San Diego's fire alarm bulletin allows a DACT to use only one telephone line, paired with another NFPA 72 Chapter 26 method, and says NFPA 72 no longer allows two telephone lines.

Checked 2026-10-02

Only one phone line may be used along with another method approved by NFPA 72, Chapter 26 when using a DACT.
Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
fire-alarm-communication
Deployment
premises-fire-alarm
Region
us-ca-san-diego
Release range
bulletin revision November 2024
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-sd-dact-one-phone-line. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-sd-dact-one-phone-line

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-pots-line-replacement-sd-dact-one-phone-line,
  title  = {POTS line replacement and copper retirement: source note pots-line-replacement-sd-dact-one-phone-line},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/pots-line-replacement-sd-dact-one-phone-line},
  note   = {Source note pots-line-replacement-sd-dact-one-phone-line, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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