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  • BS 5445-9:1984

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    Components of automatic fire detection systems Methods of test of sensitivity to fire

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  01-06-2003

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-05-1984

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Co-operating organizations
    National foreword
    Brief history
    1 Object and field of application
    2 Aims
    3 Methods of measurement
    4 Measuring instruments
    5 Test laboratory
    6 Test fires
    7 Test conditions
    8 Recording the measured values and response values
    9 Fire sensitivity table
    10 Fire sensitivity classification
    Annex A - Test fire TF 1: Open cellulosic fire (wood)
    Annex B - Test fire TF 2: Smouldering pyrolysis fire (wood)
    Annex C - Test fire TF 3: Glowing smouldering fire (cotton)
    Annex D - Test fire TF 4: Open plastics fire (polyurethane)
    Annex E - Test fire TF 5: Liquid fire (n-heptane)
    Annex F - Test fire TF 6: Liquid fire (methylated spirits)
    National appendix Z - National committees responsible for this
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    Describes the six test fires used in other Parts of BS 5445 to determine the sensitivity of fire detectors.

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    Committee FSH/12
    Development Note Also numbered as EN 54-9. Supersedes 79/10757 DC. (11/2007)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 6266:1982 Code of practice for fire protection for electronic data processing installations
    02/540552 DC : DRAFT JUN 2002 BS 5446-2 - FIRE DETECTION AND FIRE ALARM DEVICES FOR DWELLINGS - PART 2: SPECIFICATION FOR HEAT ALARMS
    BS 5445-7:1984 Components of automatic fire detection systems Specification for point-type smoke detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization
    BS 5446-1:2000 Fire detection and fire alarm devices for dwellings Specification for smoke alarms
    BS 5839-5:1988 Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings Specification for optical beam smoke detectors
    BS 5839-4:1988 Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings Specification for control and indicating equipment
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