Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. New fire alarm equipment shall be installed in accordance to the project Specifications. B. All fire alarm equipment including but not limited to control panels, annunciators, voice control panels, signaling power supplies, initiating devices, and audio visual devices shall be removed. C. A complete new fire alarm system shall be provided and installed. The completed system shall be certified by a factory authorized Notifier systems distributor. D. All fire alarm equipment and cabling shall be installed by a licensed and qualified Electrical Contractor experienced with the replacement and installation of fire alarm equipment. E. Basic Performance: 1. Alarm, trouble and supervisory signals from all intelligent reporting devices shall be encoded on NFPA Style 4 (Class B) Signaling Line Circuits (SLC). 2. Initiation Device Circuits (IDC) shall be wired Class B (NFPA Style B) as part of an addressable device connected by the SLC Circuit. 3. Notification Appliance Circuits (NAC) shall be wired Class B (NFPA Style Y) as part of an addressable device connected by the SLC Circuit. 4. Digitized electronic signals shall employ check digits or multiple polling. 5. A single ground or open on the system signaling line circuit shall not cause system malfunction, loss of operating power or the ability to report an alarm. 6. Alarm signals arriving at the main FACP shall not be lost following a primary power failure (or outage) until the alarm signal is processed and recorded. 7. NAC speaker circuits shall be arranged such that there is a minimum of one speaker circuit per floor of the building or smoke zone whichever is greater. 8. Audio amplifiers and tone generating equipment shall be electrically supervised for normal and abnormal conditions. 9. NAC speaker circuits and control equipment shall be arranged such that loss of any one (1) speaker circuit will not cause the loss of any other speaker circuit in the system...
