Inspection, Testing & Maintenance

Inspection, testing and maintenance services are offered by many manufacturers and installers of fire protection systems.  The priorities of those installers, however, may not always match the client’s best interests.  As an independent, professional fire protection engineering firm, Poole Fire Protection brings objective expertise and cost-effective solutions to the table.

Inspection and testing criteria for fire protection and life safety systems and equipment are primarily established by NFPA standards.  Some are also determined by OSHA, building codes and fire codes.

System Inspections

Poole Fire Protection will conduct a hands-on technical review of the client’s existing life safety systems.  This on-site inspection of the system verifies the system’s operations and identifies cost-saving maintenance efforts.  These inspections are tailored to meet the client’s specific needs along with the standards set by NFPA for weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual inspections.

Internal Maintenance Plans and Schedule

The responsibility for insuring that a facility’s network of fire protection and life safety systems operate properly lies with a building’s owner.  Maintaining the appropriate documentation of the completed inspections is just a small part of that process.  Poole Fire Protection’s NICET technicians can also assist clients by developing a customized maintenance plan and schedule for use by the facility’s in-house staff, to include training those representatives on operations and minimum inspection requirements  This provides the comfort of knowing that properly trained experts are on hand without relying on an outside service.

System Acceptance Testing and Commissioning

Once your fire protection systems have been installed, they are not complete until they have been fully tested and it has been verified that they function as intended.  When performing system acceptance testing and commissioning, the diverse background and knowledge base of the Poole Fire Protection staff, allows them to look at the big picture to ensure that all pieces come together to complete the fire protection and life safety puzzle.