Foreword

This document (EN 54‑1:2011) 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2011, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2011.

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 supersedes EN 54‑1:1996.

This edition incorporates the following main changes made with respect to the previous edition of EN 54‑1:1996 as follows:

a) extension to cover new parts of the EN 54 series,
b) revised approach of Figure 1: introduction of functionalities.

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/TS 54‑14)
— 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: Resettable line type heat detectors
— Part 23 Fire alarm devices — Visual alarm devices
— Part 24: Components of voice alarm systems — Loudspeakers
— Part 25: Components using radio links
— Part 26: Point fire detectors using carbon monoxide sensors
— Part 27: Duct smoke detectors
— Part 28: Non-resettable 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 fire detectors — 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

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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 54-1:2011

Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Introduction

Published:

31 Jul 2011

Withdrawn:

29 Jun 2021