Consultant's Guide for Fire Detection & Alarm Systems for Buildings

180 Pages·2015·0.65 MB·English

section one specification for a digital addressable fire system
Consultant’s Guide
for Fire Detection
& Alarm Systems
for Buildings
section one specification for a digital addressable fire system
section one specification for a digital addressable fire system
contents
Section one
Specification
for a Digital
Addressable
Fire System
1. General Requirements 1

2. Standards and Specifications 3

3. Control and Indicating Equipment 5
3.1 General Requirements 5
3.2 System Configuration 7
3.3 Mechanical Design 9
3.4 Basic System Functions 9
3.5 Alarm Monitoring Functions 12
3.6 Alarm Output Functions 13
3.7 Supervision and Fault Reporting 14
3.8 System Management Facilities 15
3.9 Technical Specification 16

4. Automatic Fire Detectors 17
4.1 General Requirements 17
4.2 Triple Sensing Detection 19
4.3 Optical Smoke Detectors 21
4.4 High Performance Optical Smoke Detectors 22
4.5 Infra-Red Flame Detectors 23
4.6 Infra Red Array Flame Detection 24
4.7 Heat Detectors 26
4.8 Linear Heat Detectors 27
4.9 Beam Smoke Detectors 28
4.10 Aspirating Smoke Detectors 29
4.11 Carbon Monoxide (CH) Fire Detector 30
4.12 Remote Indicator Module 31
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5. Associated Ancillary Equipment 33
5.1 General Requirements 33
5.2 Addressable Manual Callpoints 33
5.3 Conventional Detector Interface Module
(Including 4-20mAmonitoring) 34
5.4 Addressable Relay Output Module 35
5.5 Addressable Contact Monitoring Module 35
5.6 Addressable Sounder Notification Module 36
5.7 Loop Powered Addressable Sounder Notification Module 36
5.8 Sounder Booster Module 36
5.9 Auxiliary Power Supplies 37
5.10 Line Isolator 37
5.11 Door Control Module 37
5.12 Multiple Input/ Output Module 38
5.13 Quad Modules 39
5.14 Single Input/ Output Module 39
5.15 Loop Powered Beam Detector Module 40
5.16 Addressable Loop Powered Sounder/ Beacon 40
5.17 Addressable Loop Powered Sounder/ Beacon Base 41
5.18 Conventional Sounder/ Sounder Visual Devices 42
5.19 High Voltage Relay Module 42
6. Cables 43
6.1 Type 43

7. Networking and Graphics 44
7.1 Sub Panels 44
7.2 Graphical User Interface 44
8. Documentation 48
8.1 Tender Documentation 48
8.2 Contract Documentation 48
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9. Installation 50
9.1 General 50
9.2 Installation of Detectors 50
9.3 Installation of Control Devices 51
9.4 Installation of Fire Controller Equip- 52
ment
10. 54
10.1 Commissioning 54
10.2 General 54
10.3 Testing and Start-up 55
10.4 Commissioning 56
10.5 Programming and Service Tool 56
Handover
11. 57
11.1 Training 57
11.2 General 57
11.3 System Supervisor Training 57
Other Staff Training
12. 58
12.1 Maintenance 58
12.2 General 58
12.3 System Spares 59
System Test Equipment
Appendix A 60
Short Form Specification Key Points 60
Control & Indicating Equipment 60
Automatic Detectors 60
Associated Ancillary Equipment 61
Networking & Graphics 61
Training 61
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Section Two:
Introduction 65

Control and Indicating equipment 75

Fire alarm devices - sounders 80

Power supply equipment 85

Heat detectors - point detectors 90
Smoke detectors 97
Flame detectors 102
Manual call points 106
Smoke detectors - line type 112
Compatibility assessment of system components 116
Voice alarm control and indicating equipment 119
Short circuit isolators 125
Input / output devices 129
Aspirating smoke detectors 132
Alarm transmission and fault warning routing equipment 138
Fire alarm devices - visual alarm devices 142
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Section Two:
Components of voice alarm systems - loudspeakers 148

Components using radio links 153
Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive 156
atmospheres Intrinsic safety “I”
Fixed firefighting systems - 162
components for gas extinguishing systems
section one specification for a digital addressable fire system
responsabilities of user
Section one
Specification for a digital addressable fire system
part one guide to design of fire systems
section one specification for a digital addressable fire system
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section one specification for a digital addressable fire system
general requirements
1 General Requirements
1.1 The Fire Alarm company shall 1.5 All equipment central to the
be responsible for the design, supply, operation of the digital addressable
installation, commissioning and fire alarm system shall be designed
maintenance of a digital addressable and manufactured by the company
fire detection and alarm system. installing and commissioning the
system. As a minimum requirement,
1.2 The Fire Alarm company shall this clause covers the following:
be capable of providing a remote
alarm monitoring service with a • control and indicating equipment
direct communications link to the • repeater equipment
Fire Service. • addressable ancillary equipment
• power supplies and automatic
1.3 The Fire Alarm company • point detection equipment.
shall have an adequate number All of which shall shall comply
of competent staff trained and with EN54-13
experienced in the design, installation,
commissioning and maintenance of 1.6 The supplier shall be approved
digital addressable fire detection and to EN ISO 9002 Quality system
alarm systems. standard for the design and
manufacture of the equipment
1.4 The Fire Alarm company referred to in clause 1.6.
should have a minimum of 10 years
experience in designing, installing, 1.7 The main equipment proposed
commissioning and maintaining fire for use in the digital addressable
detection and alarm systems, at least fire detection and alarm system
5 years of which must be with digital shall be approved by at least one
addressable systems. of the following UK or international
organisations:
• Loss Prevention Council (LPC)
• British Standards Institution (BSI)
• Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
• Vertrauen Durch Sicherhelt (VdS)