After the fire protection is established—usually by referencing the minimum levels of protection mandated by the appropriate model building code, insurance agencies, and other authorities—the fire alarm designer undertakes to detail specific components, arrangements, and interfaces necessary to accomplish these goals. Equipment specifically manufactured for these purposes is selected and standardized installation methods are anticipated during the design.
- ISO 7240-14 is the international standard for the Design, installation, commissioning, and service of fire detection and fire alarm system in and around the building. this standard was published in August 2013; Status, Published; Edition 1; Technical Committee ISO/TC 21/SC 3 Fire detection and Alarm system.
- NFPA 72, The National Fire Alarm Code is an established and widely used installation standard from the United States. In Canada, the ULC is the standard for the fire system.
Last version 2019; Status, Published. This code is part of a family standard NFPA
- TS 54 -14 is a Technical Specification (CEN/TS) for Fire detection and fire alarm system – Part 14: Guidelines for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use, and maintenance. This document has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC72, This document is part of the EN 54 series of standards. This standard was published in October 2018; Status, Published.
There are national codes in each European country for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use, and maintenance of fire detection systems with additional requirements that are mentioned on TS 54 -14
- Germany, Vds 2095
- Italy, UNI 9795
- France NF S61-936
- Spain UNE 23007-14
- United Kingdom BS 5839 Part 1
Across Oceania, there are Standards that outline the requirements, test methods, and performance criteria for fire detection control and indicating equipment (FDCIE) utilised in building fire detection and fire alarm systems.
- Australia AS 1603.4 (superseded), AS 4428.1 (superseded) and AS 7240.2:2018
