European foreword

This document (EN 54‑5:2017+A1:2018) 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2022.

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

This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 2018-04-10.

This document supersedes EN 54‑5:2017.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags .

EN 54‑5 has been revised as follows:

Inclusion of new clauses and annexes:

— Clause 6 Assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP)
— Clause 7 Classification and designation
— Clause 8 Marking, labelling and packaging
— Annex E (informative) Data supplied with point heat detectors

The main technical changes are as follows:

— Applying the latest EN 50130‑4:2011 EMC for immunity tests.

The editorial changes are as follows:

— Changes from classes to Categories
— Editorial changes in a number of clauses, such as software and General, in order to conform to the regulation.

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

For relationship with EU Regulation, 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 heat detectors
— Part 7: Smoke detectors – Point detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization
— Part 10: Flame detector – Point detectors
— Part 11: Manual call points
— Part 12: Smoke detectors – Line detector using an optical light beam
— Part 13: Compatibility assessment of system components
— Part 14: Guidelines for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance (CEN/TS)
— 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 routine equipment
— Part 22: Line-type heat detectors
— Part 23: Fire alarm devices – Visual alarms
— Part 24: Components of voice alarm systems – Loudspeakers
— Part 25: Components using radio links and system requirements
— Part 26: Carbon monoxide detectors – Point detectors
— Part 27: Duct smoke detectors
— Part 28: Non-resettable (digital) 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 detector – Point detectors using a combination of smoke, carbon monoxide and optionally heat sensors
— Part 32: Guidelines for the planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance of voice alarm systems (CEN/TS)

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 organisations 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, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 54-5:2017+A1:2018

Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Heat detectors. Point heat detectors

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Aug 2018