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Exit Signs and Emergency Lighting in Wesley Chapel, FL
Repairs After a County Fire Inspection|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
Mention how many units are dark or failing their test.
Wesley Chapel is unincorporated, so the fire inspector who visits its stores, offices, and restaurants works for Pasco County Fire Rescue. The department inspects commercial buildings and businesses for fire and life safety every year.
Call (352) 251-2795, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or send a request online. Calls after hours are returned the next business day.
The county's Fire Inspection
What Follows a Pasco Fire Inspection in Wesley Chapel
Pasco's fire safety inspectors enforce the Florida Fire Prevention Code. Lit exit signs and emergency lighting on backup power are part of that code, so a dead unit is something an inspector can write up.
A written order with a date
When an inspector finds a violation, county code requires a written order to correct it to be served on the owner, operator, occupant, or other person responsible. The order sets a time limit for compliance that depends on the hazard posed by the violation. The date on the order is the one the repair is planned against.
The inspector's return visit
After that date, the inspector can return to check the listed items. Reinspections may incur fees under the county's fee schedule, so units still dead after repeated return visits may incur a county charge for the repair. The owner's aim is to have every unit on the order working and tested on battery before that visit.
What's on The Order
The Electrical Lines on a Fire Inspection Order
An order can list items from several trades. The lighting lines are electrical work: an exit sign that's dark or only partly lit, an emergency light or combo unit that stays dark when its test button is pressed, and a fault in the circuit that feeds them.
Where every unit went in when the building opened, the batteries are all the same age. When an order lists several dead units, the ones that passed are worth a test of their own.
Extinguishers, sprinklers, and the fire alarm system go to their own contractors.
We don't install or service fire alarm systems.
Pricing
Repair Rates and Estimates After a Fire Inspection
Repair and troubleshooting visits are billed by the hour from arrival: $100 residential, $150 commercial, one-hour minimum, then half-hour increments, plus materials. No trip charge and no service fee. No hidden fees: the 3.5% surcharge on card and ACH payments is listed in our terms.
We don't do upfront pricing. No job has a standard price with us: each one is tailored to the property and the work you've asked for, and priced once we've seen it.
We offer free estimates on installs, upgrades, and replacements in our service area. Estimates aren't free when the job needs troubleshooting or testing to price, falls after hours or outside our service area, needs several meetings to gather information, or is new construction or a custom remodel with multi-party walk-throughs. For most jobs, estimates arrive by email by the end of the next business day, and quotes are good for 30 days.
Custom homes and large or multi-phase projects are estimated as soon as we can, or on the timeline your project sets.
If a replaced unit fails
04If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
Between Inspections
The Test Log to Keep Between Inspections
The life-safety code that Florida's fire code adopts calls for battery-backed emergency lighting to be tested on a schedule and for the owner to keep the results:
- Monthly: A functional test of at least 30 seconds, with the unit running on its battery. Exit signs get a visual check on the same 30-day cycle to confirm they're lit.
- Yearly: A 1.5-hour battery test, with each unit working for the entire test.
- In writing: Records of the checks and tests, kept by the owner for the fire inspector to review.
A unit can pass the short test every month and still fall short at the yearly one, because an aging battery can hold a short charge after it has lost the capacity for a long one. A log with a dated line for each unit shows which ones are slipping before an inspector finds them.
We lease our suite. Are the dead units ours to fix or the landlord's?
Can new units run the tests themselves?
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Send the Fire Inspection Order With Your Request
Send the business address, the order or a photo of it, and its compliance date. Our office will call you back during business hours.