DSI provides a wide range of services for all of your fire protection needs.
Technicians on call 24/7
DSI provides emergency dispatching to meet all your service needs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
U.L. Listed Monitoring
DSI offers Central Station monitoring of your fire alarm or fire suppression system through Tutor Security, a U.L. Listed Central Station.
Code Required Inspections
DSI provides inspection of your fire alarm or fire suppression system in accordance with application codes and standards to meet your insurance and/or local authority's requirements.
Consulting Services
DSI employs a staff of knowledgeable deign professionals and sales personnel to assist you in determining the best solution to your fire protection needs.
Explosibility Testing
DSI offers Fike Explosibility Testing which provides a basis for safe plant design, operating parameters, and handling procedures. In addition to the research and development work that Fike completes on its own products, we offer a wide range of explosibility tests designed to assist companies in identifying and mitigating costly explosion hazards. Fike's state-of-the-art testing laboratory is staffed with highly trained technicians, engineers, and combustion scientists; and tests are conducted in accordance with ASTM and CEN standards to assure proper execution and interpretation.
Enclosure Integrity Testing
DSI has technicians on staff who are Certified to test and inspect your clean agent protected room(s) to make sure that in the event of a fire and subsequent discharge of your clean agent system, the room will hold the suppression agent long enough for trained personnel to respond. The "Door Fan Test" as it is commonly known is required on all new installations and is required annually by the City of Houston. Other jurisdictions may not require an annual test but NFPA 2001 (Standard for Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems) requires at a minimum that the enclosure be thoroughly inspected annually for any penetrations that could compromise the room's integrity.
City of Houston Life Safety Bureau Standard on Inspection and Testing of Fire Protection and Life-Safety Equipment states in Section 2.9.6 on Total Flooding Systems (i.e. clean agent suppression systems), "Enclosure integrity for total flooding systems shall be verified annually by a licensed fire protection equipment company, using approved blower fan pressurization units, to locate and seal any significant air leaks that could cause failure to hold specific agent concentrations levels. Documentation of enclosure integrity testing and results shall be maintained."
NFPA 2001 (2008 edition) Section 7.4 states that "the enclosure protected by the clean agent shall be thoroughly inspected at least every 12 months to determine if penetrations have occurred that could lead to agent leakage or other changes have occurred that could change volume of hazard, or both. Where the inspection indicates conditions that could result in the inability to maintain the clean agent concentration, the conditions shall be corrected."