Fire Detection and Alarm System Regulations

Question 1

Which authority administers the standards for the testing and maintenance of fire alarm systems?

Answer 1

The Fire Technical Council

Question 2

Who administers the standard for the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment?

Answer 2

The Electrical Technical Council

Question 3

What is the standard for the installation of electrical equipment?

Answer 3

The Canadian Electrical Code

Question 4

Who is responsible for enforcing the standards for the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment?

Answer 4

The Electrical Safety Codes Officer

Question 5

Who administers the standard for the testing and maintenance of fire alarm systems?

Answer 5

The Fire Technical Council

Question 6

Who is responsible for enforcing the standards for testing and maintenance of fire alarm systems?

Answer 6

The Fire Safety Codes Officer

Question 7

Who administers the standard for the installation of fire alarm systems?

Answer 7

The Building Technical Council

Question 8

What would be the correct method of testing an ionization smoke detector?

Answer 8

Introducing artificial aerosol smoke or real smoke into the sensing chamber

Question 9

Who is required to conduct a yearly inspection on a fire alarm system?

Answer 9

A qualified person

Question 10

Which regulation outlines the requirements for fire alarm system verification?

Answer 10

The Alberta Building Code

Question 11

Whose responsibility is it to ensure that an annual test is performed on a building with a fire alarm system?

Answer 11

The building owner

Question 12

According to the Alberta Fire Code, the only person qualified to perform maintenance on a fire alarm system is a certified electrician.
True or False?

Answer 12

False.
A qualified person who has received suitable formal training is permitted to test, inspect, and maintain a fire alarm system. This qualified person could be someone such as a fire alarm technician

Question 13

Installation of a fire alarm system is carried out by a person who is….

Answer 13

Certified by the Apprenticeship and Training Act

Question 14

Maintenance of a fire alarm system is carried out by a person who is…

Answer 14

Qualified in accordance with the Alberta Fire Code

Question 15

What is the correct method to test a combination non-re-settable fixed-temperature and rate-of-rise heat detector?

Answer 15

Use a heat from an electric heat gun to activate the device for rate-of-rise

Question 16

Who is responsible for enforcing the standards for the installation of fire alarm systems?

Answer 16

The Building Safety Codes Officer

Question 17

Which testing laboratory has set the standards for fire alarm systems and equipment in Canada?

Answer 17

The Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (U.L.C.)

Question 18

What is an acceptable method for testing a non-re-settable fixed-temperature heat detector?

Answer 18

Short circuiting the contacts on the device to prove the alarm capability

Question 19

When a Fire Safety Codes Officer has reason to question the functionality of a fire alarm system, he may order that a certain test be performed. What is this test called?

Answer 19

An Audit