In respect of the recent BS 7273-4 Revision Iunderstand that BAFE have issued the following directive: (thanks Dave)
All parts of BS 7273 are normative within BS 5839-1:2013 and clause 9.2(a) of BS 5839-1:2013 specifically states:
?The system should conform to the recommendations of any applicable part of BS 7273?.
In order for a system to be compliant to BS 5839-1:2013 it must, where applicable, meet the recommendations of BS 7273-4:2015. Therefore, when preparing system design proposals (specifications) where there is intention to interface to devices covered by BS 7273-4:2015 then the system design proposal must, in addition to any other relevant standards, call up BS 7273-4:2015 and state the category of actuation it is proposed to install (see BS 7273-4:2015, clause 4.2).
When selecting fire alarm control & indicating equipment, in addition to ensuring that the equipment you select is third party certificated to BS EN 54-2, you should also take care to ensure the equipment selected can meet the recommendations for operation & fault monitoring contained within BS 7273-4:2015; if in doubt you should consult the manufacturers of the CIE.
With effect from 01 October 2015 systems must, where applicable, be designed to comply with the recommendations of BS 7273-4:2015 and our auditors will audit systems against the recommendations of BS 7273-4:2015 in addition to the recommendations of BS 5839-1:2013 and any other applicable standards.
This would seem to indicate that things have moved on? or have they?
