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FIRE ALARM LOG BOOK
It is recommended that this log book be maintained by a responsible person, who should ensure that every entry is properly
recorded. In the UK, this is necessary to satisfy the recommendations of BS5839-1, compliance with which may be a require-
ment of legislation. If your premises are certifi cated under the Fire Precautions Act 1971, failure to keep a suitable log book
may be a breach of the requirements of the certifi cate, which is a criminal off ence. In order to satisfy the requirements of
BS5839-1 the following must be recorded:
• The name of the responsible person;
• Brief details of the maintenance arrangements;
• Dates and times of all tests, including fi re drills;
• Dates and times of all fi res to which the system responds;
• Dates and times of all false alarms;
• Causes, circumstances surrounding, and category of false alarms (if known);
• The identity of any manual call point or fi re detector that triggers any of the above fi re alarm signals (if known);
• Dates, times and type of all faults and defects.
• Dates and times of all maintenance (e.g service visit or non-routine attention).
