ULC Listed Fire Alarm Monitoring

Commercial and residential buildings with fire alarm panels should always be monitored. If a sprinkler system has been installed the building code requires you to subscribe to a ULC listed fire monitoring service.

While many clients are still paying as much as $100 a month for direct line (DVAC) fire alarm monitoring, Quality Alarms provides ULC listed fire alarm monitoring using "dual dialer" technology for only $24.95 a month. This service is fully recognized by ULC, the Canadian Building Code, and all local municipalities as a commercial fire alarm monitoring service. As with all of our services we do not require you to sign a long term contract. ULC regulations require that you have an annual inspection performed on the equipment, which we have included in the monthly monitoring fee.

To provide this service we must install a ULC approved, "dual dialer" fire alarm communicator which will cost about $450 to $500. The system communicates with the monitoring station using two standard phone lines. These phone lines do not have to be dedicated to the fire panel, the panel simply uses the phone line for about 15 seconds each time it transmits a message to the monitoring station. Signals sent to the monitoring station include fire and sprinkler alarms, fire and sprinkler trouble, and a daily test signal. The system will also notify us within 60 seconds if one of the phone lines fails (or is disconnected) by transmitting a trouble signal over the second phone line.

It should be understood that if both phone lines fail within 60 seconds of each other no trouble signal will be transmitted (as there will be no phone line available for communication). The monitoring station will become aware of the fact that the phone lines have failed within 24 hours when the daily test signal is not sent by the panel.

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Pandora Dental Group

I first had Quality Alarms monitor the alarm system in my house because of their low rate and I wasn’t asked to lock into a contract. Since that time, I have had them install an alarm system in my rental property and also switched the monitoring of our dental office. I do not hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for an alarm system or looking to save money on alarm monitoring.

Stan L.