I’m moving my offices into a currently empty tenant space within a two-story office building? Does my space need a fire alarm system?
Most likely you will not be required by the fire code to provide a fire alarm system for your space. However, more information about the building and your space is needed in order for the fire district to give a correct answer. What is your occupancy load? What is your occupancy classification? What will you be doing in your space? Does the rest of the building have a fire alarm system? Is the building provided with an automatic sprinkler system? Does the owner, property manager or the owner’s insurance company require that all tenants furnish a fire alarm system that interfaces with the building’s master fire alarm control panel?

Questions like these, and maybe some others, will need to be answered before the fire district can determine alarm system requirements for your new space.

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1. What codes and standards does my project have to be in compliance with?
2. I’ve heard that thumb-turn style door locks are illegal. Is this true? If so, what kinds of locks can I have in order to be in compliance with the code but also provide protection from theft?
3. How far from the road and from existing buildings can my building be?
4. Are duct smoke detectors required for my building? If so, do they need to be connected to the building’s alarm system?
5. I’m constructing a new building. Does my building need to be equipped with sprinklers?
6. I’m moving my offices into a currently empty tenant space within a two-story office building? Does my space need a fire alarm system?
7. What can really happen to me if I refuse to comply with the fire code?
8. Why does the fire district require that the exterior horn/strobe on my sprinklered building sound on all alarms as opposed to just water flow?
9. My project is unique and cannot be effectively built using the prescriptive requirements set forth within the code. What can I do?
10. I have been a fire protection contractor for over 20 years. Why do I have to change the way I’ve been doing things just for your jurisdiction?
11. What are impact fees and will they apply to my project?