Design stage is the most important phase in any fire alarm system, if the design is incorrect, the wrong system will be installed and for the life of the building you will be left with a non-compliant system and furthermore leaving users of the building at high risk.
It is far too often that system design is not considered and installers randomly install systems with very little thought of the products they are using and type and category of the system required.
It is first the responsibility of your fire risk assessor to decide on the appropriate category and grade of fire alarm system, once this has been decided, PLP Fire Protection will then carry out the design in accordance with BS5839 to the category, grade and specification issued.
To ensure that the system is correctly designed, it is important that you appoint a company that is third party accredited under the BAFE SP203-1 Certification Installation Scheme for Fire Alarm Systems.
BAFE SP203-1 is a modular fire alarm third party certification scheme of quality fire safety service providers, who are certified to ensure quality and competence to help meet your fire safety obligations. It is important to check that the company you are appointing has the correct modules according to the type of works you are instructing them to do.
PLP Fire Protection hold the full modular BAFE SP203-1 certification, we can ensure from the start of any project we will take care of everything from the selection of products, system selection and function, to full design and certification