Foreword

This document (EN 54‑26:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 72 “Fire detection and fire alarm systems”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2015, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2019.

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

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports the basic requirements of Regulation (EU) 305/2011.

For relationship with EU Regulations, see informative Annex ZA which is an integral part of this document.

EN 54, 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 light 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 [currently at acceptance stage];
— Part 23: Fire alarm devices - Visual alarms devices;
— Part 24: Components of voice alarm systems - Loudspeakers;
— Part 25: Components using radio links;
— Part 26: Carbon monoxide detectors - Point detectors [the present document];
— Part 27: Duct smoke detectors;
— Part 28: Non-resettable line type heat detectors [currently at drafting stage];
— 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 [currently at acceptance stage].

NOTE This list includes standards that are in preparation and other standards may be added. For current status of published standards refer to www.cen.eu.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 54-26:2015

Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Carbon monoxide detectors. Point detectors

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Apr 2015