There is now a revised British Standard for Sprinkler Systems: BS EN 12845 & BS 9251, which gives recommendations for design, installation, commissioning & testing of sprinkler systems installed for safety purposes & life protection for both commercial and domestic purposes.
In BS 9251 systems “Except for category 1 systems, all valves which control the flow of water to the system should be electrically monitored for the open position.”
Section 5.11.4.1 of BS 9251:2021 states: “An alarm to indicate low water levels should be provided for a stored water supply”
Section 5.18 of BS 9251:2021 States: “The aim of monitoring sprinkler systems is the continuous supervision of the main functions of the system, i.e. those whose failure might impair the correct automatic operation of the system in case of fire, and the raising of a supervisory alarm to allow corrective measures to be taken. All devices used for monitoring should have at least IP 54 protection as specified in BS EN 60529 and be connected to a common supervisory alarm device. With the exception of category 1 systems, all devices that provide a fault signal or an alarm device signal, should be via supervised circuits”
Inim Fire Systems, Inim Cloud & Fire Apps exceed British Standard requirements to cover these important clauses.
Illustration depicts a systems layout, controlled by Inim Sprinkler monitor control systems.
BS EN 12845 gives recommendations for design, installation, commissioning & testing of sprinkler systems installed for safety purposes & life protection for commercial purposes.
In BS EN 12845, Annex ‘H’ and ‘I’ covers sprinkler systems monitoring and the transmission of alarms for commercial installations. Typically, bespoke control panels customised to suit the building have been the only option for users and installers. Inim have revolutionised this with our interactive block plans, standard tri-colour LED matrices that replicates the statuses to the requirements of BS EN 12845-TB 236.
As an example,
Our products are standard, off-the-shelf and ready to use (to be configured by installer).
Inim Fire Systems, Inim Cloud & Fire Apps can provide commercial sites with the end-to-end fire monitoring solution.
