Fire-Lite Alarms Systems Earn OSHPD and IBC Certification
Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell announced its current portfolio of life safety systems has earned seismic certification to International Building Code (IBC) standards, and has met the higher testing standards recently mandated by California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD). The critical building systems protecting “essential facilities,” such as hospitals, power plants and transportation hubs, within nearly all levels of seismically-active areas across the U.S. are required to prove continued operation following a seismic event. Only a select few systems meet IBC and OSHPD standards.
Following stringent tests performed by a third-party testing laboratory, Fire-Lite Alarms’ full line of conventional and addressable fire alarm control panels, power supplies, plus mass notification and voice evacuation systems, earned IBC and OSHPD seismic certification. Tests for IBC required the Fire-Lite equipment to withstand shake-tests equivalent to an earthquake’s ground acceleration of SDS=1.9g, while running at full load. Certification to OSHPD standards required similar shake tests, but to a higher ground acceleration of SDS=2.5g due to the adoption of the higher ground acceleration in California.