Fire protection code compliance verification system and method

A system for verifying code compliance of at least one water-based fire protection system component whose operation and maintenance thereof are based upon fire protection code and associated industry standards, the system comprising:

• at least one sensor for sensing at least one of a parameter of said at least one water-based fire protection system component and a resultant indicator thereof pertinent to code compliance verification;
• means for date/time stamping data from said at least one sensor;
• means at a site of said fire protection system for storing said date/time stamped data;
• means at a location remote from the site of said fire protection system for generating a code compliance verification report based upon said sensor data;
• and
• communication means for conveying said stored sensor data to said remote means for generating said code compliance verification report.

A method for verifying compliance of at least one water-based fire protection system component whose operation and maintenance thereof are based upon fire protection code and associated industry standards, said method comprising the steps of:

• sensing, at a site of the water-based fire protection system, data comprising at least one of a parameter of said at least one water-based fire protection system component and a resultant indicator thereof pertinent to code compliance verification;
• storing said sensed data along with associated date/time data in a recorder;
• accessing said sensed data and verifying code compliance/non-compliance based on said sensed data on a periodic basis;
• and
• generating a code compliance verification report based upon said sensed data on a periodic basis.