UPGRADE WITH DIGITAL SENSORS
Instead of sending someone around with a clipboard, install an electronic monitoring system. It strengthens your life safety systems by providing continuous monitoring and reducing the possibility of human errors or negligence. By eliminating the required monthly inspection, it also frees up your maintenance personnel for other tasks and allows you to reroute the labor savings.
These devices are paired with each fire extinguisher and use a smart pressure gauge to continuously check for fluctuations. The monitoring devices can even be paired with defibrillators and medical oxygen tanks.
The system reports a host of conditions, including pressure levels and charge status. When equipped with an obstruction sensor, it can also detect if the fire extinguisher is blocked, has been tampered with, or is missing from its mount.
“The electronic monitoring systems are easily connected to your fire alarm or security system,” an engineering program manager for the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. It can be programmed to send out full alarms to the fire control panel or supervisory messages to maintenance personnel when safety concerns are indicated.