Logbook Foreword

It is recommended that this logbook be maintained by a relevant member of the premises management, to ensure that every entry is properly recorded. This is necessary to satisfy the recommendations of BS 5839-1, conformity to which might be a requirement of legislation.

In order to satisfy the recommendations of BS 5839-1, the following need to be recorded.

- The names of the members of the premises management.

- Brief details of the maintenance arrangements.

- Dates and times of all tests, including fire drills.

- Dates and times of all fires to which the system responds.

- Dates and times of all false alarms.

- Causes, circumstances surrounding, and category, of all false alarms (if known).

- The identity of any manual call point or automatic fire detector that triggers any of the above fire alarm signals (if known).

- Dates, times and types of all faults and defects.

- Dates and types of all maintenance (e.g. service visit or non-routine attention).

Reference data

Address of protected premises: .................................................................................................................................................

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Person within premises management responsible for the fire detection and fire alarm system: ..........................................................................................................................................................................The system was designed by:......................................................................................................................................................

The system was installed by:.......................................................................................................................................................

The system was commissioned by: ..........................................................................................................................................

The system was accepted by: ......................................................................................................................................................

Verification was undertaken by:................................................................................................

The system is maintained under contract by:.............................. until:............................................................................

Telephone number, who should be contacted if maintenance is required.

Normal maximum attendance time for a maintenance technician is:.......................................................................

Expendable component replacement periods (list): ........................................................................................................

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This fire detection and fire alarm system comprises the following devices:

- Manual call points ...................................................................................

- Smoke detectors.......................................................................................

- Heat detectors...........................................................................................

- Beam detectors.........................................................................................

- Aspirating detectors ...............................................................................

- Other detectors (specify) .....................................................................

- Shut down devices ..................................................................................

- Interface units ...........................................................................................

Annex F (informative)Model format for system logbook