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3.1 RESPONSIBLE USER
British standard BS5839-1: 2002, ‘Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings’ section 7 details the
responsibilities for the fire alarm user. These recommendations should be followed. For guidance on these
recommendations, please refer to the organisation that is responsible for servicing your fire alarm system.
These recommendations include :-
1. The fire alarm control and indicating equipment is checked at least once every 24 h to confirm that there are no
faults on the system.
2. The system log book is kept up to date and is available for inspection by any authorised person.
3. The routine testing is performed in accordance with the recommendations of BS5839-1 : 2002 section 6.
The above recommendations are only a selection taken from the standard. For a full list of
the recommendations refer to BS5839-1 : 2002.
3.2 ROUTINE TESTS
British standard BS5839-1: 2002, ‘Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings’ section 6 provides
recommendations for routine testing of the fire alarm by the user. These recommendations should be followed. For
guidance on these recommendations, please refer to the organisation that is responsible for servicing your fire alarm
system.
These recommendations include :-
a) Every week, a manual call point should be operated during normal working hours. It should be confirmed that
the control equipment is capable of processing a fire alarm signal and providing an output to fire alarm sounders,
and to ensure that the fire alarm signal is correctly received at any alarm receiving centre to which fire alarm
signals are transmitted.
b) In premises in which some employees only work during hours other than that at which the fire alarm system is
normally tested, an additional test(s) should be carried out at least once a month to ensure familiarity of these
employees with the fire alarm signal(s).
c) A different manual call point should be used at the time of the weekly test, so that all manual call points in the
building are tested in rotation over a prolonged period. There is no maximum limit for this period (eg in a system
with 150 manual call points, the user will test each manual call point every 150 weeks). The result of the weekly
test and the identity of the manual call point used should be recorded in the system log book.
The above recommendations are only a selection taken from the standard. For a full list of
the recommendations refer to BS5839-1 : 2002.
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