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Call Point Testing - When to test?
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Dawson36394  
#1 Posted : 14 November 2018 14:32:49(UTC)
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Dawson36394

Hi All, 

Is anyone aware of any guidance which specifies the best times to test fire call points.  Some of our buildings are being tested when unoccupied and I think its better to be completed when staff would actually hear the sounders however I know this will be resisted so I'm just trying to get any ducks in a row before raising it.  Thanks in advance.
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Mark-W  
#2 Posted : 14 November 2018 14:37:41(UTC)
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Mark-W

Call points should be tested when it suits you. If the tester who tests the call point can't hear the alarm sounders then there is something wrong with your system. The test should only last a few seconds anyway to prove that the system works and the sounders are operational.

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Dawson36394 on 15/11/2018(UTC)
O'Donnell54548  
#3 Posted : 15 November 2018 07:48:45(UTC)
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O'Donnell54548

British Standards require that each individual call-point is tested once per quarter (4 times a year). The purpose of the test is to establish that the alarm can be heard throughout the building, any automatic systems connected to the alarm operate correctly and that it show that the locations shows up correctly on the alarm panel.

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firesafety101  
#4 Posted : 16 November 2018 15:20:40(UTC)
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firesafety101

The best time ha ha haaa

I tested mine in a joinery workshop at 11 am every Thursday.  Notices everywhere and they were well used to it.

I receievd one heck of a rollocking one day from the MD because he was having a very important meeting when the Klaxon sounded.

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Ian Bell2  
#5 Posted : 16 November 2018 16:36:45(UTC)
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Ian Bell2

Once when I worked for the NHS, the Trust fire safety adviser (not me!!) decided to randomly test the fire alarm at a health centre. He didn't bother to tell the medics what he was doing.

It was rather embarrassing for a female patient, at the time she was having a contraceptive coil fitted .....
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Paul S  
#6 Posted : 16 November 2018 19:22:41(UTC)
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Paul S
What is page number in B.S.5839 that states each individual call point is tested every quarter?
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