Impact Fire Alternative: Fire and Security From One Team

A modern building's fire alarm is tied to other systems. It unlocks fail-safe doors, recalls elevators, shuts down air handlers, and releases magnetic hold-opens. When the fire company and the access control company are different vendors, the handoff between them is where inspections fail and doors get stuck locked.

We handle both sides, so we test the door release during the fire alarm inspection and fix whichever side is wrong on the same visit.

On a combined visit, the fire alarm tech tests every initiating device and notification appliance, while a second tech handles the sprinkler inspection and backflow test. When the alarm goes into test, the access control side confirms that every fail-safe door releases and relocks, and that the door prop alarms and hold-open magnets behave. By the end of the day, the building has one report covering every system, one list of deficiencies, and one quote for the repairs.

We run fire inspections out of local offices, with city-specific pages for Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Durham. For the rules themselves, see fire alarm inspection requirements in NC, SC, and GA and what happens during a fire marshal inspection.