Local, Remote, and Proprietary Supervising Station
Fire Alarm Listing Evaluation
Listing Evaluation
A UL Listing project includes:
1. Examining 3 installations for compliance with NFPA 72, The National Fire Alarm and
Signaling Code.
2. Evaluating your company’s ability to service and maintain alarm systems in accordance
with NFPA 72
Standards
NFPA 72 may be purchased from the National Fire Protection Association at www.nfpa.org.
Evaluation Details
In general, our Listing evaluation will consist of evaluating sample installations for compliance
with a referenced edition of the NFPA 72, reviewing the system documentation, observing
technicians performing periodic testing and inspection of the system, and evaluating your
company’s ability to service & maintain the system.
Documentation & Records Review – NFPA 72 calls for specific documentation of every Fire
Alarm System. During the evaluation, we will examine the following documents for each system
to be examined:
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Fire Alarm System Record of Completion
As-Built (Record) Drawings
Operational Manuals
Manufacturer’s Testing and Maintenance Instructions/Procedures (may be in Operations
Manuals)
Battery Calculations
Copy of Forms Used to Record Periodic Test and Inspection
A completed Acceptance Test record, performed by the Alarm Service Company
Required Contracts
The Records Description Sheet (ensuing pages) describes the documents further.
Protected Property Evaluations – In order to evaluate compliance with NFPA 72, we will
examine 3 alarm systems installed and operated in accordance with NFPA 72. The fire alarm
installations may be a mixture of sprinkler water flow supervision, manual pull box or automatic
fire detection service. It will be necessary to review an example of each type of service in at
least one of the properties. We encourage a phone conversation with UL staff during evaluation
set up to clarify and agree on details.
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None of these systems are required to be certificated after your listing has been established.
However, if a Certificate is to be issued, any noncompliance noted during our evaluation must
be corrected prior to issuance of the Certificate.
Please complete pre-evaluation data sheets describing the elements of protection at the sample
installation sites.
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Data sheets must be submitted when the Listing Project quote is accepted.
1 data sheet package and 1 Confirmation checklist should be completed for each of the
3 systems required for evaluation.
The UL Listing evaluation will be based upon the information entered on the data sheets.
Accurate information will significant expedite and simplify your evaluation. It is particularly
important to identify the edition of NFPA 72 used in the system design & installation.
Protected Property Evaluation Visits – On the day of the site evaluations, please have available:
 A qualified technician who is familiar with the protected properties and provided with any
equipment necessary to test the devices and components used in the systems
 All equipment manuals and instructions
 Specimen documents used in conjunction with service and maintenance of alarm
systems (job tickets, records of completion, etc)
--------------------------------------If you have any questions, please contact UL Customer Service at 1-877-854-3577, ext 40227
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RECORDS DESCRIPTION SHEET
Fire Alarm System Record of Completion
A document that acknowledges the features of installation, operation, service, and equipment
with representation by the property owner, system installer, system supplier, service
organization and the authority having jurisdiction. An example of a record of completion form
can be found in NFPA 72.
As-Built (Record) Drawings
As-Built drawings are drawings that document the location of all devices, appliances, wiring
sequences, wiring methods and connections of the components of the fire alarm system as
installed. These drawings must consist of current fire alarm system shop drawings, showing the
location of fire alarm system components, remote power extenders, control units or modules.
The drawings must also show the actual location of each alarm detection device, and audible
appliance. Drawings provided must reflect the actual system installed. Where drawings are not
available due to the extended life of the system installed, duplicate drawings must be produced
depicting the current installation. Full-scale cad drawings are not required for the UL evaluation.
Smaller versions may be submitted or made available at the time of our evaluation. The
drawings should be done to scale and include a legend identifying all symbols that are used.
Battery Calculations
A battery calculation for a central station system consists of recording the current drain of each
component of the fire alarm system in the normal supervisory load, totaling the supervisory
loads and multiplying by 24 hours. In addition, the current drain of each individual component
when in alarm mode is also recorded, totaled and multiplied by 5 minutes. The results of these
calculations are combined and multiplied by a safety factor to establish the minimum amperehour capacity of the standby batteries.
Acceptance Test Record
An acceptance test is a test of all parts of the alarm system by the alarm service company that
is maintaining the system. The test methods are described in NFPA 72 and the results shall be
individually recorded for each component, device, appliance, and conductor.
Copy of Original Equipment Submittals
Original equipment submittals include a description of all devices that make up the fire alarm
system. The listing category, visual description, power requirement for each device, and limits
of usage must be included. These documents may be submitted prior to our on-site visit or
made available at the time of our evaluation.
Operational Manuals
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Manuals defining the proper operation of all fire alarm system control equipment and peripheral
devices must be provided for the end user. Documents must correspond with equipment
models currently installed in the system.
Manufacturer’s Proper Testing and Maintenance Requirements
Testing shall be performed in accordance with the schedules and tables found in NFPA 72 or
on a frequency approved by the authority having jurisdiction. Fire alarm system equipment shall
be maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Methods and instruments
that measure certain parameters as required by the manufacturer must be provided at the time
of our evaluation. As part of the testing required during our evaluation, the retransmission signal
and the time of the retransmission shall be recorded in the central station. A record of these
tests must be provided upon completion of our field investigation.
Periodic Test and Inspection Forms
The forms that are used to record periodic tests and inspections of fire alarm systems are
required to display the each component, device, appliance and wiring that was tested and the
tests that were conducted.
Contracts
Central station service requires the alarm service company establish contracts with the
subscriber for the performance of inspection, testing, maintenance, monitoring, signal
processing and runner service. A Listed local company may in turn subcontract the monitoring
and signal processing to a UL Listed central station.
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PROTECTED PROPERTY EVALUATIONS
CHECKLIST & DATA SHEETS
One set of the following Checklist & Data Sheets should be completed for each fire alarm
system to be evaluated. These must be returned with the pre-audit data sheets when you
accept our quote.
Confirmation Checklist
Please confirm that all requested items will be available in your office at the time of our visit by
placing a check mark to the right of each item, sign and date as indicated below.
Required Documents
Fire Alarm System Record of Completion
As-built (Record Drawings)
Operational Manuals, (Verified on hand at premise or at the alarm service company
office)
Manufacturer’s Testing and Maintenance Requirements, (Verified on hand at
premise or at the alarm service company office)
Battery Calculations
Copy of forms used to record periodic test and inspections
Required Contracts
Acceptance Test records
(Signature)
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FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
PRE-EVALUATION DATA SHEETS
Please Return Completed Forms to UL Prior to Audit
PROTECTED PROPERTY
Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
ALARM SERVICE COMPANY
Service Center No:
Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Representative: (Name & Title)
Phone Number:
(
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Zip Code:
COMMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS
Note: Clarify Location or Area of Coverage, as Needed
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ALARM SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
SYSTEM TYPE
Select Type of System:
--------- CENTRAL STATION SERVICE - NFPA 72
--------- REMOTE SUPERVISING STATION – NFPA 72
--------- PROPRIETARY SUPERVISING STATION - NFPA 72
--------- LOCAL ALARM SYSTEM - NFPA 72
Edition (year)
Area Covered/Location: (Building(s), Floor(s), or Areas(s))
System Testing and Maintenance: Date of Periodic Testing and Maintenance Contract:
Note: Variations in Testing and Maintenance Procedures from Standard shall be shown in Deviations Section:
AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION
AHJ Responsible for System: (Specify Name and Phone Number)
Responding Fire Department:
AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SERVICE
Coverage: (Select One)
Total
Selected Area
Partial
Total – Detectors are installed in all rooms, halls, storage areas, basements, attics, lofts, spaces above suspended ceilings, and
other subdivisions and accessible spaces as well as the inside of all closets, elevator shafts, enclosed stairways, dumbwaiter
shafts, and chutes.
Selected Area – Same code requirements as total coverage but protection is only provided for a specifically defined
area(s) of the protected property. Indicate specific areas protected in Comments Section Page 1.
Partial – Deviations from Total or Selected Area coverage. Protection provided as required by the AHJ in areas such as
common areas and work spaces, such as corridors, lobbies, storage rooms, equipment rooms, and other tenantless spaces.
Quantity:
Type:
Smoke Detectors
Heat Detectors
Duct Detectors
Other Specify:
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SPRINKLER SYSTEM WATERFLOW ALARM AND SUPERVISORY SERVICE
Note: If all sprinkler risers and waterflow shutoff valves are not supervised, show in Deviations Section
Type of System:
Wet Pipe
Dry Pipe
Quantity:
Type:
Waterflow Switches
Sprinkler Valve Supervisory Switches
Other Supervisory Services:
Quantity:
Type:
Water Pressure Devices
Water Temperature Devices
Water Level Devices
Air Pressure Devices
Room Temperature Devices
Fire Pump Power Devices
Fire Pump Running Devices
Other Specify:
MANUAL FIRE ALARM AND GUARD’S TOUR SUPERVISORY SERVICE
Note: If proper number of fire alarm boxes required by standard is not installed, show in Deviations Section
Quantity:
Type:
Manual Fire Alarm Boxes
Guard Tour Stations
Combination Manual Fire Alarm and Guard Tour Stations
ALARM NOTIFICATION AND ANNUNCIATION DEVICES
Note: If quantity and location of alarm notification devices does not comply with the Standard, show in Deviation
Section
Quantity:
Type:
Horns
Bells
Chimes
Visual Signals Type:
Audible/Visual Signals Type:
Other Specify:
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Strobe
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EMERGENCY VOICE ALARM SERVICE
Quantity:
Type:
Speakers
Voice Alarm channels
Speaker Zones
Telephone Jacks
CONTROL PANEL COMPONENT DESCRIPTION
Manufacturers and Model Numbers. Indicate model numbers and manufacturers of all control units, sub-controls,
annunciators, transmission devices, power supplies, and any components used within these units.
Quantity:
Manufacturer & Model Number:
Description:
If Additional space is needed, please attach separate sheet
ALARM TRANSMISSION METHOD
Circle those that apply:
Digital Alarm Communicator
Cellular Digital Communicator
Radio System (two-way) Radio System (one-way)
Multiplex
Derived Channel Direct Wire
Internet
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SUPERVISING MONITORING STATION
Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
UL File Number:
Service Center Number:
SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION
Note: The following must be checked as available for all systems:
Fire Alarm System Record of Completion
As-Built (Record) Drawings
Operational Manuals
Manufacturer’s Installation Instructions
Battery Calculations
Copy of Form used to Record Periodic Test and Inspection
Required Contracts
SYSTEM DEVIATIONS FROM REFERENCED NFPA STANDARDS
Note: If service provided (i.e. periodic testing, maintenance, response, or coverage) is not in accordance with NFPA
Standard specified, the details must be shown on this section.
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