Practical fire and security guidance
Guidance for design, commissioning, testing and handover teams.
Focused resources for the technical and evidence questions that arise across fire and security projects, with specialist sector guidance where it is useful.
Technical guide
Fire Alarm Handover Evidence Checklist
The records project teams should align before acceptance: design intent, commissioning, interfaces, defects, O&M and residual risk.
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Technical guide
Fire Alarm Cause-and-Effect Testing Before Handover
How to prioritise integrated sequences, prerequisites, evidence and retest before client acceptance or occupation.
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Technical guide
Pre-IST Fire Alarm Checklist for Data Centres
A specialist readiness sequence for data-centre fire alarm, ASD, interfaces, scripts and evidence before integrated testing.
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Fire and security handover-readiness checklist
Use the PDF before witness testing, acceptance, occupation or an internal project-readiness review.
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- Design and scope inputs
- Commissioning and interfaces
- Evidence, defects and close-out
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