FprCEN/TS 54-14

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2024
Sistemi za odkrivanje in javljanje požara ter alarmiranje - 14. del: Smernice za
načrtovanje, projektiranje, vgradnjo, preverjanje, uporabo in vzdrževanje
Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 14: Guidelines for planning, design,
installation, commissioning, use and maintenance
Brandmeldeanlagen - Teil 14: Leitfaden für Planung, Projektierung, Montage,
Inbetriebsetzung, Betrieb und Instandhaltung
Systèmes de détection et d’alarme incendie - Partie 14: Lignes directrices pour la
planification, la conception, l’installation, la mise en service, l’utilisation et la maintenance
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: FprCEN/TS 54-14
ICS:
13.220.20 Požarna zaščita Fire protection
13.320 Alarmni in opozorilni sistemi Alarm and warning systems
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

FINAL DRAFT
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
February 2024
ICS 13.220.20
English Version
Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 14: Guidelines
for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and
maintenance
Systèmes de détection et d'alarme incendie - Partie 14: Brandmeldeanlagen - Teil 14: Leitfaden für Planung,
Lignes directrices pour la planification, la conception, Projektierung, Montage, Inbetriebsetzung, Betrieb und
l'installation, la mise en service, l'utilisation et la Instandhaltung
maintenance
This draft Technical Specification is submitted to CEN members for Vote. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 72.
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United Kingdom.
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aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a Technical Specification. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change
without notice and shall not be referred to as a Technical Specification.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 7
Introduction . 9
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms and definitions . 10
4 General. 15
4.1 Guideline usage . 15
4.2 Guideline format . 15
Figure 1 — Idealized system flow chart . 17
4.3 False alarms . 17
4.4 Documentation . 17
4.5 Responsibility . 17
4.6 Qualifications . 18
5 Assessment of needs . 18
5.1 Purpose . 18
5.2 Consultation . 18
5.3 Parts of the building needing cover . 19
5.3.1 Extent of cover . 19
5.3.2 Description of extent . 19
5.3.3 Areas not needing cover . 20
5.4 Fire brigade attendance . 21
5.4.1 Communications . 21
5.4.2 Delay to output E according to EN 54-2. 22
5.5 Fire alarm response strategy . 22
5.6 Documentation . 23
5.7 Responsibility . 23
6 Planning and design . 23
6.1 Devices connected to the system . 23
6.2 System design . 23
6.2.1 Compatibility . 23
6.2.2 Fault effects . 23
6.2.3 Hazardous atmospheres . 24
6.2.4 False alarms . 25
6.2.5 Connection to fire protection systems . 25
6.2.6 Special risks . 25
6.3 Zones . 25
6.3.1 General. 25
6.3.2 Detection zones . 25
6.3.3 Alarm zones . 26
6.4 Selection of detectors and manual call points . 26
6.4.1 Detectors – General . 26
6.4.2 Smoke detectors . 27
6.4.3 Heat detectors . 28
Figure 2 — Types of LTHD . 28
6.4.4 Flame detectors . 29
6.4.5 Multi-sensor fire detectors. 30
6.4.6 Radio linked systems . 31
6.4.7 Manual call points . 32
6.4.8 Carbon monoxide (CO) fire detectors . 32
6.4.9 Video and thermographic fire detectors . 32
6.5 Siting and spacing of detectors and manual call points . 33
6.5.1 General . 33
Table 1 — Recommended ceiling height limits for the various detector types . 33
Figure 6 — Detector positioning in ventilation ducts . 38
Figure 7 — Illustration of room height and beam depth . 40
6.5.2 Smoke and heat detectors . 42
6.5.3 Flame detectors . 42
6.5.4 Video and thermographic fire detectors . 43
6.5.5 Line type heat detectors . 44
6.5.6 Manual call points . 45
6.5.7 Carbon monoxide (CO) fire detectors . 45
6.5.8 Coincidence detection . 45
6.6 Alarm systems and devices . 46
6.6.1 General . 46
6.6.2 Audible alarms. 46
6.6.3 Visual fire alarm devices . 47
6.7 Control and indication . 47
6.7.1 General . 47
6.7.2 Location of control and indicating equipment . 47
6.7.3 Remote control and indicating panels . 49
6.7.4 Alarm location aids . 49
6.7.5 Fire brigade panel . 49
6.8 Power supplies . 50
6.8.1 Power supply equipment . 50
6.8.2 Main power source . 50
6.8.3 Standby power source . 50
6.9 Signals to a fire alarm receiving station . 51
6.10 Signals to a fault warning receiving station . 51
6.11 Ancillary equipment or systems . 51
6.12 Transmission paths . 51
6.12.1 Cables . 51
6.12.2 Radio linked systems . 54
6.13 Protection against electromagnetic interference . 55
6.14 Documentation . 55
6.15 Responsibility . 55
7 Installation . 56
7.1 General . 56
7.2 Siting of equipment . 56
7.2.1 General . 56
7.2.2 Hazardous areas . 56
7.3 Cable installation . 56
7.3.1 General . 56
7.3.2 Cable identification . 56
7.3.3 Multi-core cable restrictions . 56
7.3.4 Cable joints and terminations . 56
7.3.5 Segregation . 57
7.4 Documentation . 57
7.5 Responsibility . 57
8 Initialization and configuration . 57
8.1 General. 57
8.2 Programming of the CIE . 57
8.3 Documentation . 57
8.4 Responsibility . 57
9 Commissioning acceptance and verification . 58
9.1 General. 58
9.2 Commissioning . 58
9.3 Acceptance and handover . 58
9.4 Verification (optional) . 60
9.5 Responsibility . 60
10 Third party approval . 60
10.1 General. 60
10.2 Approval procedures . 60
10.2.1 General. 60
10.2.2 Inspection and testing . 60
10.2.3 Testing of operation . 61
10.3 Documentation . 61
10.4 Periodic inspection by an approving body . 61
10.4.1 General. 61
10.4.2 Documentation . 61
10.5 Qualifications . 61
11 User responsibilities . 61
11.1 General. 61
11.2 User scheduled inspection . 62
11.2.1 Daily user inspection . 62
11.2.2 Quarterly user inspection . 62
11.2.3 Annual user inspection . 63
11.3 Documentation . 63
12 Maintenance . 63
12.1 General. 63
12.2 Maintenance routine . 63
12.2.1 General. 63
12.2.2 Prevention of unwanted fire signals to the fire and rescue service during maintenance
................................................................................................................................................................... 63
12.2.3 Prevention of unwanted activation during routine testing . 63
12.2.4 Precautions during maintenance . 64
12.3 Corrective maintenance . 64
12.4 Spares . 64
12.5 Documentation . 64
12.6 Responsibility . 65
13 Modification of an installed system. 65
13.1 General. 65
13.2 Third party approval . 65
13.3 Extent of compliance . 65
13.4 Documentation . 65
13.5 Responsibility . 65
14 Operation of other fire protection systems . 65
14.1 General . 65
14.2 Responsibility . 66
15 Applications in special risks . 66
15.1 General . 66
15.2 Electronic data processing areas . 66
15.3 High-rack warehouses . 67
15.3.1 General . 67
15.3.2 Aspirating smoke detection . 67
15.3.3 Other detection . 67
15.4 Atrium and high ceiling areas . 67
15.5 Hazardous areas . 68
15.6 Outdoor areas . 68
15.7 High value risks . 68
15.8 Industrial areas . 69
15.9 Responsibility . 69
16 Integrated systems . 69
17 Hierarchical and networked systems. 69
Annex A (informative) False alarms . 71
A.1 Causes of false alarms . 71
A.2 Vulnerability of various detector types . 71
A.2.1 Smoke detectors . 71
A.2.2 Heat detectors . 72
A.2.3 Flame detectors . 72
A.3 Possible preventative measures . 72
A.3.1 Multi-sensor detectors . 72
A.3.2 Pre-alarm warnings . 72
A.3.3 Dependency on more than one alarm signal - Coincidence detection . 73
A.3.4 Activity related systems . 73
A.3.4.1 General . 73
A.3.4.2 Pre-transmission confirmation . 73
A.4 Investigation of false alarms . 74
Annex B (informative) Model documents . 76
Figure B.1 — Model confirmation document of design . 77
Figure B.2 — Model confirmation document of installation . 78
Figure B.3 — Model confirmation document of commissioning and verification . 79
Figure B.4 — Model confirmation document of acceptance . 80
Annex C (informative) Model list of fire loadings for different cable types and materials . 84
C.1 Model list of fire loadings for different cable types . 84
Table C.1.1 — Cables for voltages up to 1 000 V . 84
C.2 Model list of fire loadings for different materials . 89
Annex D (normative) Maintenance routine . 91
D.1 Maintenance works . 91
Table D.1 — Intervals for maintenance . 94
D.2 Inspection and servicing confirmation document . 95
Annex E (informative) Commissioning checklist . 97
Annex F (informative) Test fires. 99
Annex G (informative) Example for calculation of ceiling irregularities . 100
Bibliography . 102

European foreword
This document (FprCEN/TS 54-14:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 72 “Fire
detection and fire alarm systems”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This document is currently submitted to the Vote on TS.
This document will supersede CEN/TS 54-14:2018.
Compared to CEN/TS 54-14:2018, the following main changes have been made:
• Table A.1 was modified to incorporate new technologies;
• new detector technologies e.g. CO, line type heat detectors, video detection were incorporated;
EN 54 series of standards, Fire detection and fire alarm systems, consists of the following parts:
• Part 1: Introduction;
• Part 2: Control and indicating equipment;
• Part 3: Fire alarm devices — Sounders;
• Part 4: Power supply equipment;
• Part 5: Heat detectors — Point detectors;
• Part 7: Smoke detectors — Point detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization;
• Part 10: Flame detectors — Point detectors;
• Part 11: Manual call points;
• Part 12: Smoke detectors — Line detectors using an optical beam;
• Part 13: Compatibility assessment of system components;
• Part 14: Guidelines for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance
[CEN Technical Specification];
• Part 16: Voice alarm control and indicating equipment;
• Part 17: Short circuit isolators;
• Part 18: Input/output devices;
• Part 20: Aspirating smoke detectors;
• Part 21: Alarm transmission and fault warning routing equipment;
• Part 22: Resettable line-type heat detectors;
• Part 23: Fire alarm devices — Visual alarm devices;
• Part 24: Components of voice alarm systems — Loudspeakers;
• Part 25: Components using radio links;
• Part 26: Carbon monoxide detectors — Point detectors;
• Part 27: Duct smoke detectors;
• Part 28: Non-resettable line type heat detectors;
• Part 29: Multi-sensor fire detectors — Point detectors using a combination of smoke and heat sensors;
• Part 30: Multi-sensor fire detectors — Point detectors using a combination of carbon monoxide and heat
sensors;
• Part 31: Multi-sensor fire detectors — Point detectors using a combination of smoke, carbon monoxide
and optionally heat sensors;
• Part 32: Planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance of voice alarm systems
[CEN Technical Specification].
Introduction
Guidelines and standards for the planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance of a
fire detection and fire alarm system are published by many different organizations within Europe.
This document is intended as a template to be used in the drafting, review and revision of any such
national standards and guidelines. It is intended that this technical specification will assist in the
harmonization of practice and standards of fire detection and fire alarm systems throughout Europe.
Many national and regional authorities and organizations within Europe publish services standards for
the planning, design, installation, commissioning, verification, handover or maintenance of fire safety
systems. The European Standard EN 16763 was intended to create a common guideline for a minimum
quality of service by establishing criteria for the quality of service of services providers, the involved staff
and the output of services provided. Therefore, compliance with the requirements of EN 16763 for the
service provider is recommended.
1 Scope
This document provides guidelines for the application of automatic fire detection and fire alarm systems
in and around buildings and civil engineering works. The guideline covers planning, design, installation,
commissioning and verification, third party approval, use and maintenance of the systems.
The guidelines cover systems intended for the protection of life and/or the protection of property. The
guidelines cover systems with a control and indicating equipment and at least one manual call point or
one fire detector. In the event of a fire, the systems may be capable of providing signals to initiate the
operation of ancillary equipment (such as fixed fire extinguishing systems, smoke and heat control
systems, fire compartment separation) and other precautions and actions (such as machinery shutdown
or remote transmission of alarms). These guidelines do not cover the ancillary services themselves or
ancillary circuits to interface with them. The guidelines take into account the potential introduction of
the Open Description (OD) approach to the EN 54 series.
The guidelines only cover the fire related functions of systems combining fire alarm functions with other
non-fire related functions.
The guidelines do not recommend whether or not a fire detection and/or fire alarm system should be
installed in any given premises.
This document can be used as a guideline for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and
maintenance of a fire detection and fire alarm system in any country not having any equivalent national
standard, or if national equivalent standard is obsolete or not covering certain aspects, e.g. new fire
detection technologies.
These guidelines are used by appropriately competent persons. However, guidance is also given to other
persons purchasing or using a fire detection and/or fire alarm system.
Smoke alarms manufactured to EN 14604, whether interconnected or not, are not fire detection and fire
alarm systems as covered in these guidelines.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 54-1, Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 1: Introduction
EN 54-5, Fire detection and fire alarm systems — Part 5: Heat detectors — Point heat detectors
EN 54-10, Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 10: Flame detectors - Point detectors
EN 54-12, Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 12: Smoke detectors - Line detectors using an optical
beam
EN 54-20, Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 20: Aspirating smoke detectors
EN 54-22, Fire detection and fire alarm systems — Part 22: Resettable line-type heat detectors
EN 54-23, Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 23: Fire alarm devices - Visual alarm devices
EN 54-28, Fire detection and fire alarm system - Part 28: Non-resettable line-type heat detectors
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 54-1 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#home
3.1
acceptance
decision that the installed system meets the requirements of a previously agreed specification
3.2
alarm load
maximum power (normally electrical) that will be required under the fire condition
3.3
approval
acceptance by a third party that the installed system satisfies the requirements of the third party
3.4
approval body
body accepted by an authority having jurisdiction or other competent organization as having the
expertise and/or legitimacy necessary to assess the compliance of the installed system with these
guidelines
3.5
authority having jurisdiction
body that has powers provided under local, regional, national or European legislation
3.6
beam detector
smoke detector
line detector using a transmitted light beam
Note 1 to entry: See EN 54-12.
3.7
circuit
another word for transmission path
Note 1 to entry: See EN 54 1.
3.8
commissioning engineer
person who carries out the process of commissioning
3.9
configuration
programming the CIE to perform the functions intended by the designer, the relevant guidelines and the
fire alarm response strategy
3.10
designer
person or organization taking responsibility for the work outlined in Clause 6
3.11
detection zone card
portable detection zone map, covering one or more individual zones
3.12
detection zone map
diagram showing the structural boundaries of zones, and if necessary, access routes to zones
Note 1 to entry: A detection zone map is usually located in the vicinity of the CIE or at the entrance to the zone.
3.13
false alarm
fire alarm caused by reasons other than fire
Note 1 to entry: There are different words in EU countries used to describe false alarms.
3.14
fault
failure within the system in such a way as to jeopardize the correct functioning of the system
3.15
fault warning
fault signal perceptible to a person
3.16
fault warning receiving station
routing equipment installed in fault warning receiving centre, receiving fault warnings
3.17
field of view
FOV
2D projection/representation of the space and the objects monitored by the detector
3.18
final exit
termination of an escape route from a building giving direct access to a street passageway, walkway or
open space and sited to ensure rapid safe dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they
are no longer in danger from fire or smoke
3.19
fire alarm
visual, audible or tactile indication of fire
3.20
fire alarm response strategy
pre-planned procedures which are expected to be followed when a fire alarm occurs
3.21
fire compartment
compartment whose boundary components are required by regulations to have a defined fire resistance
Note 1 to entry: Sub-fire compartments can exist within a fire compartment.
3.22
fire alarm signal
signal intended to communicate the occurrence of a fire
3.23
fire alarm receiving station
routing equipment installed in fire alarm receiving centre, receiving and confirming fire alarms
Note 1 to entry: Alarm receiving centre (ARC) = Fire alarm receiving centre.
3.24
initialization
first power up of the fire detection and fire alarm system – prior to configuration and commissioning but
post installation
3.25
inspection
processes by which the system, its functioning and its indications are manually checked
3.26
installer
person or organization having responsibility for all or part of the process of installation
3.27
integrated system
system in which the fire detection and alarm functions are integrated with other functions that do not
deal with fire-fighting, fire protection or evacuation in case of fire
3.28
licensing body
central, local or municipal government organization responsible for licensing the use or occupation of a
building
3.29
maintenance
work of inspection, servicing and repair necessary in order to maintain the efficient operation of the
installed system
3.30
mimic panel
diagrammatic representation of the building, carrying active indications which are directly related to the
building layout
Note 1 to entry: A graphical monitoring software or an application that provides the same representation and the
same indications as the mimic panel could be a suitable addition.
3.31
national document
document, published by a national standards body which is not a European harmonized standard
3.32
pre-alarm warning
warning given when the signal from a sensor exceeds the normal level but has not yet reached the fire
level
3.33
repair
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