Fire Alarm Parts & Smarts for Electrical Contractors

CITADEL — For Electrical Contractors

Fire Alarm Parts & Smarts

Win more fire alarm scopes without building a new practice.

Armorstack supplies compliant equipment, engineers the system, handles AHJ submittals, and performs licensed installation oversight and acceptance testing — you keep the client and the margin. White-label behind your brand, every time.

Code-mapped equipment list and NFPA 72 bid layout in 48 hours
You own the client, the contract, and the margin — we hold the license
Full NFPA 72 Ch. 14 acceptance testing — certificate of occupancy delivered

Most electrical contractors leave fire alarm scopes on the table because the licensing, NICET certification, and AHJ relationships take years to build. Armorstack is the partner that already has all of it — and stays behind your brand on every job.

What We Do

The parts and the smarts — under your name.

Four functions, one accountable partner, white-labeled to your brand on the customer-facing side.

Equipment Supply — “The Parts”

UL-listed panels, detectors, notification appliances, and pull stations — sourced to NFPA 72 Ch. 18/21 and NEC §760.3, zone-staged and delivered on your schedule.

Design & AHJ Submittal — “The Smarts”

NFPA 72-compliant floor plans, device placement, pathway class designations, riser diagrams, battery calcs, and submittal package — plan review tracked and coordinated.

Acceptance Testing & AHJ Sign-Off

Full NFPA 72 Ch. 14 testing — 100% device verification, audibility per §18.4.3, visual candela per Table 18.5, record of completion, AHJ walk-through. You get the certificate of occupancy.

24/7 Managed Monitoring

UL-listed central station per NFPA 72 Ch. 26. Annual §14.3 ITM auto-scheduled and documented. Converges with the CITADEL SOC for unified physical security visibility.

How We Do It

From plans to certificate of occupancy

Six steps. Your crew installs. Our specialists handle the code.

01

Scope & Quote — 48hr, Free

Send us the plans. We cross-reference occupancy group and load against IBC §907.2, then return a code-mapped equipment list and ROM pricing — no cost to bid.

02

NFPA 72 Design & AHJ Submittal

Device placement per §17.7, candela/dB per Table 18.5, pathway classes per Ch. 10 — full submittal package prepared and plan review tracked by us.

03

Equipment Delivered & Staged

All devices UL-listed per §760.3. PLFA/NPLFA cable per §760.46 and §760.130 — plenum-rated where required by §300.22.

04

Installation Oversight

Your crew installs. Our techs verify circuit pathway, integrity, and fire safety interfaces. Scheduled PM field visits. Direct PM Q&A communication.

05

Panel Terminations & Programming

Completed by manufacturer- and NICET-certified technicians. Point-mapping reviewed against the approved submittal.

06

Ch. 14 Acceptance & CO

100% device initiation, audibility, visual verification, control unit test, central station signals per Ch. 26 — full AHJ record of completion package delivered. Customer training provided. Certificate of occupancy delivered.

Code Compliance Reference

Our domain. Your protection.

The code we operate against, every day, on every project. Plan reviewers see the section numbers. Insurance carriers approve the submittals. Electrical contractors collect the margin.

IBC / IFC

  • §907.2 Occupancy-based requirements — Groups A, B, E, F, H, I, M, R, S thresholds
  • §907.3 Fire safety functions: elevator capture, dampers, door release, fan shutdown, BA integration
  • §907.5 Occupant notification: audible & visual placement, low-frequency requirements
  • §907.6 Wiring and installation — references NFPA 72 as the governing standard
  • §915 CO detection by occupancy and HVAC source — 2024 IBC updates applied

NFPA 72

  • Ch. 10 System design: pathway classes A/B/C/D/E/X and survivability levels
  • Ch. 12 Circuits and pathways: all wiring per NFPA 70 Art. 760
  • Ch. 17 Initiating devices: detector spacing, mounting height, HVAC placement
  • Ch. 18 Notification: 15 dBA above ambient, visual candela per Table 18.5
  • Ch. 14 Acceptance testing, ITM protocols, and record retention
  • Ch. 26 Supervising station: UL-listed monitoring, signal timing, response

NEC Art. 760

  • §760.1 Scope: all wiring for fire alarm, waterflow, and supervisory systems
  • §760.24 Workmanlike install — cables supported by structure, not ceiling grid
  • §760.30 Circuit ID at terminals and junction boxes — prevents signal disruption
  • §760.33 Listed SPD on supply side of fire alarm control panel
  • §760.46 NPLFA wiring: Chapter 3 methods — conduit, support, boxes
  • §760.130 PLFA load-side: cable types, raceways, hoistway conduit mandate
Why Armorstack vs. A Sub

A partner, not a sub.

Subs disappear once the job is bonded. Armorstack stays accountable through acceptance, monitoring, annual ITM, and any callbacks. Your customer never knows we’re the ones holding the license — they just know the system passed inspection.

What ECs get

Your Brand Stays Front — White-label behind the scenes. You own the client, the contract, and the margin. Customer sees one name on the proposal: yours.
No New License Needed — We hold the fire alarm contractor license and NICET-certified designers. Expand scope, not overhead. No new hires, no new training, no exam season.
Cyber + Physical Unified — CITADEL connects fire alarm events to the SENTRY SOC. Your client gets a unified picture — one screen, one provider, one investigation.
100+ Technical Experts — 100+ technical experts across nine service lines. You meet the engineers, technicians, and PM doing the work.

Operational commitments

48-hour code-mapped equipment list and ROM pricing on every bid — free, no obligation
Plan review tracked by us — AHJ correspondence handled, you stay focused on the job
Dedicated PM through testing, sign-off, and post-CO support
Ongoing 24/7 monitoring + annual ITM — recurring revenue stream you control

“An electrical contractor that walks away from a fire alarm scope is leaving 30% margin on the table. We’re the partner who makes that scope safe to bid — the licensing, the design, the testing, the monitoring. You stay the customer’s contractor of record.”

Markets Served

Code-driven environments. Every occupancy group.

HealthcareAssisted LivingCBRFBusinessIndustrialManufacturingRetailAssemblyCommercialK-12
Service Areas

EC partner network — expanding nationwide

Active electrical-contractor partnerships across the Midwest today, with fire alarm engineering and AHJ submittal support deployable anywhere in the country. Submit your plans — we’ll confirm coverage in under 48 hours.

Ready to scope your next fire alarm project?

Send us your plans — we return a compliant equipment list and NFPA 72 bid layout in 48 hours. Free, no obligation. Armorstack handles the code so you keep the client and the margin.Send Us Your Plans →

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