GBE BS5839 audit template

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

1) Applicable modules

• System Design Module?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Enter Design Certificate number below.

• Date of Certificate?

  Date

• Installation Module?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Enter Installation Certificate number below.

• Date of Certificate?

  Date

• Commissioning and Handover (Inc Verification)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Enter Commissioning Certificate number below.

• Date of Certificate?

  Date

Specific Standards applied

• BS5839 Category of system specified

  L1

  L2

  L3

  L4

  M

Additional Standards Specified (eg HTM05-03)

General System Design Questions

• Is the system addressable or non-addressable?

  Addressable

  Non Addressable

• Is the category of system appropriate and as specified in the contract?<br>[Annex A]

  Yes

  No

• Is the specified standby power supply period suitable for the category of system and the level of supervision? <br>[25.4(e)]

  Yes

  No

• Does the system design proposal include all the required information? <br>[8.2]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the system design taken into account any building regs (eg Part M) or Equality Act requirements? <br>[18]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is any cause/effect on the system documented? (inc single stage/phased evac etc) <br>[40.2(a1)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are design battery capacity calculations available? <br>[25.4(e) Annex D]

  Yes

  No

• Have the correct quiescent and alarm currents been used? <br>[25.4(e) Annex D]

  Yes

  No

Category M/L- Quiescent at least 24 hours, or 6 hours with auto start generator

Category P- Quiescent at least period of unoccupation + 24 hours up to 72 hours, or at least 24 hours if supervised (every 6 hours) or fault monitoring by ARC

• Assumptions/variations drawn to customer's attention at design/quotation stage?<br>[7.2(a)]

  Yes

  No

  Unknown

• Is the battery capacity, as designed, adequate?<br>[25.4(e) Annex D]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

System Design Comments-

General Documentation Questions-

• Are there satisfactory commissioning records?<br>[39.2(c)]

  Yes

  No

• Have BS 5839 Certificates for design, installation, commissioning & acceptance been issued? (as applicable)<br>[39.2(c)]

  Yes

  No

• Is there a record of agreed variations?<br>[40.2(e)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have suitable user instructions/manuals been provided to the customer?<br>[40.2(b)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there satisfactory "as fitted" drawings?<br>[40.2(c)]

  Yes

  No

• Have "as fitted" drawings been provided to the customer?<br>[40.2(c)]

  Yes

  No

  Unknown

• Has a logbook been provided to the customer?<br>[40.2(d)]

  Yes

  No

• Are insulation test results available and satisfactory? (ELV wiring only)<br>[38.2(a)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are test results for circuit parameters such as loop continuity available and satisfactory?<br>[38.2(d)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have 230V supply test records been supplied by the electrical contractor/client?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Documentation Comments-

General Installation Questions-

• Are cables of a suitable type?<br>[26.2(b)(d)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are cables with "enhanced" fire resistance used where required?<br>[26.2(c)(e)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are cables adequately protected against mechanical damage?<br>[26.2(h)(k)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are methods of cable support satisfactory?<br>[26.2(f)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there suitable segregation from other services and other fire alarm cables, where required?<br>[26.2(l)(m)(n)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are joints in cables terminated correctly? (applies only to joints external to FA&A system components)<br>[26.2(g)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all junction boxes suitably labelled?<br>[26.2(g)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all fire alarm cables a single common colour?<br>[26.2(o)]

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Red Pirelli FP200 is not UV rated. Red Eland cable is UV rated.

Installation Comments-