Fire alarm submittals and permits
Moro Cojo puts the fire alarm submittal together, files it, handles the permit and arranges the acceptance test with the fire authority. The authority sets the requirements and makes the decisions. We work directly with general contractors.
Approval, and the date it arrives, are the fire authority's call, not ours to promise.
Who does what
How the work divides, so it is clear whose move it is at each stage.
The sequence
The installation sequence sets out the work itself. These are the stages the fire authority sees.
Submittal
The fire alarm package goes to the office with jurisdiction over the building. What it has to contain and how it is filed are that office’s rules.
Plan review
The office reviews the package and may come back with comments. Answering them quickly is the part of review time that is ours.
Permit
Once the package is approved, the permit is issued and the fire alarm work can proceed.
Installation
Rough-in, devices, terminations and programming, worked to the project schedule.
Pretest
The system is tested before the inspector is called, and anything that does not do what the approved plans say is corrected first.
Acceptance test
The inspector watches the system work. What is tested and who has to be there are the authority’s decision.
Sign-off
The authority signs the fire alarm off.
Every office is different
There is no single fire alarm process across the Central Coast. The county pages name each office, what it publishes and when we checked.
The acceptance test
An acceptance test is the fire authority’s inspector watching the system do what the approved plans say it should. What gets tested, who has to witness it and what has to be corrected before sign-off are that authority’s decision.
Before the day, the system is pretested and anything that does not work is corrected. On the day, Moro Cojo is there to operate the system for the inspector, with the documentation the office asked for. After it, any correction the inspector asks for is made, and a retest is arranged if the office wants one.
Not only new buildings
A tenant improvement or a replacement panel can need a submittal as well. Whether a particular change does is the fire authority’s call. Tell us what is changing and where the building is, and we will tell you what that office publishes.
Submittals and permits across Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties, plus southern Santa Clara County. Service areas and fire authorities.
Request a bid
The drawings you have, the building and the schedule are enough to start. If you are not sure which office covers the building, the service-area pages will usually tell you.
