Fire Alarm Procedure

NELSON FIRE (TAD 801-739-3321) the Fire Alarm Contractor is the only authorized contractor to work on the Fire System without prior approval from Fire Marshal                                                              

HITEK SECURITY – the Panic Alarm Contractor is the only authorized contractor to work on the Panic Alarm System without prior approval from Fire Marshal                                                                                          

FIRE ALARM PERMITS – Permits require 48hr notice – arrangements must be made directly with the Fire Marshal – This includes use of Saws – Heat Devices and Fog Machines being used inside a structure 

FIRE ALARM RECEIVED ON FIRE COMPUTER: 

Fire alarms on the UVU campus will come in on the fire computer as a Red alarm and a loud bell ringing alert sound. Verify the location of the alarm is not a location that has already been called in by a contractor or is being worked on. 

1. Create a CAD call using the nature code TRANSFER FIRE so Orem fire can respond. This will create a Law (l) case and a Fire (f) case. 

2. Add the location of the alarm and all details by 'left clicking' on the FIRE ALARM tile on the Fire Computer. 

EX: SCIENCE BUILDING - LEVEL 2 WEST CLASSROOM - SMOKE

3. Dispatch an officer to the Law Case, change the UVU law call from Transfer Fire to Alarm-Fire. 

EX: MT (123L) Alarm-Fire (Modify Type Call# Law Nature Code) 

4. Notify Kurt Baxter and/or Tad with Nelson Fire - Via Teams/Mongoose or Phone

5. Check the cameras in that area to see if you can provide any more information to the incoming fire and police units, and document this information in the CAD call. 

You can silence any type of alarm.  In the top left of the screen, right next to Menu, is the Acknowledge button.  Click it as many times as it takes to clear the alarms that are coming in. The floor plan that the priority alarm is coming from should automatically open in the center of the monitor.  

The icon on the screen should turn Red, orange, or yellow.  

Left-click on that icon, and it will give you more information about it. The code above the icon is the 'name' of the alarm.  That’s the name Kurt or Tad needs to know when you call or text them with an issue. 

At the top of that section of the screen should be what looks like a file address or a web address.  Says “Home\Building List\Whichever Building\Whatever Level.”  That is a quick way to see which building and level we’re talking about.  

From there, you can scroll using the mouse to zoom in and out on that floor plan to see where exactly this alarm is coming from.   

FIRE ALARMS FROM OTHER UVU PROPERTIES: 

THANKSGIVING POINT CAMPUS: Central911 Dispatch 801-798-5600

WASATCH CAMPUS: Wasatch County Sheriff's Office 435-654-1411

CAPITOL REEF: Wayne County Sheriff's Office 435-896-6471

ELECTRICAL PANEL ALARMS – will make a steady squealing noise from panel – officers may be able to reset these alarms   >  UVCR ELECTRICAL 

PANEL ALARM - on the first floor (NW side) in the classroom bldg sounds a very loud alarm when the key on the generator in the north parking lot gets turned off AUTO.  If we can’t make contact with Chan Hardman, or someone from electrical, an officer should be able to access that generator and turn the key back to ‘Auto,’ which will stop alarm.                                                                                        

NATIONAL GUARD – LDS INSTITUTE – UFA HANGER B ALARMS  - Independent Alarm Co monitor these facilities – Fire related alarms will be called into Orem Fire directly – Police related alarms Vault/Burglary/ Tamper & Panic will be called into UVU Dispatch by the alarm company