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Posted By Steven Armstrong
Can anyone confirm that a manual alarm system in an office building is no longer legal and must now be replaced by a new panel, call points and detectors. Obviously the work and costs would be extensive, but is it necessary?
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Posted By Pete48 Steven, manual alarm systems are not banned but clearly their use will depend entirely on local conditions. As a general rule they are only useful in small, simple low risk layouts. You need to assess the risks to determine the arrangements relevant to each circumstance. There is a wealth of free, formal government advice on such matters at http://www.communities.gov.uk/fire/firesafety/
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Posted By Steven Armstrong
Thanks for that Pete. The office is a small regional branch office used by a painting contractor. The fire alarm inspecting company said the system was now banned and must be replaced. Clearly some commercial pressure being applied there.
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Posted By shaun mckeever
The legal requirement is that you must have an adequate system for raising the alarm in the event of fire. This can be by shouting FIRE in a small office/building or it can be by hand operated gong or by an electrical system. As the size and complexity of the building grows so generally does the size and complexity of the fire alarm system.
If you have a manually operated electrical alarm system then it must have a secondary power supply. If it does not have a secondary power supply then it does not comply with the Health and Safety (Signs and Signals) Regulations and is therefore illegal. Maybe this is the type of system you have.
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