BS 5839 : Part 1: 1988
Ube on. 614.24243 484.024.5
Reprinted, inearporating Amendments No, 1 snd No, 2
British Standard
Fire detection and alarm
systems for buildings
Part 1. Code of practice for system design,
installationand servicing.
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Partie 1. Conception, installation et entretien des systémes — Code de bonne pratique
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Teil 1. Leitfaden zur Auslegung, Montage und Wartung der Systeme
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SCs‘This Part of BS 5839 has been prepared under the direction
of the Fire Standards Committse It is 3 revision of
(BS 5820: Part t: 1960, which is withdrawn,
In addition to the exiting 8S $830 : Part 2, 3, 4 and 5,
«2 tpecificaton for line type heat detectors i in preparation,
Paras of EN 84 ‘Components of sutomatic fre detection
systema’ (in praparacion by Technical Committe
CEN/TC 72, Automate fire detection systems, of the
European Committee fer Standerdisation! will be published
ss Pore of BS 6448, Standards prepared by subcommittee
ISO/TC 21/SC 3, Fire detection and alarm systems,
{ot Technical Committee TC:21, Equipment for fire
‘protection and fire fighting, of the Intarnationsl
Organization for Standardization) that are accepted as
{British Standerds willbe included in BS 5445 if adopted
‘by CEN, and in BS 5829 if not.
‘As far eapousila, this Part of BS 8839 takes count of
the work of CEN/TC 72 and ISO/T 21/56 3.
“The major pat ofthis revision wee updating the
recommendations snd important changes made ara a=
follows.
{a Claniticaions hee been introduced to allow the
‘of system type by principal purpose (Ve,
ite or property protection) and extent of protection
provided (ce. entire premises, areas of special risk onty,
‘or escape routes only).
{0} Recommendations have been included to cover
“ysteme utlizing recent advaneas in technology 8.9. te
Un of mietoprocraars, analogue detector signaling,
imult-function indieators and radiodioked systems,
{e) Advonors in technology have led to systems in which
CGrouits serve more fan a single zone: recommendations
have been incorporated to entict the effect of faults in
such cleat,
{€) Recommendations on salt-contained smoke alarms
for domertc ust are ne longer included in the body of
‘this Part of BS 5839,
{e) Consideration has been given ta problems which
might aie from the eornbination into one system of
‘Components from several manufacturers.
{1) Monitoring of circults connecting detectors, sounder,
call points, power supplies and control and indicating
‘equipment is recommended.
(G) With the exception of control equipment for small
anu! systams, ee appendix G), all eeormmendstions
Talating to the specification of contral equipment have
been transferred to BS 5839: Part,
{h) The maximum deley in the response to the operation
(of manval call points hes bean stared to 4, and further
reduced 10.3 from 1 January 1960.
{ky The effect on manual call points of the moral of