Uniformat D5030
Fire alarm control panel
Also called FACP, fire panel, fire alarm
Service life
Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.
Basis
- 15 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p15 · HUD CNA 3.6.2.7 “Smoke and fire detection system, central panel” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing.
- 25 years · Meaford: By-law 2020-83, Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Appendix A Estimated Useful Lives, p17 · “Fire Protection - Alarm Panel” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
- 20 years · The Blue Mountains: POL.COR.19.04 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p11 · “Fire Alarms” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
- 20 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p11 · “Fire Alarms” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal accounting lives for electrical (D50)
20 municipal policies from Ontario set a life for electrical as a whole, from 16 distinct tables: 10–50 years, median 20. These are amortization periods chosen for accounting, not measured lives, and they describe the system rather than this component.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 25 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | Electrical Equipment | 10 | p15 · 2016 |
| Grey Highlands | Exterior Lighting | 15 | p11 · 2026 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Exterior Lighting | 15 | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Exterior Lighting | 15 | p11 · 2019 |
| Amherstburg | Mechanical/Electrical - HVA, Lighting, Security systems, Electrical Panel | 20 | p8 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Interior Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Ice Surface Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2026 |
| Kenora | Buildings - Electrical System | 20 | p15 · 2026 |
| London | Building Components - Services (HVAC, lighting, communication, plumbing etc.) | 20 | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Interior Lighting - Standard | 20 | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Interior Lighting - High Wattage | 20 | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Emergency Lighting | 20 | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Interior Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2019 |
| The Blue Mountains | Ice Surface Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2019 |
| Welland | HVAC/Electrical/Mechanical | 20 | p8 · 2021 |
| Greater Napanee | E25 Plant Mechanical & Electrical | 25 | p16 · 2012 |
| Kirkland Lake | Buildings and Improvements - Mechanical/Electrical | 25 | p10 · 2020 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Electrical/Plumbing | 25 | p11 · 2010 |
| The Blue Mountains | Electrical System | 25 | p11 · 2019 |
| Bancroft, Centre Hastings, Hastings Highlands, Wollaston · same table | Electrical/Plumbing | 25–30 | p5, p4, p6, p5 |
| Brockton | Mechanical/Electrical (Heating/Cooling System, Refridgerating System) | 40 | p2 · 2009 |
| Greater Madawaska, Quinte West · same table | Electrical | 40 | p17, p38 · 2025 |
| Simcoe | Electrical | 40 | p19 · 2025 |
| Trent Lakes | Electrical | 40 | p10 · 2009 |
| Meaford | Electrical - System | 50 | p17 · 2020 |
Each row was matched to its page automatically: the label and the number appear in the text of the cited page. An editor has not yet compared every row with the table, so follow the page link before relying on one. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.
Open questions
- HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.
- No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.
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Citation
unfinished.one (2026). Fire alarm control panel, v0.1.0. https://unfinished.one/c/fire-alarm-panel/v/0.1.0BibTeX
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url = {https://unfinished.one/c/fire-alarm-panel/v/0.1.0},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
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