Which regulation applies to which system, who is allowed to install it and what evidence must end up in the file — this website's complete catalogue of standards and intervals on one page.
Preventive fire protection is not governed by a single law but by a web of them: product standards for the components, application standards for planning and operation, workplace rules for use, state building regulations and inspection ordinances for the duty, and insurance directives for cover. That is precisely where gaps come from — not from negligence, but because hardly anyone has every source in view at once.
This page brings together what is otherwise spread across the service pages: every regulation we work to, with an indication of which trades it affects — and beneath that, every inspection interval on this website in a single list. It is intended as a working tool: for the inspection visit, for the tender, for the conversation with the insurer.
A note on terminology, because it is often confused here: the standards listed are the regulations that planning, installation, acceptance and maintenance are carried out to. They are not awards a company holds. Where a trade requires a specialist company qualification — DIN 14675 for fire alarm systems, for instance — we evidence the qualifications required for your project before any commission is placed.
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The rules this work is planned, installed, signed off and maintained against.
Governs planning, design, installation, commissioning, acceptance and maintenance. Requires a specialist firm with appropriately qualified personnel. Applies to: Fire alarm systems, Voice alarm systems.
Basis for the operation and maintenance of all hazard alarm systems. Applies to: Fire alarm systems.
Detector selection, monitoring scope and the triggering of other equipment. Applies to: Fire alarm systems.
Requirements for control panels, detectors, alarm devices and power supply. Applies to: Fire alarm systems.
Planning, installation, operation and maintenance of smoke alarms in residential premises. Applies to: Fire alarm systems.
Product requirements for the device itself. Applies to: Fire alarm systems.
The smoke alarm obligation is a matter for the federal states. In Berlin it applies to residential units; owners are responsible for installation. Applies to: Fire alarm systems.
Governs the planning, installation, operation and maintenance of voice alarm systems and their interaction with the fire alarm system. Applies to: Voice alarm systems.
Product requirements for the control panel that stores, monitors and outputs alarm announcements. Applies to: Voice alarm systems.
Product standard for the loudspeakers themselves, including their behaviour in case of fire. Applies to: Voice alarm systems.
Requirements for the power supply unit and battery backup — a voice alarm system must remain able to make announcements even during a power outage. Applies to: Voice alarm systems.
Applies to emergency warning systems beyond the pure fire case; it superseded DIN EN 60849. Applies to: Voice alarm systems.
Requires cabling for safety-relevant systems to maintain circuit integrity for a defined period, so that the announcement does not fail along with the cable in case of fire. Applies to: Voice alarm systems.
Whether a voice alarm system is required follows from the fire safety concept and the state's special building regulations — for example for assembly, retail and accommodation premises. Applies to: Voice alarm systems.
Design and execution of smoke extraction systems; basis for the required vent area. Applies to: Smoke & heat extraction.
Product requirements for naturally operating devices. Applies to: Smoke & heat extraction.
Requirements for fans used in powered smoke extraction. Applies to: Smoke & heat extraction.
Supplementary requirements from the property insurers' perspective. Applies to: Smoke & heat extraction.
Requires recurring maintenance by a competent person and its documentation. Applies to: Hold-open systems.
Hold-open systems require approval. Only approved combinations of components may be installed. Applies to: Hold-open systems.
Product requirements for hold-open systems for fire and smoke doors. Applies to: Hold-open systems.
Basis for the T30, T60 and T90 classification. Applies to: Fire doors.
Requirements for the proof of usability. Applies to: Fire doors.
European test method for determining the fire resistance duration. Applies to: Fire doors.
Performance characteristics for CE marking. Applies to: Fire doors.
Requirements for smoke-tight closures. Applies to: Fire doors.
Illuminance levels, uniformity and rated operating duration for escape routes and anti-panic lighting. Applies to: Emergency lighting.
Installation and operation in buildings where people gather. Applies to: Emergency lighting.
Governs testing, test intervals and logbook records. Applies to: Emergency lighting.
Arbeitsstättenregel — binding for workplaces. Applies to: Emergency lighting.
Design and use of escape route signs. Applies to: Emergency lighting.
Operation and maintenance of intrusion alarm systems. Applies to: Intruder protection.
Defines security grades 1 to 4 and the associated requirements. Applies to: Intruder protection.
Guideline of the property insurers; often a precondition for insurance cover. Applies to: Intruder protection.
Requirements for system performance and image quality. Applies to: Intruder protection.
Video surveillance processes personal data: the legal basis, retention period and notice obligation must be clarified without exception. Applies to: Intruder protection.
Requires recurring maintenance by a qualified person and specifies what is inspected and documented. Usual interval: two years. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
Construction, extinguishing capacity, labelling and fire classes of the device itself. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
Determines, via extinguishing units, how many fire extinguishers a workplace needs, and regulates accessibility and fire wardens. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
Specifies how fire extinguisher locations must be marked so they can be found in an emergency. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
Source of the F001 fire safety sign for fire extinguishers. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
CO₂ extinguishers are pressure equipment and are additionally subject to a recurring inspection of the pressure vessel. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
Parts A, B and C — the wall notice, instruction of building occupants and duties for staff with special fire safety responsibilities. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
Describes the training, number and duties of the fire wardens a company should appoint. Applies to: Fire extinguishers.
Record every existing system, inspection report and maintenance contract — including the ones nobody has so far felt responsible for.
Establish for each system which standards and deadlines apply, and where what is installed departs from them.
Rank the deviations by urgency: what must be put right immediately, what by the next appointment, what merely needs documenting.
Add what is missing, have the systems accepted and bring the evidence together in one place.
Keep every interval in one plan and give notice in good time before it expires.
What has to be inspected how often — and the standard each interval rests on.
Standards and deadlines for every trade in one place — rather than scattered across product data sheets, maintenance contracts and ring binders.
Comparing what is installed against the regulations shows which system has been running without valid evidence, and since when.
The authority, the insurer and the employers' liability insurance association do not ask about the system, they ask for the evidence. That is exactly what this produces.
What is usually planned and maintained together in practice.
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