System and method for administering life safety programs

A device management computer system for monitoring and ensuring proper maintenance, operation, and program implementation of a device, comprising:

• a database module for storing maintenance requirement information for the device and actual maintenance information for the device, operational requirement information and actual operational information for the device, and program implementation requirement information and actual program implementation information relating to a program associated with the device;
• a maintenance module in communication with the database module and operable to compare the maintenance requirement information and the actual maintenance information to determine if the device has been properly maintained, compare the operational requirement information and the actual operational information to determine if the device can be properly operated, and compare the program implementation requirement information and the actual program implementation information to determine if the program associated with the device can be properly implemented;
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• wherein the maintenance module is further operable to generate a communication indicating that the device has not been properly maintained if the maintenance module determines that the device has not been properly maintained, providing information relating to an action or actions necessary to properly maintain the device, and containing a prompt to perform the action or actions necessary to maintain the device properly,
• wherein the maintenance module is further operable to generate a communication indicating that the device can not be properly operated if the maintenance module determines that the device can not be properly operated, providing information relating to an action or actions necessary to properly operate the device, and containing a prompt to perform the action or actions necessary to operate the device properly, and
• wherein the maintenance module is further operable to generate a communication indicating that the program associated with the device can not be implemented properly if the maintenance module determines that the program associated with the device can not be properly implemented, providing information relating to an action or actions necessary to properly implement the program associated with the device, and containing a prompt to perform the action or actions necessary to implement the program properly.

A method of monitoring and ensuring proper maintenance, operation, and program implementation requirements of an apparatus using a computer system, comprising the steps of:

• storing maintenance requirement information and actual maintenance information for the apparatus in the computer system;
• comparing, using the computer system, the maintenance requirement information and the actual maintenance information to determine if the apparatus has been properly maintained;
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• generating a communication, using the computer system, indicating that the apparatus has not been properly maintained if the computer system determines that the apparatus has not been properly maintained, providing information relating to an action or actions necessary to properly maintain the device, and containing a prompt to perform the action or actions necessary to maintain the device properly.

A method of managing maintenance, operation, and program implementation requirements of an apparatus using a computer system, comprising the steps of:

• storing, in the computer system, maintenance requirement information and actual maintenance information for the apparatus, operational requirement information and actual operational information for the apparatus, and program implementation requirement information and actual program implementation information relating to a program associated with the apparatus;
• comparing, using the computer system, the maintenance requirement information and the actual maintenance information to determine if the apparatus has been properly maintained, the operational requirement information and the actual operational information to determine if the apparatus can be properly operated, and the program implementation requirement information and the actual program implementation information to determine if the program associated with the apparatus can be properly implemented;
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• generating, using the computer system, a communication indicating that the device has not been properly maintained if the maintenance module determines that the device has not been properly maintained, providing information relating to an action or actions necessary to properly maintain the device, and containing a prompt to perform the action or actions necessary to maintain the device properly,
• generating, using the computer system, a communication indicating that the device can not be properly operated if the maintenance module determines that the device can not be properly operated, providing information relating to an action or actions necessary to properly operate the device, and containing a prompt to perform the action or actions necessary to operate the device properly, or
• generating a communication indicating that the program associated with the device can not be implemented properly if the maintenance module determines that the program associated with the device can not be properly implemented, providing information relating to an action or actions necessary to properly implement the program associated with the device, and containing a prompt to perform the action or actions necessary to implement the program properly.