The panel trouble light: a morning-of habit that saves inspections

A fire alarm panel showing a trouble or supervisory condition is telling you something is wrong with the system that protects the whole building — a dead device, a cut wire, a zone offline. Panels get looked at when a vendor visits; the cheap habit is a named person glancing at the panel on a set round — every morning in larger buildings, at least weekly anywhere — and logging 'normal' or the trouble shown. A trouble condition found by your round is a vendor call. The same condition found by an inspector is a building deficiency with your name on the day. Who owns the panel glance on your property, and is it written down anywhere? — Otto Mergl, Admin