City of Philadelphia, Dept. of Public Property, Burglar & Fire Alarm Systems

Arora Systems Group (ASG) provided all labor, materials and equipment necessary for maintenance and monitoring of 58 Philadelphia Free Libraries, 10 City of Philadelphia Streets Department buildings, 5 skating rinks and 12 City of Philadelphia remote airport buildings for the burglar and fire alarm systems.

These sites were spread across Philadelphia and contain a variety of panel manufacturers including Honeywell, Silent Knight, EST and Simplex. The remote airport sites included the PHL warehouse, carpenter shop, fleet management facility, fire training facility, fire boat house rescue launch, pavement and grounds, office facilities and Philadelphia Northeast Airport facility in Bensalem, Pa.

• The ASG team was responsible for the semi-annual testing of the fire alarm systems.
• Scheduled inspection, 24/7 central station monitoring and response for alarm/service related issues.
• Repairs and upgrades to systems, ranged from replacing defective smoke detectors to additional work expanding system (complete panel and device upgrade including drawings and permits, addition of panic buttons, and expansion and additional components to warehouse burglar alarm system with new keypads, motion detectors, door contacts, connecting and programming these components to their Honeywell panel, and retesting the system)