Fire Detection And Alarm Systems
BS5839-1:2017 Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of systems in non-domestic premises
BS5839-3:1988 Specification for automatic release mechanisms for certain fire protection equipment
BS5839-6:2013 Code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems in domestic premises
BS5839-8:2013 Code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of voice alarm systems
BS5839-9:2011 Code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of emergency voice communication systems
Fire Extinguishing
BS 5036-9:2015 Recharging of portable fire Extinguishers - Code of practice
BS 5266-1:2016 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises
BS 5266-2:1998 - Code of practice for electrical low mounted way guidance systems for emergency use
BS 5266-4:1999 - Code of practice for design, installation, maintenance and use of optical fibre systems
BS 5266-5:1999 - Specification for component parts of optical fibre systems
BS 5266-6:1999 - Code of practice for non-electrical low mounted way guidance systems for emergency use. Photo luminescent systems
BS 5306-1:2006 Hose Reels and Foam Inlets
BS 5306-3:2017 Commissioning & maintenance of portable fire extinguishers
BS 5306-8:2012 Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises
BS5306-0:2011 Guide For the selection of install systems and other fire equipment
BS 9990-2015 - Non-automatic fire-fighting systems in buildings – Code of practice
BS EN 1838:2013 - Lighting applications. Emergency lighting
BS EN 50172:2004 - Emergency escape lighting systems
Fire Suppression
BS 5306-0:2011 Fire protection installations and equipment on premises. Guide for selection of installed systems and other fire equipment
BS 5306-4:2001+A1:2012 Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises. Specification for carbon dioxide systems
BS 6266:2011 Code of Practice for the Fire Protection for Electronic Equipment Installations
BS 7273 -1:2006 Code of Practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Electrical actuation of Gaseous total flooding extinguishing systems
BS 7273-2:1992. Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Mechanical actuation of gaseous total flooding and local application extinguishing systems
BS 7273-3:2008. Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Electrical actuation of pre-action watermist and sprinkler systems
BS 8458:2015 Fixed fire protection systems. Residential and domestic water mist systems. Code of practice for design and installation
BS 8489-1:2016 Fixed fire protection systems. Industrial and commercial water mist systems. Code of practice for design and installation
BS 8489-4:2016 Fixed fire protection systems. Industrial and commercial water mist systems. Fire performance tests and requirements for water mist systems for local applications involving flammable liquid fires
BS 8489-5:2016 Fixed fire protection systems. Industrial and commercial water mist systems. Fire performance tests and requirements for water mist systems for the protection of combustion turbines and machinery spaces with volumes up to and including 80 m3
BS 8489-6:2016 Fixed fire protection systems. Industrial and commercial water mist systems. Fire performance tests and requirements for water mist systems for the protection of industrial oil cookers
BS 8489-7:2016 Fixed fire protection systems. Industrial and commercial water mist systems. Tests and requirements for water mist systems for the protection of low hazard occupancies
BS EN 12845:2015 Fixed firefighting systems. Automatic sprinkler systems. Design, installation and maintenance
BS EN 15004-1:2008 Fixed firefighting systems. Gas extinguishing systems. Design, Installation & Maintenance
BS EN 15004-2:2008 Fixed firefighting systems. Gas extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for FK-5- 1-12 extinguishant
BS EN 15004-4 2008 Fixed firefighting systems. Gas extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for HFC 125 extinguishant
BS EN 15004-7:2017 Fixed firefighting systems. Gas extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-01 extinguishant
BS EN 15004-8:2017 Fixed firefighting systems. Gas extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-100 extinguishant
BS EN 15004-9:2017 Fixed firefighting systems. Gas extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-55 extinguishant
BS EN 15004-10:2017 Fixed firefighting systems. Gas extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-541 extinguishant
BS EN2:1992– Classification of Fires
FM 5560:2016 Water Mist Systems
ISO 14520-1:2015 Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems - Physical properties and system design - Part 1: General requirements
ISO 14520-5-2016 Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems - Physical properties and system design - Part 5: FK-5-1-12 extinguishant
ISO 14520-8:2016. Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design. HFC 125 extinguishant
ISO 14520-9:2016 Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems - Physical properties and system design - Part 9: HFC227ea extinguishant
ISO 14520-11:2016. Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems. Physical properties and system design. HFC 236fa extinguishant
ISO 14520-13:2015 Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems - Physical properties and system design - Part 13: IG-100 extinguishant
ISO 14520-14:2015 Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems - Physical properties and system design - Part 14: IG-55 extinguishant
ISO 14520-15:2015 Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems -- Physical properties and system design -- Part 15: IG-541 extinguishant
ISO 15779:2011ED1 Condensed aerosol fire extinguishing systems - Requirements and test methods for components and system design, installation and maintenance - General requirements
ISO15779:2011ED1 Condensed aerosol fire extinguishing systems - Requirements and test methods for components and system design, installation and maintenance - General requirements
NPFA 2001:2015 Standard on Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems
NPFA 2001:2018 Standard on Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems
Product Standards (Fire Detection And Fire Alarm Systems)
BS EN 54-1:2011 - Introduction
BS EN 54-2:1997+A1:2006 - Control and Indicating Equipment
BS EN 54-3:2014 - Fire alarm devices: sounders
BS EN 54-4:1998 - Power supply equipment
BS EN 54-5:2017 - Heat detectors: Point detectors
BS EN 54-7:2018 - Smoke detectors: point detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization
BS EN 54-10:2002 - Flame detectors: point detectors
BS EN 54-11:2001 - Manual call points
BS EN 54-12:2015 - Smoke detectors: line detectors using an optical light beam
BS EN 54-13:2017 - Compatibility assessment of system components
BS EN 54-16:2008 - Voice alarm control and indicating equipment
BS EN 54-17:2005 - Short-circuit isolators
BS EN 54-18:2005 - Input/output devices
BS EN 54-20:2006 - Aspirating smoke detectors
BS EN 54-21:2006 - Alarm transmission and fault warning routing equipment
BS EN 54-22:2015 - Resettable line-type heat detectors
BS EN 54-23:2010 - Fire alarm devices. Visual alarm devices
BS EN 54-24:2008 - Components of voice alarm systems: Loudspeakers
BS EN 54-25:2008 - Components using radio links
BS EN 54-26:2015 - Point fire detectors using carbon monoxide sensors
BS EN 54-28:2016 - Non-Resettable line-type heat detectors
BS EN 54-29:2015 - Multi-sensor fire detectors – Point detectors using a combination of smoke and heat sensors
BS EN 54-30:2015 - Multi-sensor fire detectors – Point detectors using a combination of carbon monoxide and optionally heat detectors
BS EN 54-31:2014 + A1:2016- Multi-sensor fire detectors – Point detectors using a combination of smoke, carbon monoxide and optionally heat sensors
Video Surveillance Systems (VSS / CCTV)
BS 7958:2015 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). Management and operation. Code of practice
BS 8418:2015 + A1 2017 Installation and remote monitoring of detector-activated CCTV systems. Code of practice
BS EN 62676-1-1:2014 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. System requirements. General
BS EN 62676-1-2:2014 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. System requirements. Performance requirements for video transmission
BS EN 62676-2-1:2014 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. Video transmission protocols. General requirements
BS EN 62676-2-2:2014 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. Video transmission protocols. IP interoperability implementation based on HTTP and REST services
BS EN 62676-2-3:2014 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. Video transmission protocols. IP interoperability implementation based on Web services
BS EN 62676-3:2015 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. Analog and digital video interfaces
BS EN 62676-4:2015 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. Application guidelines
BS EN IEC 62676-5:2018 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications. Data specifications and image quality performance for camera devices.
Electronic Access Control Systems (EACS)
BS EN 60839-11-1:2013 Alarm and electronic security systems. Electronic access control systems. System and components requirements
BS EN 60839-11-2:2015 Alarm and electronic security systems. Electronic access control systems. Application guidelines
BS EN 60839-11-31:2017 Alarm and electronic security systems. Electronic access control systems. Core interoperability protocol based on Web services
BS EN 60839-11-32:2017 Alarm and electronic security systems. Electronic access control systems. Access control monitoring based on Web services
BS EN IEC 62820-3-1:2018 Building intercom systems. Application guidelines. General
BS EN IEC 62820-3-2:2018 Building intercom systems. Application guidelines. Advanced security building intercom systems (ASBIS)
Intruder & Hold-up Alarm Systems (I&HAS)
BS 8243:2010+A1:2014 Installation and configuration of intruder and hold-up alarm systems designed to generate confirmed alarm conditions. Code of practice. (Police Responsive Systems)
BS 9263:2016 Intruder and hold-up alarm systems. Commissioning, maintenance and remote support. Code of practice
BS 50131-10:2014 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Application specific requirements for Supervised Premises Transceiver (SPT)
DD CLC/TS 50131-7:2010 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Application guidelines
PD6662:2017 - Intruder Alarm Systems
PD CLC/TS 50131-12:2016 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Methods and requirements for setting and unsetting of Intruder Alarm Systems (IAS)
PD CLC/TS 50661-1:2017 Alarm systems. External perimeter security systems. System requirements
Alarm Transmission Systems (ATS)
PD 6669:2017 Guidance for the provision of Alarm Transmission Systems (ATS) for Alarm Systems in the UK
BS EN 50136-2:2013 Alarm systems. Alarm transmission systems and equipment. Requirements for Supervised Premises Transceiver (SPT)
BS EN 50136-3:2013 Alarm systems. Alarm transmission systems and equipment. Requirements for Receiving Centre Transceiver (RCT)
PD CLC/TS 50136-9:2013 Alarm systems. Alarm transmission systems and equipment. Requirements for common protocol for alarm transmission using the internet protocol
Intruder & Hold-up Alarm Systems (I&HAS) Components
BS 4737-3.0:1988 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. General requirements
BS 4737-3.1:1977 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Continuous wiring
BS 4737-3.2:1977 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Foil on glass
BS 4737-3.3:1977 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Protective switches
BS 4737-3.5:1978 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Ultrasonic movement detectors
BS 4737-3.6:1978 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Acoustic detectors
BS 4737-3.8:1978 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Volumetric capacitive detectors
BS 4737-3.9:1978 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Pressure mats
BS 4737-3.12:1978 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Beam interruption detectors
BS 4737-3.13:1978 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Capacitive proximity detectors
BS 4737-3.14:1986 Intruder alarm systems. Specifications for components. Specification for deliberately-operated devices
BS 4737-3.30:2015 Intruder alarm systems in buildings. Specifications for components. Specification for insulated and sheathed cables for interconnecting wiring
BS EN 50131-2-2:2017 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Intrusion detectors. Passive infrared detectors
BS EN 50131-2-3:2008 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Requirements for microwave detectors
BS EN 50131-2-4:2008 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Requirements for combined passive infrared and microwave detectors
BS EN 50131-2-5:2008 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Requirements for combined passive infrared and ultrasonic detectors
BS EN 50131-2-6:2008 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Opening contacts (magnetic)
BS EN 50131-2-7-1:2012+A2:2016 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Intrusion detectors. Glass break detectors (acoustic)
BS EN 50131-2-7-2:2012+A2:2016 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Intrusion detectors. Glass break detectors (passive)
BS EN 50131-2-7-3:2012+A2:2016 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Intrusion detectors. Glass break detectors (active)
BS EN 50131-2-8:2016 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Intrusion detectors. Shock detectors
BS EN 50131-2-10:2018 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Intrusion detectors. Lock state contacts (magnetic)
BS EN 50131-3:2009 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Control and indicating equipment
BS EN 50131-4:2009 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Warning devices
BS EN 50131-5-3:2017 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Requirements for interconnections equipment using radio frequency techniques
BS EN 50131-6:2017 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Power supplies
BS EN 50131-8:2009 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Security fog device/systems
BS EN 50131-10:2014 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Application specific requirements for Supervised Premises Transceiver (SPT)
PD CLC/TS 50131-2-9:2016 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Intrusion detectors. Active infrared beam detectors
PD CLC/TS 50131-2-11:2017 Alarm systems - Intrusion and hold-up systems. Part 2-11: Intrusion detectors - ALDDR
Security Management Systems
BS 8473:2018 Intruder and hold-up alarm systems. Management of false alarms. Code of practice.
PD CLC/TS 50131-9:2014 Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems. Alarm verification. Methods and principles
BS 8549:2016 Security consultancy. Code of practice
NSI Code of Practice
BS 7858:2012 Security Screening (NSI Gold Certification requirement)
BS 7671:2018 - (18th Edition) Requirements for electrical installations
BS EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems. Requirements
SSQS101 NACOSS Gold Scheme
NCP 109.2 (Issue 2) 2016 NSI Code of Practice for design, installation and maintenance of Electronic Access Control Systems
NACP 11 1990 - NSI Code of Practice for Intruder Alarms
NCP 104.3 (Issue 3) 2017 NSI Code of Practice for design, installation and maintenance of CCTV Surveillance Systems
Other Popular standards
BS5499-10:2014 Guidance for the selection of safety signs and fire safety notices
BS 7273 (all parts), Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures
BS 7273-1:2006 - Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures – Part 1: Electrical actuation of gaseous total flooding extinguishing systems
BS 7273-2:1992 - Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Mechanical actuation of gaseous total flooding and local application extinguishing systems
BS 7273-3:2008 - Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Electrical actuation of pre-action watermist and sprinkler systems
BS 7273-4:2015 - Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures – Part 4: Actuation of release mechanisms for doors
BS 7273-5:2008 - Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Electrical actuation of watermist systems (except pre-action systems)
BS 7629-1:2015- Electric cables – Specification for 300/500 V fire resistant screened, fixed installation cables having low emission of smoke and corrosive gases when affected by fire – Part 1: Multicore cables
BS 7671:2018 - (18th Edition) Requirements for electrical installations
BS 8591:2014 - Remote centres receiving signals from alarm systems
BS 9999:2017 - Code of practice for fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings
BS EN 16763:2017 Services for fire safety systems and security systems
BS EN 60079-14 :2014- Explosive atmospheres – Part 14: Electrical installations design, selection and erection
CoP-0001-1-0 - FIA Guidance for EN54-23
HTM 05-03 - Health Technical Memorandum 05-03: Operational provisions, Part B, Fire detection and alarm systems. Department of Health. 2006. London: The Stationery Office.
HTM_05-03_Part_H_Final - Fire code – fire safety in the NHS Health Technical Memorandum 05-03: Operational provisions
PAS 79:2012 - Fire risk assessment. Guidance and a recommended methodology
RRO2005 Fire Detection body - Regularly reform Order
