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Fi re al arm system

Fire a l a r m t e sts sh o uld be ca r ri ed o u t i n a c co rd an c e w i th the manufactur er ’s ins t ruc ti ons and

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I t is i mpor tant that any tes ting o f the fi r e a l ar m sho ul d

not r esult in a fa ls e s ig nal o f fi r e.

Wee k l y t e s t b y us e r – Ca rry ou t a te st an d e xa mi n a ti o n to ens ur e that t he s ys tem is capabl e of operati ng under

a l a r m c o n dit io n s, n am e ly: -

O p e r a t e a m an ua l ca ll p oin t a t a p p ro xi m a te ly th e s a me ti me eac h week usi ng a di fferent cal l poi nt for eac h

s u c c e ssive te st. Wh ere a pp ro p ri at e i nf orm t he mo n i to r i n g c ontr ol c ent re pr ior to the tes t.

Q u a rt e r l y in s p ec tio n of b at t e ri es - Ve n te d ba tte r i es an d thei r connec ti ons should be ex am ined by a per son who i s

c o mpe t e n t in b at ter y m a int en an c e. E l ec tro l yt e l ev e l s s ho u l d b e chec ked and topped up as neces sar y.

P er i o di c i ns p ec tio n s a nd t e st s b y a f i re al arm e n g ineer - Thes e s hould be car ri ed out by a c om petent per -

so n , e . g . a f ir e ala r m en gin eer. R e qu i re m en ts fo r t he s e i ns p ec tions and tests wi ll depend upon the type and des i gn of the

sy st e m b u t w ill g en er a lly b e ca rri e d o ut si x m o nt hl y.

Whe r e a de te c ti on s y s te m wi t h o u t a p an e l is in st alled pres s th e te st b utton on the a larm or man-

ua l c a l l poin t.

F ir e d e t ec t or s

C a r r y o u t a r e gu lar visua l i n s pe c ti o n of e ac h d et ec to r to c h ec k for dam age, ex ces si ve acc um ul ations of di r t, heavy

d e p o s i t s of p ain t an d ot he r c on d i ti o n s l i k e l y to i nte rfe r e w i th c or rect oper ation.

ii . Ea ch d e t ect or sho uld b e c h ec ke d a n d te ste d fo r c o r r ec t op er ation and sens i tiv ity in ac cor danc e wit h the m anufac -

tu r e r ’s in st r uct ion s a nd t h e cu rre nt B ri ti s h St an d a r d.

Me a s u r e s t o r e du ce unw ant ed a l ar m s

Fa ls e a l a r ms will no t o n ly disru p t b u si n e ss o pe ra ti o n s b u t may al s o c ontr ibute t o death or i nj ury s houl d Fi re and Res c ue

Se r vi c e re so ur ce s b e de plo ye d an s we ri n g fa l se a l a rms w h e n th ey s hould be attendi ng i ncidents where l ife or pr opert y i s

in d a n g e r. To r e du ce th e pro ba b i l i ty of fa l se a l a rm s o n s y s tems inc or porati ng aut om atic fi re detector s it is v ery i m por tant

t h a t a s u it a b l e system of te sti ng a n d m ai n te n a nc e i s i n p la c e. The caus e of any fals e alarm s hould be pr oper l y i nvest i -

g a t e d w it h m ea sur e s b e in g ta ke n to a v oi d a re p e ti ti on .

A utomati c d o or r e le a s e m e c hani sm s act i vat ed by th e

f i r e a l a r m sy st em

Wee k l y - In con jun ctio n wit h th e fi r e a l a rm te s t, c hec k th at a l l the fir e doors ar e being r el eased and c losi ng ful l y i nto

t h e d o o r r e b at es.

Note - A l l ch ecks, te sts an d m ai n te n a nc e i n cl u d i ng fa ul ts a n d remedi al ac ti on taken, s houl d be recorded. T he date on

wh ic h e a c h f au lt is r ect ifie d sh ou l d a l so b e re co rd e d .