924648 (OP)
You need a specific qualification / license to install and inspect fire alarms? Aren't they all effectively wifi-connected plug and play these days? I get needing someone to come out and inspect them for rentals, but paying out the ass for a specific fire alarm guy to come out feels like paying an electrician's wage to mount your tv.

>>2928096
>>2928483
I have no idea what the cost-of-living is like over there right now, but $28USD is about $42.50 Australian dollars. That's the same hourly rate as a fully qualified electrician over here, and a very comfortable living wage.

>>2924883
That’s the most specific complaint I’ve ever heard.

>>2928338
That's not the ONLY thing I do. I don't dare post my real job title because I'm not sure how easy it would be to recognize me. I don't know how many fire department billing companies there are. I also send a shitton of emails and explain the nuances of business inspections to confused owners who say this should be going to the landlord instead (they're wrong).
>How
And the answer to your question is because verizon keeps trying to dodge invoices and needs someone to crack the whip/correct any information the inspector got wrong while running late to his pyromaniac support group or whatever it is that also takes up inspectors' free time.

>>2928503
Fire alarm systems are still predominantly hard wired into commercial, industrial, and residential(think high rise condos and apartment) buildings.

Electrician here. IBEW

How do I learn your craft?

>>2929703
You have to work for a Fire alarm company for a little. Ideally in the service or construction areas.

Company I work for had a fire alarm test. Some of the sprinklers went off during the test causing lots of damage. It was funny.

>>2929713
That doesn't make sense, sprinkler systems are heat activated from my understanding.

I have a question in regards to ansul sentry fire extinguishers. I have a a02xx fire extinguisher that I replaced with a newer one this one isnt bad it was holding just fine and I emptied out the baking soda (not actual baking soda it was really fine powder)

The gauges on the side of the handle, are they always pressurized, like if I were to unscrew it while the extinguisher still has pressure, will it start to lose pressure without squeezing the handle?

>>2924648 (OP)
Does anyone know the name of these types of 3" fittings?