Where's The Fire? Monitor Fire Sprinkler Systems With RIDGIDConnect

Service Technicians routinely talk to us about using SeeSnakes or digital inspection equipment to look in drains, air ducts, or boiler tubes. From time to time we will hear of  user of our products that dispatches a RIDGID(r) inspection device to detect an issue in a mission critical space. There are few piping systems that are more mission crtical than a fire supression or sprikler system. Where there is a safety regulated installed system, you can bet that there is an annual opportunity for diagnostic and maintenance services.

In last month's Reeve's Journal (page 26) there is an article on the special attention that needs to be paid and annual inspection methods for wet charged fire sprinkler systems. There are numerous company's that advertise and promote annual certification of a fire sprinkler system's backflow prevention equipment and cross connection points. Increasingly, camera inspection companies are being employed to visually check the valves and stand pipe of wet charged fire sprinkler systems.

The condition of these wet charged systems needs to be monitored because the water in the lines can stagnate, and in some cases is injected with anti-freeze and other agents to fight fires. While the additives may be good for the prevention and containment of a fire, they can play havoc with pipe, valves, and fixtures.  Dry pipe systems also can benefit from camera inspections from time to time to ensure ideal system performance when they are called upon. Routine inspections of the system can visually detect areas of deteriation and enhance a preventative maintenance program.

I found on one contractor's website a blog write up of their program and offering (http://atlas-inspection.com/blog/techsupt/sprinkler-system-standpipe-inspections-faster-and-less-expensive/). The only thing missing here - a RIDGIDConnect job report. This customer was presented with a paper report and a DVD showing the inspection footage. An electronic report can more concisely present the needed information, be shared with multiple parties, and referenced back in the years to come as the property owner asks for ongoing inspection and maintenance. In cases like a fire sprinkler system, most insurance company's require an annual asssesment. Beyond a certificat of inspection, an electronic inspection report could be yet another great way to prove the integrity of the system to garner discounts on premiums for property owners.

If you offer inspection services, it might be worth your while to investigate Fire Sprinkler System inspection requirments. Pehaps there is a company in your area that already provides this service that needs assistance with camera inspections of stand pipes and valves to avoid excavation or other time consuming steps to gain access to lines and valves.  Value added, niche, services like this are recession proof and using a service like RIDGIDConnect to track the jobs and share it with interested parties makes its easy to extend your business into a new market without adding a lot of overhead.