Can someone help me here please? "Compliance" with what?
Nearlythere you naughty boy, you can't go around asking tricky questions like that ( I see what you are doing)
Oh alright I'll try and answer it as best I can, and I'll await the stick.
Enforcing authorities expect the RP to carry out a fire risk assessment - the findings of which decide what fire precautions are required in the property.
The outcomes or findings of the assessment may allow a fire alarm system as described in this thread to be fitted...and hey ho, if you can justify installing a system to that standard, then itis happy days all round.
But I doubt very much the friendly local fire officer would agree.
Those cheeky fire inspector types normally look for benchmark standards to judge things by. So naturally they will always generally looking for a fire alarm system recommended by current guidance. Most guidance out there recommends, for fire alarm systems, that a system to BS 5839 [insert part . category here] would demonstrate compliance with current legislation.
You can of course select something of an equal or higher standard, but you can't go below accepted standards.
So Im going really put my neck on the chopping block here and say unless you have the correct BS5839 fire alarm system fitted, or one that offers an equivalent or higher standard the system won't be deemed to be compliant with current fire safety legislation.
