Fire Drills & Testing - Commercial Properties

Fire Drills & Testing - Commercial Properties

You should always conduct a quarterly fire drill (or as law permits).

Tenants should evacuate at least ONCE a year (or more depending on the quality of your results). Remember to contact ADVCOMM monitoring to place your system on test so that we do not dispatch the fire department.


DRILLS

A drill is an “unannounced” Fire Test. It is a test to see how quickly and orderly your residents can evacuate the building, how long it takes for the monitoring company to report the fire to the fire department, and contact you. We recommend that you only contact your local Fire Department during this drill.

TESTING –Testing should be announced to your residents if they are NOT required to evacuate. It is important that you contact the monitoring center at 1-866-442-5050 to place your account in test, and then call back for the results (making sure we have receiver your alarm), and then place your account back online.


We take quality assurance very serious and we track these requirements for your local and state authorities, and your corporate office (if applicable). It is important to us that your life safety systems are working and communicating properly, and it should be to you too.

Advanced Communications cannot be held responsible or liable shall a customers system not be working properly, in part, or in full. We are here to help in all aspects of testing your alarm systems and communications.

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