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Automatic Fire Sprinklers (AFS) — headquartered in Huntington Beach, Calif., with branches in Vancouver, Washington and Milpitas, Calif. — is known for maintaining and installing fire sprinkler systems.
Like in many communities across the country, the ISD 196 school facilities are aging, along with their fire alarm systems, installed more than 20 years ago.
May 20, 2014
The school district is continually reviewing the status of the fire alarm systems within its remaining schools and will potentially be replacing those systems as warranted.
Some codes do not require fully sprinklered buildings to have fire alarm control panels installed, therefore making sprinklered buildings good monitoring prospects.
Since the economic downturn, there has been a huge drop in commercial building construction — a market that has significant impact on the sales and installation of fire sprinkler systems.