2004 AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS UPDATE

PREPARED by

• Peter Parsons
– Chairman of SAI FP-002
– Chairman of ISO TC 21/SC 3
– TSP Strategic Product Management
• Kjell Jawerth
– Chairman FPA Aust. TC/2
– Member SAI FP-002
– TSP Business Development
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 Sections covered

Installation Standards Update Equipment Standards Update

– BCA 2004 and when it applies
– Fire Indicator Panels –
– Fire detection Standards
referenced in BCA 2004 ISO based
– AS 1670.1-2004 fire detection – Occupant warning
installations equipment – AS & IEC
– AS 1670.4-2004 sound and based
intercom systems for
emergencies (EWIS) – Fire Detectors and MCPs
– AS 1670.3-2004 fire alarm – ISO based & EN series
monitoring – Smoke Alarms –AS & ISO
– AS 1670.6 Amendment 1. based
Smoke alarm installations
– Maintenance
– ACA cabling rules - where it
applied – Future developments
– Question time – Question time

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 INSTALLATIONS

Installation Standards
Session

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 BCA 2004

• BCA 2004 is not an amendment but a revision

– Replaces BCA 96 Amendment 13
• BCA 2004 applies from 1st May 2004.
• BCA 2004 Supplied in bound form
• Will only be revised yearly
• BCA 2004 references a new set of Standards for
fire detection and alarm systems published for
May 2004.

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 BCA 2004

• Standards referenced
– Installation Standards that specify product Standards
– AS1670.1-2004 Fire Detection and Alarm Systems
– AS1670.3-2004 Monitoring Systems
– AS1670.4-2004 Sound systems and Intercom
systems for Emergency Purposes (previously EWIS)
– AS4428.4 (Intercom) in error but included in AS
1670.4
– AS4428.1 (CIE) in error for smoke management
• Standards no longer referenced
– AS1603 parts, AS2220 parts
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 AS 1670.1-2004
Key features

• AS 1670.1 - 2004 replaces AS1670.1-95

monitored Fire and AS1670.2-97 Local
• Major revision to both content and format
• Connection to Monitoring Service now specified
in BCA
• Permits both System Detectors and Smoke/Heat
Alarms, but smoke/heat alarms cannot be used
to call Fire Dispatch Centre (Fire Brigade)

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 AS 1670.1-2004
Key features cont

• Specific Detector Standards have now been

nominated
• Several new ISO based product Standards
published as Australian Standards
• European Standards for Flame and MCP
permitted
• Existing Australian Standards may still be used,
except
• AS1603.4 FIP Standard no longer permitted

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 AS 1670.1-2004
Transition arrangements

• Projects quoted on or DA submitted prior to 1

May 2004 may still be installed to AS1670.1-
1995
• Old Australian Standards can also be used for at
least 5 years after an equivalent ISO Standard
has been accepted as an Australian Standard
May 2004 5years May 2009
Existing Std
ISO based Std

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 AS 1670.1-2004
Buildings definitions

• New - designated building entry point

– External Strobe required at the designated building
entrance – no bell required
– Fire Brigade Panel (FP) to AS4428.3 for the new ISO
based Fire indicator panel;
• Required if FIP does not have zone alarm LEDs
• May be used where FIP is remote from building entry point
• New - designated site entry point – for multiple
buildings
– Requires either an FIP, Mimic, FP, or
– Clear view of building Strobe

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 AS 1670.1-2004
System

• Requirements for distributed systems rationalised

– Rules for duplicated path simplified
– Fire and mechanical protection simplified
– Duplicate path separation can be eliminated if
• Underground
• minimum protection is WSX3
• Alarm acknowledgement facility included
– Limited to one per sole occupancy unit
– Control to be within SOU

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 AS 1670.1-2004
System

Zone Block Plan

Wormald
Services

• Zone block plan required

• Addressable loops will require S/C isolators every 40
devices
• All wiring must comply with AS/ACIF S-009
– Designated as customer cabling
– Detection and control
– Includes DC supplies
– Emergency Warning 100V a.c. lines (hazardous circuit)
– AS 1670.1 error in calling for AS3000 for non-ELV
– Only Mains wiring to be installed to AS3000

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 A block plan of the installation, with the position of the FIP clearly indicated, shall be
securely mounted adjacent to the FIP, mimic panel, repeater panel and fire brigade
panel. The block plan shall be in the form of a permanent diagram that is water
resistant and fade resistant, and shall include—
(a) the layout of the building in which the fire alarm system is installed;
(b) the area covered by each zone;
(c) fire brigade panel;
(d) the location of the FIP and all sub-indicator panels (SIP), mimics and repeater
panels;
(e) the year of original installation and the date of the latest revision to the block plan;
(f) the location of any other CIE, including sound systems and intercom systems for
emergency purposes;
(g) the location of the fire fan control panel;
(h) the location of any fire suppression system controls; and
(i) notice advising, ‘In the event of a fire ring ‘000’ to ensure fire service response’.
The block plan shall be displayed in the correct orientation of the building.

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 AS 1670.1-2004
Detection

• Photoelectric detectors required in exit paths

– BCA still calls for photo/ion in 9a building “paths of
travel to exits”
• Detectors on external walls deleted
• Additional detectors near doors held open to unprotected
area deleted.
• Detectors to be installed in covered walkways deleted
• Detectors required for transportable rooms
• Indicators must be visible from trafficable areas at 45º
• Requirements for CO detectors (mentioned 30 times)
– Photoelectric smoke detectors, photoelectric smoke alarms or
CO fire detectors shall be installed in all sleeping areas.
– CO detectors shall not be the only detectors in sole occupancy
units.
– FIP needs label
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 AS 1670.1-2004
Detection Appendices

• Aspirating detectors
• CO detectors
• Flame detectors
• Compares the old and new heat detector rating
– AS7240.5 types A1, A2, B, C, D & E – Suffix R, S or
none
– AS1603.1 Types TA, TB, TC & TD

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 AS 1670.1-2004
Occupant Warning Requirements

• Sounders or Tone generator-amplifier with

Speakers
– No product Standard (AS1603.6 for bells withdrawn)
– Emergency load to be powered from primary power
source
• Alternatively;
• AS 1670.4 Sound system for emergency
purposes
• ISO 8201 evacuation signals required
– T3 temporal pattern Single Freq
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– Recommended sound is uniformly increasing
frequency during 0.5 s On period
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 Sound System for emergency purposes - Overview

• AS 1670.4 replace AS 2220.2 for design and

installation
• AS 60849 (Sound System for Emergency
Purposes) replaces the Emergency Warning part
of AS 2220.1
• AS 4428.4 (Intercom System for Emergency
Purposes) replaces WIP part of AS 2220.1
• AS 2220.1 products have a 5-year transition
period

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 AS 1670.4 – new installation Standard for
Sound system and intercom system for emergency purposes

• New battery calculation requirements with

example
– Identical standby requirements to AS 1670.1
– Emergency load can come from battery
• Location of WIPs now directly nominated
• Alert signal to ISO 7731, recommended to be
similar to AS2220 alert tone Alert tone
• Evacuate signal to ISO 8201 T3 temporal
pattern 500-1200 Hz
– Recommends 500-1200 Hz rising frequency tone
during 0.5 s On period
• Pre-recorded voice message required
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 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY

• AS 1670.4 Clause 4.3.4 requires:

– Minimum 65 dB
– Minimum 75 dB at bedheads
– 10 dB above ambient
– Not more than 105 dB
• In error 4.3.6 states 110 dB
– At end of 24 hr Iq plus 30 min Evac, SPL drop < -6 db
• AS 1670.4 Clause 4.3.6 requires:
– For ambient SPL < 85 dB, CIS ≥ 0.7
– At end of 24 hr Iq plus 30 min. Evac, CIS ≥ 0.65
– For ambient SPL >95 db, Use visual warning devices
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 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY

• Speech intelligibility is not the same as audibility.

• A voice message can be audible (loud enough),
but still not be intelligible (understandable).
• Reverberation major problem
• Solutions – use more speakers, acoustic
paneling or drapes

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 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY

• Ease of use with

minimal training.
• Portable, rugged,
repeatable and reliable
• Vendor reputation and
available factory
support for calibration
and warranty repair
• Reasonable cost
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 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY

• Talk box speaker

transmits to
microphone.
• Hand-held meter
displays CIS (Common
Intelligibility Scale)
score and dB(A) level.
• Developed by Bose,
Gold Line.

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 AS 1670.3-2004
ALARM MONITORING

• Prescriptive requirements requiring two links

replaced by minimum reliability metrics
• AS 4418.2 protocol no longer required
• Requirements for link to fire despatch centre
added
• Total signal transfer time added
• Monitoring centre equipment requirements
added
• Compliance assessment section added

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 Summary

BCA 2004

AS1670.1- AS1670.3- AS1670.4-

2004 2004 2004

AS4428.1 AS7240.2
AS60849
AS1603.1 AS7240.5 AS2220.1
AS1603.2 AS4428.4
AS7240.7

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 QUESTIONS?

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 EQUIPMENT

Equipment Standards
Session

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 AS 4428.1
CONTROL AND INDICATING EQUIPMENT

• Amendment 1. - Alarm Acknowledgement

Facility
– Suitable for accommodation where the occupant can
investigate
– Acknowledgement period up to 1 minute
– Investigation period up to 3 minutes
– Tyco AAM2 and AAM4 available
• AS 4428.1 can be used at least till May 2009

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 AS 7240.2 – new Standards for
control and indicating equipment

• Will replace AS 4428.1

– Australian publication of ISO Standard based on ISO
7240-2
– New "Access Level" concept
– Zone-based
– Global reset
– Disable Zones rather than Isolate Zones
– 5-year transition arrangements

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 AS 4428.3
Fire Brigade Panel – for AS 7240.2 c.i.e. only

• Standardized i/o interface to AS 7240.2 c.i.e.

– Called up by AS 1670.1- 2004
– Required where individual zone indication is not
available
– May be used to satisfy requirements at a designated
site entry point
• Abbreviated as FP
• Based on Swedish fire brigade panel Standard

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 AS 4428.3
Fire Brigade Panel Features

• Simple operation for fire fighter

• May be separate or part of the c.i.e.
• Small size suitable for foyers
• Will include a DISABLE key not shown below

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 Flame Detectors

• EN-54 part 10 approved flame detectors

permitted
• No equivalent Australian Standard
• S200+ range approved to EN-54 part 10
• ActivFire listed Thorn (TSP) flame detectors
include
– S231i+ (2 wire collective I.S.)
– S231f+ (2 wire collective flame proof)
– S261f+ (4 wire collective Relay output flame proof)
– Future listing S271i+ (I.S. MX addressable loop)

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 Heat Detectors

• AS 7240.5
– Will replace AS 1603.1
– Australian publication of ISO Standard (based on EN
54-5).
– Heat detector Types are different to AS 1603.1 Types
– Guidance to selection in AS 1670.1 Appendix A
– Alarm indicator requirements reduced
• 5 year transitional period

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 Smoke Detectors

• AS 7240.7
– Will replace AS 1603.2
– Australian publication of ISO Standard (based on EN
54-7).
– No specific sensitivity classification
– AS 1668.1 may require smoke tunnel sensitivity
requirements
– Alarm indicator requirements reduced
• 5 year transitional period
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 Multi-Sensor Detectors

• AS 7240.15 Photoelectric with heat

• A Standard for a new detector type
• Earlier ActivFire “Multi-sensor” listing category
not the same, therefore now changed
• No equivalent AS 1603 Standard
• Intended to reduce false alarm, requiring some
temperature component, but tested to ensure
adequate sensitivity without heat
• No existing product approved to this standard

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 AS 3786
Smoke Alarms

• Amendment 4
• Requires ISO 7731 or ISO 8201 tones
– ISO 7731 permits the existing smoke alarm sound
• ISO 8201 (T3) required if interconnected to the
occupant warning system
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 AS 12239 – new Standards for
Smoke Alarms

• Australian publication of ISO Standard

• Uses ISO tones (7731 and 8201 depending on
application)
• Replaces AS 3786 to be withdrawn after 5 years

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 AS 60849 – new Standard
Sound systems for emergency purposes

• Australian publication, a modification of IEC

60849
– Does not include Intercom which is a separate
Standard; AS 4428.4
• All installation and maintenance clauses
deleted from IEC60849 to make it a product
Standard Alert tone Increasing Freq
• Replaces AS 2220.1 with 5 year transition
• ISO alert and evacuate signals required
• Voice message required
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 AS 4428.4 – new Standard for
Intercom systems for emergency purposes

• Direct calling between WIPs prohibited

• Controls and indicators to Ack faults and control
WIP status required
• PSU to comply with AS 4428.5 and can
therefore share with AS 4428.1/AS 7240.2
• Max. earpiece SPL specified
• New EMC test specified IEC Standards

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 MAINTENANCE
Inspection, testing and maintenance of fire safety systems and
equipment

• All parts of AS 1851 to be merged into single

Standard
• System Sections will be sold separately, with
common Sections
• AS 1851.8 has been revised
• Awaiting completion of other Sections
• 2nd Public Comment draft by June 2004

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 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

• New ISO work items to include

– Manual call points
– CO detectors
– Line type smoke detectors
– Compatibility
– Routing equipment (ASE)
– Duct sampling equipment
– Flame detectors
– Sound systems for emergency purposes equipment
• Unlikely to develop non-ISO based Australian
Standards except installation Standards to meet
local requirements

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