Stocked, not order-in
Fire alarm cable.
Fire alarm cable is one of Benfield's own stocked product categories, kept on the shelf in Mount Vernon and White Plains rather than treated as a special order. A fire alarm rough-in stops dead without it, so it sits in the same racking as the building wire, conduit and devices the rest of the job needs.
Why we keep it on the shelf
One missing spool holds up an inspection, not just a task.
A supply house that only orders fire alarm cable in when a job asks for it is telling a contractor to plan the rough-in around a lead time. Benfield keeps it stocked as its own category for the same reason it keeps building wire and conduit stocked: the job does not wait, and neither should the material.
It sits alongside the wider wire and cable range, from Southwire and General Cable building wire to Draka elevator products, and it works the same counter as Benfield Data Comm's low voltage and fiber inventory, run by a BICSI Registered RCDD on staff. If your job crosses from fire alarm into data or low voltage, it is the same trip and the same rep.