Emergency Lighting Log-Book
Catalogue Number: ELB/SC160
Designed specifically for self-contained Emergency Lighting systems this log-book has a capacity of up to 160 fittings for 1 year, 80 fittings for 2 years, or 40 fittings for 4 years. The layout and test procedures enable clients to comply with the requirements of BS5266-1: 2005 and therefore meet their legal obligations in the UK.
Electrical contractors must supply an Emergency Lighting log-book on any Emergency Lighting installation where there is not an existing Emergency Lighting log-book. A log-book is part of the necessary documentation under BS5266 Parts 1 and 8 and therefore if any emergency lights are installed without providing a log-book, the installing contractor has not met the standards which he is required to work to.
To help installers of emergency lighting this log-book also contains the design certificate, installation certificate, verification certificate and completion certificate. There is also an adoption certificate to enable electrical contractors, health and safety managers and responsible persons to check that their exisitng installation meets requirements.
Fire Alarm Log-Book
Catalogue Number: FAB/16Z
This fire alarm log-book meets the requirements of BS5839 Part 1: 2002.
It is suitable for conventional (non-addressable) fire alarms up to 16 zones and enables each zone, end of line device, relay connection and additional engineering information to be entered.
It is also suitable for addressable systems with up to 320 call-points and detectors.
The testing regime shows weekly test for each quarter with a certificate to be completed by the competent person in order to fulfill the requirements of the BS. The log-book has a life of 3 years.
To aid installers certifcates for modification of an exisitng system, design certificate, installation certificate, commissioning certificate and acceptance certificate are all included.
Log-Book For Mains/Battery Smoke Detectors
Catalogue no: FAB/LLB
SYAM has created the ‘Property Owner’s and Landlord’s Fire Safety Log Book’ in response to demand from users and installers wanting to comply with BS5839 Part 6.
BS5839 Part 6 is the British Standard that applies to all domestic dwellings including certain categories of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), bedsits and flats.
This A5 booklet enables the location, battery replacement dates and test history of up to 22 mains/battery Fire Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors to be recorded. It also records that the Periodic Test demanded by the standard has been carried out. This is particularly important for anyone with potential liability for fire safety such as landlords, any company offering property management services, holiday let operators and those providing static caravan or chalet accommodation.
Although regular testing is a legal requirement in these accommodation categories a log book is not, but if the worst were to happen, a written record may assist in proving compliance with Duty of Care obligations in any subsequent legal action.
Batteries reach the end of their life, detectors eventually fail with age and some tenants disable detectors which puts other occupant’s lives at risk. In our opinion there are too many fires in rented accommodation each year to risk not ensuring that detectors work and that there is evidence to support that they have been checked and tested.
Installers of mains/battery detectors are required by BS5839 Part 6 to provide the property owner with written details of testing and battery changing requirements as well as the BS5839 Part 6 Installation Certificate. This Log Book does all of this in a convenient form making it ideal for new-build houses and flats sold to the owner-occupier market.
LOG BOOKS FOR COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND HMOs WITH BS5839 PART 1 FIRE ALARMS.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 which became law in October 2006 makes a record of testing mandatory under law for all premises with these types of system. Non-compliance with this legislation can lead to financial and custodial sentences for those owners, directors and managers who are ‘responsible’.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 which came into force in April 2008 effects all businesses, partnerships, associations, unions and organisations. It is important to ensure all aspects of Health and Safety will stand up to scrutiny including fire safety. Directors, senior managers and ‘responsible persons’ can be prosecuted for manslaughter through gross negligence under common law so it is important that they ensure their organisation’s fire safety systems work.
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