EN 54 Fire detection and alarm systems
The EN 54 Fire detection and fire alarm
systems is a mandatory
standard that specifies requirements and laboratory test for every component of fire detection and fire alarm system and it allows the free movement of construction products
between countries of the European
Union market.
It was developed and approved
by European Committee for Standardization (CEN, French: Comité Européen de Normalisation).
This standard is widely
recognized around the world for several countries outside of European Union.
It is recognized in Latin American countries, Brasil, African and Asian
countries and several islands in the Pacific Ocean.
According to the
Construction Product Products Regulation, it is mandatory that Fire Detection
and Fire Alarm equipment is certified under EN
54 standard by an authorized
certification body.
(TC) Technical Committee
CEN/TC72 Automatic fire detection system and fire alarm
It is the TC responsible of developing the
normative for fire detection system in the EU and responsible for coordination
with committees of each member country to update information and making new
normative in fire detection system. The committee of each member country report
and depend directly from CEN/TC 72. These committees must inform
updates and new normative that is received from CEN/TC72 to responsible office,
departments or national organization which has been managed the normative of
Fire detection system inside of every member country. These national committees
must carry the necessities and new requirement of the industry and user of each
country member of Fire detection system to the CEN/TC72 that is the European
Committee which is responsible of update and change normative of fire detection
system in the European Union.
EN 54
Standard Family Parts
The standard has been published
in a number of parts:
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EN 54 part 1 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Introduction
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EN 54 part 2 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Control and
indicating equipment (Fire
alarm control panel)
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EN 54 part 3 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Fire alarm
devices. Sounders
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EN 54 part 4 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Power supply
equipment
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EN 54 part 5 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Heat
detectors. Point detectors
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EN 54 part 6a Fire detection and fire alarm systems heat
detectors; Rate-of-Rise point detectors without a static element.
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EN 54 part 7 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Smoke detector.
Point detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization
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EN 54 part 8 Components of automatic fire detection systems.
Specification for high temperature heat detectors.
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EN 54 part 9 Components of automatic fire detection systems.
Methods of test of sensitivity to fire
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EN 54 part 10 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Flame detector.
Point detectors
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EN 54 part 11 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Manual call point
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EN 54 part 12 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Smoke
detectors. Line detectors using an optical light beam
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EN 54 part 13 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Compatibility
assessment of system components
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EN 54 part 14 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Planning,
design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance.
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EN 54 part 16 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Components
for fire alarm voice alarm systems. Voice alarm control and indicating
equipment
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EN 54 part 17 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Short
circuit isolators
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EN 54 part 18 Fire detection and fire alarm systems.
Input/output devices
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EN 54 part 20 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Aspirating smoke detector
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EN 54 part 21 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Alarm
transmission and fault warning routing equipment
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EN 54 part 22 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Line type
heat detectors
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EN 54 part 23 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Fire alarm
devices. Visual alarms
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EN 54 part 24 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Voice
alarms - Loudspeakers
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EN 54 part 25 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Components
using radio links and system requirements
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EN 54 part 26 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Point fire
detectors using Carbon Monoxide sensors
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EN 54 part 27 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Duct smoke
detectors.