Fire Alarm Licensee

Exam

State + third-party exam

Education

None

Experience

Current employment

Background check

Specific type of conviction prohibited

A fire alarm licensee may sell, plan, install, certify, service, and/or monitor fire detection and fire alarm devices and systems in residential or commercial properties to the extent permitted by their type of license. There are currently six different types of licensed technicians. Fire alarm planning superintendents are employed by firms permitted to sell, plan, install, certify service and monitor all types of fire alarm or detection devices or systems. Fire alarm technicians are employed by firms permitted to sell, install, certify, service and monitor all types of fire alarm or detection devices or systems. Firms that are only permitted to monitor residential or commercial fire alarm or detection devices or systems employ fire alarm monitoring technicians. Firms that sell, plan, install, certify, service, and monitor fire alarm or detection devices or systems in one-and two-family dwellings employ residential fire alarm superintendents. A residential alarm superintendent can also perform all the functions of a fire alarm technician. A residential fire alarm superintendent–single station is permitted to sell, plan, install, certify and service single station heat or smoke detectors which are not connected to any other detection device or system in a one- or two-family dwelling. A residential alarm technician can sell, install, certify, service and monitor fire alarm or detection devices in one- and two-family dwellings.