Index – Are you Designing Fire Alarm System in Accordance with the Code?

In this series of posts, I am republishing a paper I presented in a seminar held in K.L. on 22nd July 2004.
Fire detection and alarm as passive system is the most commonly prescribed system for fire protection. The types of system available ranges from the simplest one or two point manual alert system to the most complex detection, monitoring and alarm system with interlinks to central monitoring stations and building automation and security systems.

Under current procedures on 'Certification of Completion and Compliance' (CCC), the submitting person is obligated to design and (in the final 'act of CFO certification) installed in conformity to acceptanble codes and standards. It is therefore incumbent on the submitting professional that he be proficient in technical standards and codes on which he claims to have conform with.

This series is structured into the following parts:

1. Abstract and Introduction
   
2. Overview of BS5839-1 and NFPA72
   
3. Circuit Design and Survivability
   
4. Appendix B – Circuits By Class and Style NFPA 72-2002
   
5. Power Supply, Emergency Supply, Fail Safe Supply
   
6. Cable Types, Fire Tests of Cables and Installation Practice
   
7. Fire Tests – Figures 3 to 12
   
8. Conclusion & Trends