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NYC DOB Buildings Bulletin for Fire Alarm Work in Existing Buildings

By Charles Joyce | Fire Alarm | 0 comment | 25 March, 2024 | 1

The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) recently issued Buildings Bulletin 2024-001 (or BB 2024-001) with an effective date of February 9, 2024. This bulletin supersedes the previous Buildings Bulletin 2015-025. The new bulletin clarifies the types of work involving an existing fire alarm system that was designed under the 2014 NYC Building CodeRead more

FDNY Fire Alarm As-Built Riser Diagram Bulletin

By Steven Venditti | Fire Alarm | 0 comment | 12 February, 2024 | 0

Attention to all General Contractors, electricians, fire alarm vendors, engineers and developers. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) issued a new bulletin related to fire alarm as-built riser diagram requirements. This bulletin supersedes the previous bulletin titled “Technology Management Bulletin No. 3/2010 Submission of Fire Alarm As-Built Drawings”. This new bulletin is titled “FireRead more

FDNY Professional Certification of Fire Alarm System Design and Installation

By Steven Venditti | Fire Alarm | 0 comment | 19 July, 2023 | 2

The following three New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Rules have been amended to allow for greater flexibility of the fire alarm plan examination and inspection / approval processes: 3 RCNY §104-02, entitled “Professional Certification of Fire Alarm System Installations;” 3 RCNY §104-04, entitled “Certification of Corrected Defects in Fire Alarm System Installations;” 3 RCNYRead more

New FDNY Process for Fire Alarm and Temporary Certificate of Occupancy

By Steven Venditti | Fire Alarm | 0 comment | 25 March, 2021 | 52

On March 1, 2021 the FDNY issued a new Pilot Program for Remote Video Inspections Performance Test (RVI-PT) to assist buildings in obtaining their Temporary Certificate of Occupancy. In the instance where an FDNY inspection cannot be performed prior to the requested TCO date, the FDNY is allowing for an RVI-PT to be performed to validate theRead more

FDNY Remote Video Inspections

By Steven Venditti | Fire Alarm | 0 comment | 2 December, 2020 | 14

Effective December 1, 2020 the FDNY has implemented a program to perform fire alarm inspections remotely called “Remote Video Inspections (RVI)”. The overall intent of the program is to maximize efficiency while minimizing COVID exposures. The process is only available for an inspection of Letter of Defects, at the discretion of FDNY. It is notRead more

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