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An Introduction of Automatic Fire Alarm System Design Presented by Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd 20 March 2003 Reference ? Codes of Practice for Minimum Fire Service Installations and Equipment and Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Installations and Equipment ? FSD Circular letters ? British Standard BS 5839 Part 1: 1988 (Fire Detection and Alarm Systems for Building) Automatic Fire Alarm System ? Automatic Fire Alarm System (AFA) ? Manual Fire Alarm System (MFA) ? Visual Fire Alarm System (VFA) ? Audio Visual Advisory System (AV) History ? General Building Plan Submission Before 1 January 2003 – Rules of the FOC for Automatic Fire Alarm Installation 12th Edition ? General Building Plan Submission After 1 January 2003 – BS 5839 Part 1 FS Notes Submission via GBP ? Areas to be protected by AFA system ? Control Panel location ? Direct telephone line provision ? Provision of Manual Fire Alarm System ? Provision of Visual Fire Alarm System ? Provision of Audio Visual Advisory System Provision of Automatic Fire Alarm System Automatic Fire Alarm System ? For all ME plant rooms and areas not covered by sprinkler ? Entire Basement including staircase except car parking areas, strong rooms and safe deposit vaults ? Smoke detection system for entire floor with sleeping accommodation except toilets, bathrooms and staircase ? For actuation of smoke extraction system, staircase pressurization system and fire shutter ? Not required for domestic building Provision of Automatic Fire Alarm System Manual Fire Alarm System ? For all HR installation Visual Fire Alarm System ? For public areas in accordance with Design Manual for Barrier Free Access 1997 and FSD Circular Letter 4/2001 Provision of Automatic Fire Alarm System Audio Visual Advisory System ? For any part of the building where the area occupied by any one single occupancy on any floor exceed 2000 sq.m and where the occupants due to their transient presence either as shoppers, audience or