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| Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of voice alarm systems |
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| BS 5839-8 gives recommendations for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of voice alarm systems which automatically broadcast speech or warning tones, in response to signals from their associated fire detection and alarm systems. It also covers systems that include a manual facility for the transmission of live voice messages as well as automatically generated messages for emergency purposes. The fire detection and fire alarm systems themselves are covered by
BS 5839-1. |
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| Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for system design, installation, commissioning and maintenance |
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BS 5839-1:2002+A2:2008 provides recommendations for the planning, design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems in and around buildings, other than dwellings.
Important changes to the Standard include:
- The use of new technologies
- New methods of fire detection
- A simplified code of practice
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| Portable fire extinguishers. Characteristics, performance requirements and test methods |
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| BS EN 3-7 specifies the characteristics, performance requirements and test methods for portable fire extinguishers. Reference to the suitability of an extinguisher for use on gaseous fires (class C fires) are at the manufacturer’s discretion, but are applied only to powder type extinguishers which have gained a class B or class A and class B rating. |
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