AS ISO 7240.1:2018

AS ISO 7240.1:2018 PDF

The objective of this Standard is to provide a set of general guidelines and definitions used in describing the fire detection and alarm system (FDAS) equipment installed in and around buildings, and the tests and requirements for these equipment in the other parts of AS (/ISO) 7240.

ISO 7240 (all parts) specifies components of fire detection and alarm systems, requirements for their interconnection and installation and the performance, testing, and servicing of parts or of complete systems. It provides

— local and/or remote signals to organizations having authority to respond to fire alarms, and

— signals to initiate the operation of fire protection equipment and other systems.

A fire detection and alarm system may be activated by automatic detection devices or by manual

operation and should fulfil its functions without errors or omissions, including

— detecting quickly enough to fulfil its intended function,

— reliably transmitting the detection signal to the control and indicating equipment and, if applicable,

the fire alarm receiving station,

— translating the detection signal into a clear alarm signal that will attract the attention of occupants

in an immediate and unmistakable way,

— remaining insensitive to phenomena other than those which its function is to detect, and

— signalling immediately and clearly any supervised fault that might jeopardize the correct

performance of the fire detection and alarm system.

A fire detection and alarm system should not

— be adversely affected by any other systems whether associated with it, or not

— be rendered partially or totally inoperative by the fire or the phenomenon which it is designed to detect before the fire or phenomenon has been detected.