AS 7240.13:2021 pdf Fire detection and alarm systems
1 Scope
This document specifies the requirements for compatibility and connectability assessment of the components of fire detection and alarm systems, fire protection systems and voice alarm systems. This document only includes system requirements when these are necessary for compatibility assessment. This document also specifies requirements for the integrity of the fire detection and fire alarm system when connected to other systems. This document does not specify the manner in which the system is designed, installed and used in any particular application. This document does not cover components or functions which are not included in the fire detection and alarm systems (FDAS), such as functions performed by a building management system. Methods of assessment are specified to permit an acceptable degree of confidence within predetermined operational and environmental conditions to be achieved. The requirements for the transmission path used for a distributed function are covered by a relevant ISO standard and not by this document. This document is applicable to systems where the components are connected to control-and-indicating equipment (CIE) and where the components are interconnected by electrical wires or optical fibre or by radio frequency links or by any combination of these. ISO 7240-25 provides additional information and requirements about systems using radio frequency links. NOTE Other International Standards are expected to cover the requirements of other systems to which the fire detection and fire alarm system is connected.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 7240-1, Fire detection and alarm systems — Part 1: General and definitions
ISO 7240-2, Fire detection and alarm systems — Part 2: Fire detection control and indicating equipment
ISO 7240-4, Fire detection and alarm systems — Part 4: Power supply equipment
ISO 7240-16, Fire detection and alarm systems — Part 16: Sound system control and indicating equipment
ISO 7240-25, Fire detection and fire alarm systems — Part 25: Components using radio transmission paths
IEC 62599-1, Alarm systems — Part 1: Environmental test methods
IEC 62599-2, Alarm systems — Part 2: Electromagnetic compatibility — Immunity requirements for
components of fire and security alarm systems
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 7240-1 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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— IEC Electropedia: available at http:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1.1 compatibility of the component type 1
ability of a component type 1 (3.1.2) to operate with control-and-indicating equipment
— within the limits specified for each component,
— within the specified limits given by the relevant parts of the ISO 7240 series or the ISO 6182
series if available and if not available, given by either a National fire equipment standard or by
the applicant,
— within specified configurations of systems
3.1.2 component type 1
device performing a function for the protection of life and/or property, which is required by national
guidelines or regulations
3.1.3 component type 2
device other than a type 1 device which is connected to a component type 1 (3.1.2) performing a function for the protection of life and/or property, which is not required by national guidelines or regulations
EXAMPLE A printer used for listing fire events.
3.1.4 configuration
topological arrangement of components connected through transmission paths to a control and
indicating equipment
3.1.5 connectability of component type 2
ability of a component type 2 (3.1.3) to operate without jeopardizing the performance of the fire
detection and fire alarm system
3.1.6 control level
level where control and indication functions are provided
Note 1 to entry: See Figure A.1.
Note 2 to entry: CIE and VACIE belong to this level.
3.1.7 field level
level where detection, activation and fire alarm functions are provided
Note 1 to entry: See Figure A.1.
Note 2 to entry: Detectors, input/output devices and visual/audible alarm devices belong to this level.
AS 7240.13:2021 pdf Fire detection and alarm systems
