National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 50131‑1:2006+A3:2020. It supersedes BS EN 50131‑1:2006+A2:2017 which is withdrawn.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to CENELEC text carry the number of the CENELEC amendment. For example, text altered by CENELEC amendment A1 is indicated by.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee GW/1/2, Installed alarm systems.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2006.

European foreword

This European Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 79, Alarm systems.

The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 50131‑1 on 2006-04-04.

This European Standard supersede EN 50131‑1:1997. The following dates were fixed

This standard is part of the EN 50131 series of European Standards and Technical Specifications “Alarm systems - Intrusion and hold-up systems”, written to include the following parts:

Foreword to amendment A1

This amendment to EN 50131‑1:2006 was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 79, Alarm systems.

The text of the draft was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as amendment A1 to EN 50131‑1:2006 on 2009-05-01.

The following dates were fixed:

Foreword to amendment A2

This document (EN 50131‑1:2006/A2:2016) has been prepared by CLC/TC 79, "Alarm systems". The following dates are fixed:

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Foreword to amendment A3

This document (EN 50131‑1:2006/A3:2020) has been prepared by CLC/TC 79 "Alarm systems". The following dates are fixed:

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Introduction

This European Standard applies to Intrusion and Hold-up Alarm Systems. The standard is also intended to apply to Intruder Alarm Systems which include only intrusion detectors and to Hold-up Alarm Systems which include only hold-up devices.

This European Standard is a specification for Intrusion and Hold-up Alarm Systems (I&HAS) installed in buildings, it includes four security grades and four environmental classes.

The purpose of an I&HAS is to enhance the security of the supervised premises. To maximise its effectiveness an I&HAS should be integrated with appropriate physical security devices and procedures. This is particularly important to higher grade I&HAS.

This standard is intended to assist insurers, intruder alarm companies, customers and the police in achieving a complete and accurate specification of the supervision required in particular premises, but it does not specify the type of technology, the extent or degree of detection, nor does it necessarily cover all of the requirements for a particular installation.

All references to the requirements for I&HAS refer to basic minimum requirements and the designers of such installed I&HAS should take into account the nature of the premises, the value of the contents, the degree of risk of intrusion, the threat to personnel and any other factors which may influence the choice of grade and content of an I&HAS.

Recommendations for design, planning, operation, installation and maintenance are given in Application Guidelines CLC/TS 50131-7.

This standard is not intended to be used for testing individual I&HAS components. Requirements for testing individual I&HAS components are given in the relevant component standards.

I&HAS and components thereof are graded to provide the level of security required. The security grades take into account the risk level which depends on the type of premises, the value of the contents, and the typical intruder or robber expected.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies the requirements for Intrusion and Hold-up Alarm Systems installed in buildings using specific or non-specific wired interconnections or wire-free interconnections. These requirements also apply to the components of an I&HAS installed in a building which are normally mounted on the external structure of a building e.g. ancillary control equipment or warning devices. The standard does not include requirements for exterior I&HAS.

This standard specifies performance requirements for installed I&HAS but does not include requirements for design, planning, installation, operation or maintenance.

These requirements also apply to I&HAS sharing means of detection, triggering, interconnection, control, communication and power supplies with other applications. The functioning of an I&HAS shall not be adversely influenced by other applications.

Requirements are specified for I&HAS components where the relevant environment is classified. This classification describes the environment in which an I&HAS component may be expected tofunctionas designed. When the requirements of the four environmental classes are inadequate, due to the extreme conditions experienced in certain geographic locations, special national conditions are given inAnnex A. General environmental requirements for I&HAS components are described in Clause7.

The requirements of this European Standard also apply to IAS and HAS when these systems are installed independently.

When an I&HAS does not include functions relating to the detection of intruders, the requirements relating to intrusion detection do not apply.

When an I&HAS does not include functions relating to hold-up, the requirements relating to hold-up do not apply.

NOTE Unless otherwise stated the abbreviation I&HAS is intended to also mean IAS and HAS.

2 Normative references

3 Definitions and abbreviations

3.1 Definitions

3.2 Abbreviations

4 System functions

5 System components

6 Security grading

7 Environmental classification

7.1 Environmental Class I – Indoor

7.2 Environmental Class II – Indoor – General

7.3 Environmental Class III – Outdoor – Sheltered or indoor extreme conditions

7.4 Environmental Class IV – Outdoor – General

8 Functional requirements

8.1 Detection of intruders, triggering, tampering and the recognition of faults

8.2 Other functions

8.3 Operation

8.4 Processing

8.5 Indications

8.6 Notification

8.7 Tamper security

8.8 Interconnections

8.9 I&HAS timing performance

8.10 Event recording

9 Power supply

9.1 Types of power supply

9.2 Requirements

10 Operational reliability

10.1 I&HAS components

11 Functional reliability

12 Environmental requirements

12.1 General

12.2 Environmental

12.3 Electromagnetic compatibility

13 Electrical safety

14 Documentation

14.1 Intruder and hold-up alarm system documentation

14.2 Intruder and hold-up alarm system component documentation

15 Marking/Identification

Bibliography

BS EN 50131-1:2006+A3:2020

Alarm systems. Intrusion and hold-up systems - System requirements

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Jun 2020