ABU DHABI SEWERAGE SERVICES COMPANY

(ADSSC)

GENERAL SPECIFICATION FOR ELECTRICAL

WORKS

DIVISION 16 ELECTRICAL

SECTION 16380 FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM

SYSTEMS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................... 4

2. DESIGN BASIS ................................................................................................. 4

3. FIRE ALARM AND SMOKE DETECTION CONTROL PANEL ......................... 5

4. INITIATING DEVICES ....................................................................................... 6

5. SIGNALLING APPLIANCES............................................................................. 7

6. AUXILIARY APPLIANCES ............................................................................... 7

7. FIRE ALARM WIRE AND CABLE .................................................................... 7

8. FIRE ALARM WIRE AND CABLE COLOUR CODE ......................................... 8

9. INSTALLATION ................................................................................................ 8

10. FIELD TESTS ................................................................................................... 8

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1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

a) All items described within this section shall comply with the provisions of
Section 15001: General M&E Requirements.

b) Fire Alarm Systems shall comply with the requirements as specified in

BS 7671, NFPA 70, 72, 101 or other applicable standards to the
approval of ADSSC.

c) The design of the fire detection and alarm systems shall comply with BS
5839-1. Individual components of the system shall comply with BS
5839, BS EN 54 and BS 5446.

Other applicable standards may be used subject to the approval of ADSSC.

d) Mineral-insulated copper sheathed cables with copper conductors shall

conform to BS 6207.

e) The fire alarm and detection system shall be designed, installed and
commissioned by a specialist contractor having a minimum of five years
documented experience and suitably certified by Department of Civil
Defence, Abu Dhabi.

2. DESIGN BASIS

a) The basis of the design for all systems shall be Type M as defined by BS
5839 (i.e. the provision of manual break glass alarm units, supplemented
by automatic detection to meet the required level of property or life
protection.

b) In properties where manning levels are low, or there are no permanent

personnel present on site, automatic fire detection shall be provided to
level P2. In these cases the following areas shall be considered for
automatic fire detection: -

• Control Rooms • Flammable Materials

• Computer Rooms Stores (if integral with
• UPS / Battery Room other buildings)
• HV Rooms • Laboratories
• Switch Rooms • Telecom Rooms
• MCC Cabinets • Standby Generators
• C.H.P Plants • Lift Motor Rooms and Lift
• Boiler Rooms Shafts

c) Where properties are permanently manned or have a high density of

population, automatic fire detection shall be provided to level L3 as a
basic minimum (i.e. escape routes only), but may be upgraded to L2 if
the following facilities exist on the site: -

i. Meeting / Training Rooms.

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ii. Canteens / Restaurants.

iii. Visitor Centres.

3. FIRE ALARM AND SMOKE DETECTION CONTROL PANEL

a) Control Panel: Modular construction with flush- or surface wall-mounted

enclosure as specified.

b) Power supply: Adequate to serve control panel modules, remote

detectors, remote annunciators, door holders, smoke dampers, relays,
and alarm signalling devices. Include battery-operated emergency
power supply with capacity for operating system in standby mode for
specified hours followed by alarm mode for 10 minutes.

c) System Supervision: Component or power supply failure places system

in ‘fault’ mode.

d) Initiating Device Circuits: Supervised zone module with alarm and ‘fault’
indication; occurrence of single ground or open condition places circuit in
‘fault’ mode but does not disable that circuit from initiating an alarm.

e) Indicating Appliance Circuits: Supervised march time signal module,

sufficient for signal devices connected to system; occurrence of single
ground or open condition places circuit in ‘fault’ mode but does not
disable that circuit from signalling an alarm.

f) A Municipal Trip Circuit and Switch shall be supplied, with the following
output connections:

i. Connection to local energy shunt trip.

ii. Parallel telephone circuit.
iii. Municipal master fire alarm box.
iv. Remote station transmitter.
v. Future use.

g) Remote Station Signal Transmitter: Electrically supervised digital alarm

communicator transmitter, capable of transmitting alarm and fault signals
over telephone lines to central station receiver:

h) Auxiliary Relays: Provide sufficient SPDT auxiliary relay contacts for

each detection zone to provide necessary functions specified.

i) Provide FAULT ACKNOWLEDGE, DRILL and ALARM SILENCE switch.

j) Fault Sequence of Operation: System or circuit trouble places system in

fault mode, which causes the following system operations:

i. Visual and audible fault alarm indicated by zone at fire alarm control
panel.

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ii. Visual and audible fault alarm indicated at remote annunciator

panel.
iii. Fault signal transmitted to municipal connection, remote station or
central station as specified.
iv. Manual acknowledge function at fire alarm control panel silences
audible trouble alarm; visual alarm is displayed until initiating failure
or circuit trouble is cleared.

k) Alarm Sequence of Operation: Actuation of initiating device places circuit

in alarm mode, which causes the following system operations:

i. Sound and display local fire alarm signalling devices with march
time signal.
ii. Transmit non-coded or zone-coded signal as specified to municipal
connection, remote station equipment or central station as
specified.
iii. Indicate location of alarm zone on fire alarm control panel and on
remote annunciator panel as specified.
iv. Transmit signal by zone to building smoke removal system.
v. Transmit signals to building elevator control panel to initiate return
to main floor or alternate floor.
vi. Transmit signal to building mechanical systems to initiate shutdown
of fans and damper operation.
vii. Transmit signal to release door hold-open devices by zone.

l) Alarm Reset: System remains in alarm mode until manually reset with
key-accessible reset function; system resets only if initiating circuits are
out of alarm mode

m) Lamp Test: Manual lamp test function causes alarm indication at each
zone at fire alarm control panel and at annunciator panel.

n) Drill Sequence of Operation: Manual drill function causes alarm mode

operation as described above.

4. INITIATING DEVICES

a) Manual Station: Semi-Flush or surface-mounted as specified, coded or

non-coded type as specified, single action or double action as specified,
manual station with break-glass rod. Provide manufacturer's standard
back box.

b) Spot Heat Detector: Fixed temperature or Combination rate-of-rise and

fixed temperature rated degrees, and temperature rate of rise of
specified degrees per minute.

c) Ceiling-mounted Smoke Detector: NFPA 72E, BS 5445 or other

approved standard, ionization type, photoelectric type or High
Performance Optical type with adjustable sensitivity, plug-in base,
auxiliary relay contact, integral thermal element rated specified

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temperature and visual indication of detector actuation. Provide two-wire

detector with common or four-wire detector with separate power supply
and signal circuits.

d) Duct-mounted Smoke Detector: NFPA 72E, BS 5445 or other approved

standard, ionization type or photoelectric type as specified with auxiliary
SPDT relay contact, key-operated NORMAL-RESET-TEST switch, duct
sampling tubes extending width of duct, and visual indication of detector
actuation, in duct-mounted housing. Provide two-wire detector with
common or four-wire detector with separate power supply and signal
circuits.

e) Flame Detector: NFPA 72E, LPCB listed or other approved standard,

ultraviolet or infrared radiation type.

5. SIGNALLING APPLIANCES

a) Alarm Bells: NFPA 72G or other approved standard, electric vibrating or

single stroke, 200 or 250mm bell with operating mechanism behind
dome. Sound Rating: 81dB @ 3m or as specified. Where appropriate,
provide integral strobe lamp and flasher with red lettered "FIRE" on white
lens.

b) Alarm Lights: NFPA 72G or other approved standard, strobe lamp and
flasher with red lettered "FIRE" on white lens.

c) Alarm Horn: NFPA 72G or other approved standard, surface, flush or

projector type as specified, fire alarm horn. Sound Rating: 87dB @ 3m.
Where appropriate, provide integral strobe lamp and flasher with red
lettered "FIRE" on white lens.

d) Remote Annunciator: Provide supervised remote annunciator including

audible and visual indication of fire alarm by zone, and audible and
visual indication of system trouble. Install in flush or surface wall-
mounted enclosure as specified.

e) Municipal Master Box: As specified.

6. AUXILIARY APPLIANCES

a) Door Release: Door closer as specified or magnetic door holder with

integral diodes to reduce buzzing. Coil voltage: As specified.

7. FIRE ALARM WIRE AND CABLE

a) Fire Alarm Power Branch Circuits: Mineral Insulated Copper sheathed

cables to BS 6207.

b) Initiating Device and Indicating Appliance Circuits: Mineral Insulated

Copper conductor (MICC) cable to BS 6207.

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8. FIRE ALARM WIRE AND CABLE COLOUR CODE

a) Provide fire alarm circuit conductors with insulation colour coded as

follows:

i. Power Branch Circuit Conductors: Brown for phase, Blue for neutral
and Green and Yellow for earth.
ii. Initiating Device Circuit: Brown, Blue.
iii. Detector Power Supply: Brown, Blue or as specified
iv. Signal Device Circuit: Blue positive, white negative or as specified.
v. Door Release: Brown, Blue or as specified.
vi. Municipal Trip Circuit: Orange, Orange or as specified.
vii. Municipal Fire Alarm Loop: Black, White or as specified.

9. INSTALLATION

a) Install products in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.

b) Install manual station with operating handle 1.4m above finished floor
level. Install audible and visual signal devices 2.3m above finished floor
level.

c) Use 1.5mm² minimum size conductors for fire alarm detection and signal
circuit conductors. Install wiring in cable.

d) Mount end-of-line device in control panel or box with last device or

separate box adjacent to last device in circuit as specified.

e) Mount outlet box for electric door holder to withstand 40kg pulling force.

f) Make conduit and wiring connections to door release devices, sprinkler

flow switches, sprinkler valve tamper switches, fire suppression system
control panels, duct smoke detectors and other devices as specified.

g) Automatic Detector Installation: Conform to NFPA 72E, BS 5839 or

other approved standard as directed by ADSSC.

10. FIELD TESTS

a) Field inspection and testing will be performed as described in Section

15001: General M&E Requirements.

b) Test in accordance with NFPA 72H, BS 5839 or other approved

standard as directed by the Engineer and Department of Civil Defence,
Abu Dhabi.

c) The manufacturer's representative or their certified technician to

supervise installation, adjustments, final connections, system testing and
commissioning.
END OF SECTION

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