SPEL's Experienced and knowledgeable service department are committed to ensuring that our customers requirements are met from the initial project design, in the manufacture and delivery of our products, through to the final commissioning and maintenance of the system.

Our dedicated team of commissioning engineers ensure that the fire alarm and emergency lighting systems are installed and operating correctly and that they also comply with appropriate British standards.

SPEL can undertake service contracts on installations featuring other manufacturers products. Our technical department are on hand to help with any service or technical support that may be required.

BS5839: Part 1:2001 Routine Testing of Fire Detectors

BS5839 Part1:2002 contains a recommended regime for the routing testing of fire detection systems from which the following brief resume has been taken. We strongly recommend consultation with the standard is used as the basis for any inspection and testing.

Each week a manual call point should be operated during normal working hours to confirm that the control equipment is both functioning correctly and that the fire alarm signal is received at any remote-monitoring centre.

The test should be carried out at the same time every week, using a different call point each week so that all call points are tested in rotation. The results of these tests should be recorded in the system logbook.

Monthly tests are restricted to visual inspection of standby batteries and where installed, generators supplying standby power to the system should be started. At the end of the test the generator fuel tanks, oil and coolant levels should be checked and then replenished as necessary.

BS5839 recommends yearly testing of the system to include:

The risk assessment of the buildings use and occupancy should be used to devise a suitable periodic inspection and testing regime.

During the periodic inspections, a number of points need to be verified and corrective actions applied. These actions include examination of the system log book to ensure any recorded faults have received appropriate attention, all of the call points are unobstructed and conspicuous and verification that any changes to the buildings use or occupancy that have taken place have not made the existing system unsuitable.

Checks on the number and rate of false alarms during the previous 12-months should be made and verification that suitable corrective actions have been taken.

At the completion of the periodic test, any outstanding system defect should be reported to the relevant person and a service certificate issued.