Commercial fire alarm systems for the Central Coast, serviced, tested and installed.

The schedule comes from NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, which the California Fire Code adopts for fire alarm systems. It sets inspection and test intervals for each part of the system. Visual inspections range from weekly to annual depending on the component, and many devices are on an annual functional test cycle. The schedule for a given building depends on the equipment installed, how it is monitored, and the code edition your fire authority enforces. If you are unsure what your system needs, we can review it and propose a schedule.

Yes. Monitoring runs through Moro Cojo: we handle the programming on the fire alarm system, and its signals are received by a third-party central monitoring station, which contacts Moro Cojo and your designated contacts. Moro Cojo does not operate the monitoring center itself, and monitoring is separate from our field service, so it does not mean a technician is on call around the clock. Tell us about your building and we will explain what monitoring would involve.

Yes. We service and repair systems other companies installed. Tell us the panel make and model and what the display is showing. What can be done with a particular panel depends on the equipment and on access to the manufacturer software and training, and we will tell you plainly if it is something we cannot take on.

It depends on the building and the policy. Some commercial property policies include a protective safeguards condition requiring a fire alarm system identified in the policy to be maintained in working order, and some insurers may take fire alarm systems and central station monitoring into account in their requirements or pricing. Practices vary by carrier. Whether a building must have a fire alarm system at all is a separate fire code question that depends on how the building is used, its occupant load and its size. Confirm the details with your carrier or broker and your local fire authority. Moro Cojo can help with the fire alarm system, inspection and testing records, and monitoring through a third-party central station.

Under NFPA 72, the property or building owner, or the owner's designated representative, is responsible for having the system inspected, tested and maintained. Owners usually hire a qualified fire alarm contractor to do the work and produce the reports, but the responsibility stays with the owner. Local fire authorities enforce the fire code and may ask to see the records.

The California Fire Code requires that records of fire alarm inspections, tests and maintenance be kept, and the agency that inspects your building can ask to see them. A good file includes each inspection and test report with the date, what was tested and any deficiencies found, when those deficiencies were corrected, service and repair records, and the original installation documents such as the record of completion. How long to keep them depends on the code edition and your jurisdiction; keep them for the period your fire authority requires.

For most projects we visit the site or review your drawings, then send a written estimate. There is no charge and no obligation. If something changes once work is under way, you hear about it before it is billed.

After-hours service is available; ask about availability for your site when you call. We do not run a 24-hour dispatch or an emergency response service. We do not install or service sprinklers, suppression systems or extinguishers. For an active fire or an unsafe condition, call 911. For a trouble signal or a system question, call (831) 455-5858.