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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Paul2886 on February 04, 2008, 07:30:49 PM

Title: Fire Alarm Testing in Flats
Post by: Paul2886 on February 04, 2008, 07:30:49 PM

How do you get round the testing of fire alarms in flats where no resident wants the responsibilty, and the managing agent simply is not around to do it. It is only a manual system and has the quarterly inspections carried out by a fire alarm engineer.

Title: Fire Alarm Testing in Flats
Post by: kurnal on February 04, 2008, 08:18:01 PM

If the building complies with ADB or 5588 part 1 or CP3 take the manual common areas alarm out.

If it doesn't comply with these codes it needs detection in the common areas. Then arrange a maintenance and testing contract with a local company. If it needs a manual areas alarm system the risk of vandalism is too great to leave it 3 months between checks, connect the system to a monitoring centre and initiate fault monitoring so that will cover the daily inspection of the panel