Emergency Fire Alarms BS5839

The Fire Alarms course provides the necessary information to design, commission, inspect and certify fire alarm systems to BS5839 parts 1 and 6.

Target Group

Anyone involved in the; provision of, design, commissioning, inspecting and certifying any fire alarm systems to BS5839 parts 1 and 6.

Content

This one day course looks at the structure of legislation and how to use these standards to design, inspect and commission fire alarms and all the certificates relating to it.

The course covers the legal entities as well as the requirements of BS5839-1, BS5389-6

• Choosing fire detection and fire alarm system and type
• Legislation related to fire detection and alarm systems
• Understanding fire behaviour
• Monitoring circuit integrity and basic fault finding
• Understanding different categories of systems
• Life and property protection
• Variations
• Detector coverage and spacing’s

Assessment: There is a practical design exercise, a short, open book multiple choice testing knowledge and understanding

Certification: IPB Training Certificate of Competence

Duration: 1 day