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Parking Permits
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Our Property Manager is in the process of issuing parking permits for all vehicles that use our parking lot. All vehicles that park more than four (4) hours on our lot will need to display either a "Guest" hang tag or a "Resident" windshield sticker. Hang tags should be placed on the rear view mirror mounting or (if they won't fit there) placed on the dash of the vehicle. Windshield stickers should be placed on bottom right of the passenger side of the windshield.
UPDATE: IPSC will begin checking for the new Hang Tag / Parking Decal on cars parked on our lot on June 1, 2019. Cars parked over night that don't have either of these will get a citation. If you don't have your Hang Tag / Parking Decal yet, get with our Property Manager to get yours soon.
Fire Alarms
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At the Annual meeting someone brought up that the fire/smoke alarms in our units have reached their end of life, so being a maintenance type of guy, I did a little checking. The alarms in our condo were manufactured in May 2006 and I assume were part of the original construction. Additionally, the backup batteries were mostly dead. Obviously it is in everyone’s best interest for us all to keep our alarms up to date.
Quote from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):
“A smoke alarm’s age can be determined by looking on the back or side of the smoke alarm, where the date of manufacture can be found. Smoke alarms should be replaced 10 years from that date (not the date of purchase or installation). In addition, smoke alarms should be tested monthly, and batteries should be replaced when they begin to chirp, signaling that they’re running low.”
I looked for a replacement but found the units we have are obsolete and no longer available. They are a “FireX 120-1072C” which is apparently owned by Kidde. I looked for a replacement in the Kidde product list and talked to Customer Service for any options. There are no direct replacements for our old unit.
I ordered Kidde units through Amazon based on my conversation with Kidde Customer Service. They recommended that we replace the one type with two different types to give us better protections from different types of fires. We installed two “ion” and two “photo” detectors. The models I ordered were i12040 (ion) $10.52 and p12040 (photo) for $19.97 so so basically $60 I had new detectors.