Is there a fire alarm tech in the house?

[Mr T]

I am currently interviewing with a local college campus (20k students) for a position as their fire alarm system tech. They use Simplex systems of various ages.

Some of my responsibilities would be testing the entire system annually as required. (they say this is the boring part) as well as repair (and rotating on call repairs due to drunk college students at 3am) and doing upgrades, mods, and assisting with new building design/installs.

Very high responibilities, of which I am ready to accept. Sounds like a interesting job other then the testing portion. They warn that it gets very monotonous after a while. Anybody out there do this? What's your opinion of the line of work? Pay is decent, benefits are great. (good solid, stable campus), lots of advancement opp's.

Thanks

[C. Caudill]

I was responsible for multiple Kidde fire systems before I retired. My company divided the buildings into 12 months so that everything was checked yearly.
I found the hardest part was to physically put hands on each detector (most all in ceiling) especially the older detectors. I had to physically remove take to shop and test and return. The newer systems we used a test light, gun,or test device to test. You might ask to see the manufacturer's suggested test procedures because of insurance they should have that and that would help in deciding on job. I was responsible for many systems and the fire systems were the most stable with the fewest problems. We had fixed temperature, flame detectors, rate of rise temperature, smoke and combustion, and regular sprinkler detectors.