Audit
System Design Module?
Installation Module?
Commissioning and Handover (Inc Verification)?
System Design
BS5839 Category of system specified
Is the system addressable or non-addressable?
Is the category of system appropriate and as specified in the contract?
[Annex A]
Is the specified standby power supply period suitable for the category of system and the level of supervision?
[25.4(e)]
Does the system design proposal include all the required information?
[8.2]
Has the system design taken into account any building regs (eg Part M) or Equality Act requirements?
[18]
Is any cause/effect on the system documented? (inc single stage/phased evac etc)
[40.2(a1)]
Are design battery capacity calculations available?
[25.4(e) Annex D]
Have the correct quiescent and alarm currents been used?
[25.4(e) Annex D]
Assumptions/variations drawn to customer's attention at design/quotation stage?
[7.2(a)]
Is the battery capacity, as designed, adequate?
[25.4(e) Annex D]
Documentation
Are there satisfactory commissioning records?
[39.2(c)]
Have BS 5839 Certificates for design, installation, commissioning & acceptance been issued? (as applicable)
[39.2(c)]
Is there a record of agreed variations?
[40.2(e)]
Have suitable user instructions/manuals been provided to the customer?
[40.2(b)]
Are there satisfactory "as fitted" drawings?
[40.2(c)]
Have "as fitted" drawings been provided to the customer?
[40.2(c)]
Has a logbook been provided to the customer?
[40.2(d)]
Are insulation test results available and satisfactory? (ELV wiring only)
[38.2(a)]
Are test results for circuit parameters such as loop continuity available and satisfactory?
[38.2(d)]
Have 230V supply test records been supplied by the electrical contractor/client?
Installation
Are cables of a suitable type?
[26.2(b)(d)]
Are cables with "enhanced" fire resistance used where required?
[26.2(c)(e)]
Are cables adequately protected against mechanical damage?
[26.2(h)(k)]
Are methods of cable support satisfactory?
[26.2(f)]
Is there suitable segregation from other services and other fire alarm cables, where required?
[26.2(l)(m)(n)]
Are joints in cables terminated correctly? (applies only to joints external to FA&A system components)
[26.2(g)]
Are all junction boxes suitably labelled?
[26.2(g)]
Are all fire alarm cables a single common colour?
[26.2(o)]
Red Pirelli FP200 is not UV rated. Red Eland cable is UV rated.