Fire detection and fire alarm systems
Part 3:Fire alarm devices-Sounder
Adjustment : Ali Mohammad FIRE-GASAkhavan
DATE:12June2017
Nationalforeword
This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 54.
3:2001 including amendment A1:2002. It is one of a series of standards for
fire detection and fire alarm systems (see BS EN 54-1 for a full list of current
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having been prepared under This British Standard the direetion of the HealthCommittee was published and Environment SectorStandards Committee and under the authority of the15 June 2001 es into effect on
Amendments issued since publication
Amd. No. Date Comments14341 11 March 2003 $ee national foreword
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ICS 13.220.20
English version
Fire detection and fire alarm systems-Part 3:Fire alarm devices-Sounders (includes amendment A1:2002)
Systemes de detection et dalarme incendie - Partie 3: Dispositifs sonores d’alarme feu(inclut Famendement A1:2002)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 Decembe A1 was approved by CEN on 5 April 2002.
CEN members are bound to ply with the CEN/CENELEC I ernal Regula ations which stipulate the conditions for giving this Europeanstandards may be obtained on application to the Management Cenire o lo any CEN member. Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. L Up-1o-date l lists and bibliographical references conceming such national
This European Standard exists in three oficial vers ons (Lnglis ejsueg q p oienue ao Aue u un y (ue uouy 4under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own languag versions. and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official
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Contents
Page3Introduction 31 42 Normative references. 43 Terms and definitions. 54 Requirements 4.1 Compliance . 5 54.2 Frequency and soun Sound level.. 54.4 4.3 Durability 5 54.5 4.6 Construction Marking and 6 675.1 5.2 Gener Reproducibility. 7 85.3 Durability Operational ormance 9. Dry bcar(operational) II 11Dry (operational) eat (endurance).. 12 12Damp heat cyclic (operational) Damp heat steady state (endurance) 13 1410 Damp heat cyclic (endurance). 145.12 .11 Sulfur dioxide (SO2) corrosion (endurance). Shock (operational) . 15 165.13 5.14 Impact (operational) Vibration sinusoidal (operational). 17 175.16 5.15 Vibration sinusoidal (endurance) Electromagnetic patibility (EMC) immunity (operational) 18 195.17 Enclosure protection. 2022Annex A (normative) Sound level test for fire alarm sounders A.1 General 22 22A.2 A.3 Mounting arrangements. Instrumentation .. 22 22A.4 A.5 Background noise level. Measurement of sound level. 22 22Annex B (normative) Comparative sound level test during environmental General conditioning. 25 25B.1 B.2 Test chamber 25B.3 B.4 Mounting arrangements. Instrumentation . 26 26B.5 B.6 Background noise level Test peocedure. 26 26Annexe ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing essential requirements or otherprovisions of EU Directives.. ZA.1 Scope and relevant clauses 29 29ZA.2 Procedures for the attestation of conformity of fire alarm sounders covered by this standard. 31ZA.3 ZA.4 CE Marking and labelling and acpanying documentation.. EC Certificate and declaration of conformity. 32 33Bibliography 34
Foreword
This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 72 Fire detection and fire alarm systems the Secretariat of which is held by BSI.
EN 54 is published in a series of parts. Information on the relationship between this European Standard and other standards of the EN 54 series is given in annex A of EN 54-1:1996.
q o ixn u o ndqo s eu o ss qs pp ud endorsement at the latest by October 2001 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by(dow) as shown by the manufacturer or by a certification body this previous standard may continue to apply for October 2003. For products which have plied with the relevant national standard before the date of withdrawalproduction until October 2006.
This standard has been prepared in co-operation with the CEA (Comite Europeen des Assurances) and with EURALARM (Association of European Manufacturers of Fire and Intruder Alarm Systems).
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the E mission and theEuropean Free Trade Association and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s)
are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria Belgium Czech According to the CEN/CENELEC Intemal Regulations the national standards org Republic hizati enmark Finland France osf the following countriesGermany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Po the United Kingdom. gal Spain Sweden Switzerland and
Foreword to amendment A1
This document EN 54-3:2001/A1:2002 has been prepared by Technical Committe CEN/TC 72 Fire detection and firealarm systems the Secretariat of which is held by BSI.
publication of an identical text or by endorsement at f This amendment to the European Standard EN 54 -3:2001 latest by Lx mber 2002 and conflicting national standards n the status of a national standard either byshall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2005.
CEN by the European Commission and the European FreeTrade Association and supports essential requirement This document has been prepared under a mandate given e Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC).
For relationship with EU Directive(s) see inforr ex ZA which is an integral part of this document.
countries are bound to implement According to the CEN/CENELEC Infemal Reg is European Standard: Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland the national standards organizations of the followingFrance Germany Greece Ilcelan sd Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland and the United
Introduction
fire emergene oson smsu dodd on (suod qns qeua der is to warn person(s) within or in the vicinity of a building of the occurrence of a
This standard ree e d os s puos a jo mu xa sooutput level will vary taken the type of signals used for other non-fire emergency alarms (see for example EN 457) and national differences according to the nature of the installation the type of risk present and appropriate measures to bein custom and practice. The resulting standard specifies therefore a mon method for the testing of the operationalperformance of sounders against the specification declared by the manufacturer rather than imposing mon requirements.
Attention is drawn to ISO 8201:1987 Acoustics Adible emergency evucuation signol the international standardwhich specifies the temporal pattem and the required sound pressure level of an audible emergency evacuation signal.
This standard gives mon requirements for the construction and robustness of sounders as well as for theirenvironment. The sounders have been classified in either an indoor or an outdoor application environment category. performance under climatic mechanical and electrical interference conditions which are likely to occur in the service
