The list below provides links to selected Kitemark® Fire Safety Product Standards. If your product does not appear, please contact us.
Fire detection and alarm systems publications
| Description |
Standard |
| Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for system design, installation, commissioning and maintenance |
BS 5839-1: 2002 |
| Fire detection and alarm systems - a guide to the BS Code BS 5839-1: 2002 |
BIP 2009 |
| Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for the design and installation of fire detection and alarm systems in dwellings |
BS 5839-6: 1995 |
| Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of emergency voice communication systems |
BS 5839-9: 2003 |
| Fire detection and fire alarm devices for dwellings. Specification for heat alarms |
BS 5446-2: 2003 |
| Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Flame detectors. Point detectors |
BS EN 54-10: 2002 |
| Fire detection and alarm pack - containing BS EN 5839 parts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, PD 6531, BS EN 54-11 |
Kit 7 |
Fire Safety Engineering Standards - designing with fire safety in mind
| Description |
Standard |
| Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings. Code of practice |
BS 7974: 2001 |
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Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings - Parts 1 - 8 |
PD 7974 series |
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Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings |
BS 5588 series |
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Basic guide to fire safety engineering |
BIP 2007 |
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Fire safety in residential care homes for older people and children's homes |
BIP 2004 |
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Code of practice for fire protection for electronic equipment installations |
BS 6266:2002 |
Fire Test Standards are supporting standards under the Construction Products Directive
| Description |
Standard |
| Reaction for fire tests. Horizontal surface spread of flame on floor-covering systems. Determination of the burning behaviour using a radiant heat source |
BS EN ISO 9239-1: 2002 |
| Reaction to fire tests for building products. Determination of the heat combustions |
BS EN ISO 1716: 2002 |
| Reaction to fire tests. Ignitability of building products subjected to direct impingement of flame. Single-flame source test |
BS EN ISO 11925-2: 2002 |
| Reaction to fire tests for building products. Non-combustibility test |
BS EN 13823: 2002 |
| Reaction to fire tests for building products. Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item |
BS 476 series |
Resistance to fire tests
| Description |
Standard |
| Fire resistance tests |
BS EN 1363 series |
| Fire resistance tests for load bearing elements |
BS EN 1365 series |
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