BTS BS5839 Audit Template

System Design Module?

Installation Module?

Commissioning and Handover (Inc Verification)?

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]

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?

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)]