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ARC21 Draft British Standard 5839 Part 1

Arc 21.pdf

As with many things in life, British Standard 5839, part 1 1988 has grown old and out-dated. In the years that have passed since the last revision of the fire alarm standard, the general technology, fire alarm installation customs and practice have improved and evolved such that the 1988 standard now does not fully cover these new improvements in alarm and detection tecnology. As the document no longer reflects a number of changes in technology, practice and installation procedures the decision has been made to revise the document. So once the decision to revise a British Standard has been made a draft document is prepared and once approved by the code committe is then released to the public as a draft for comment. The closing date for comments was the end of Sept 01 and if as has been the case on previous drafts of various standards and codes, many hundreds of comments have been made. This bulletin has been written outlining the main changes within the draft 5839. Of course these changes may be removed or altered in some format once the final document is issued, but it is believed that the majority of the document will remain largely unchanged. A new bulletin will be written once the final issue of BS 5839 is released.