BS 5839-1:2013 Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of systems in non-domestic premises BS 5839-1:2013 provides recommendations for the planning, design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems in and around non-domestic buildings. It does not recommend whether or not a fire detection and fire alarm system should be installed in any given premises. The term fire detection and fire alarm systems, in the context of BS 5839-1:2013, includes systems that range from those comprising only one or two manual call points and sounders to complex networked systems that incorporate a large number of automatic fire detectors, manual call points and sounders, connected to numerous inter-communicating control and indicating panels. The term also includes systems that are capable of providing signals to initiate the operation of other fire protection systems and equipment (such as fire extinguishing systems, smoke control systems or automatic door release equipment) or safety measures (such as shutdown of air handling systems, closing of oil or gas valves or grounding of lifts). Standard Number BS 5839-1:2013 Title Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Customers who bought this product also bought.
BS 5839 Part 1. Fire detection and alarm systems are installed in premises in order to protect either life, property or both. No recommendations are made in BS Part 1 [1] as to which if 589-8 category to specify 583-98 any given premises although it does include examples of typical categories of typical buildings in Annex A.
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