The following steps can help you ensure that fire ...

The following steps can help you ensure that fire protection systems will detect and suppress any fire that occurs during a facility shutdown. (during Covid-19 situation) 1. Check that all the required valves are in the open position 2. Check and fill the fuel tanks of emergency generation equipment and fire pumps. 3. Make sure the fire alarm system is working properly, and also check if the system is reporting correctly to the remote monitoring station. 4. Verify that any trouble condition or signal from the fire supervising station is solved before closing the facility. Remote monitoring must continue, in case the system sends another supervisory signal during the shutdown. 5. Consider temporary remote supervision for fire protection systems that lack the feature. Many fire alarm manufacturers offer software to simplify this measure. 6. Building managers must be very cautious when choosing which HVAC systems are powered down, especially in areas protected by fire sprinklers and addressable devices. For example, the temperature can drop below the operating range of an addressable device, or it can get cold enough to freeze a sprinkler system. 7. Do not turn off any critical power source that serves air compressors, nitrogen generators, and other fire protection equipment. 8. Scan and monitor the temperature in all areas with fire alarm components, especially power supplies and control panels. Also monitor the temperature in all areas with water supplies for automatic sprinklers. 9. Make sure the temperature sensors are sending proper signals to the remote supervising station. Any low temperature condition that affects fire protection must be fixed ASAP; ask your maintenance personnel to be on standby, in case this happens. 10. The facility shutdown can be used for maintenance activities or repairs that would be disruptive under normal conditions. 11. In dry-pipe systems, check air compressors to ensure proper performance.