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2. VERIFY AND DOCUMENT THAT THE FACILITY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LICENSING RULES WHICH REQUIRE THAT A "FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL" BE INSTALLED AT A "CONTINUOUSLY ATTENDED (24 HOUR) LOCATION".

PHLR 2004, §134.122 (d)(5)(M)(i).
"A fire alarm control panel (FACP) shall be installed at a continuously attended (24 hour) location. A remote fire alarm annunciator listed for fire alarm service and installed at a continuously attended location and is capable of indicating both visual and audible alarm, trouble and supervisory signals in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 72 may be substituted for the FACP."

1. GENERATOR "GEN SET" MUST BE POWERED FROM THE LIFE SAFETY BRANCH OF THE EES - During the Re-Survey the Facility was not able to confirm compliance and will need to engage the services of a professional Electrical Engineer or Master Electrician to verify in writing the current status for whether the required "GEN-SET" is properly installed and powered from the LIFE SAFETY BRANCH of the Essential Electrical System.

The required components of the GEN-SET include the following:
A light with a charger to provide 90-minute battery backup lighting (on LIFE SAFETY BRANCH).
A red receptacle (on LIFE SAFETY BRANCH).

NFPA 99, 2012: 6.4.2.2.3.2. The life safety branch shall supply power for the lighting, receptacles, and equipment as follows:
(4) Generator Set Location as follows:
(a) Task illumination
(b) Battery charger for emergency battery-powered lighting unit(s) (c) Select receptacles at the generator set location and essential electrical system transfer switch locations