Who can legally perform an annual fire alarm test (to CAN/ULC-S536-04)?
For the definitive answer to this question, let’s start by referencing the Standard itself, which states: “APPENDIX A (INFORMATIVE) – QUALIFIED PERSONNEL A1 Any person who performs the annual test and inspection of a fire alarm system should be knowledgeable about this Standard and have received suitable formal training or sufficient experience acceptable to the authority having jurisidiction.” There’s that phrase again (it’s also found in the CAN/ULC-S537-04 Verification Standard): “suitable formal training or sufficient experience acceptable to the authority having jurisidiction”. Notice what it doesn’t say. It doesn’t say you have to be a CFAA Certified or an ASTTBC Registered Technician. The Standard leaves the final “say” to the local AHJ. In several Provinces and Territories in Canada, these individuals are often not in a position to properly evaluate a technician’s capabilities or skill set. A suitable “yard stick” has been found in the certification and training requirements es
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