MALAYSIAN

STANDARD

MS 1745: PART 5:2005

FIRE DETECTION AND FIRE ALARM

SYSTEMS - PART 5: HEAT DETECTORS POINT DETECTORS

ICS: 13.220.10, 13.220.20

Descriptors: fire detection equipment, fire alarm, heat detector

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Committee representation
The Fire Safety and Prevention Industry Standards Committee (ISC M) under whose authority this Malaysian
Standard was developed, comprises representatives from the following organisations:
Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia
Construction Industry Development Board
Department of Chemistry Malaysia
Department of Standards Malaysia
Forest Research Institute Malaysia
General Insurance Association of Malaysia
Housing Developers Association of Malaysia
Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Malaysian Fire Protection Association
Master Builders Association Malaysia
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Persatuan Pengguna-Pengguna Standard Malaysia
Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia
Real Estate Housing Developers Association Malaysia
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
The Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia Branch
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Technical Committee on Dry Fire Protection System which developed this Malaysian Standard consists of
representatives from the following organisations:
Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia
Forest Research Institute Malaysia
General Insurance Association of Malaysia
Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Malaysian Fire Protection Association
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Electrotechnical Testing Section)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Product Certification Section)
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
Universiti Putra Malaysia

MS 1745: PART 5:2005

FOREWORD
The adoption of the EN Standard as a Malaysian Standard was recommended by the
Technical Committee on Dry Fire Protection System under the authority of the Fire Safety and
Prevention Industry Standards Committee.
MS 1745 consists of the following parts, under the general title, Fire detection and fire alarm
systems:
- Part 1: Introduction
- Part 2: Control and indicating equipment
- Part 3: Audible fire alarm device
- Part 4: Power supplies
- Part 5: Heat detectors Point detectors
- Part 7: Smoke detectors Point detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or
ionisation
- Part 10: Flame detectors Point detectors
- Part 11: Manual call points
- Part 12: Smoke detectors Line detectors using an optical light beam
- Part 13: System requirements
- Part 14: Guideline for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance
- Part 15: Multisensor fire detectors
This Malaysian Standard is identical with EN 54-5:2000 + A1:2002, Fire detection and fire
alarm systems Part 5: Heat detectors Point detectors, published by the European
Committee for Standardization (CEN). However, for the purposes of this Malaysian Standard,
the following apply:
a)

in the source text, "this European Standard" should read "this Malaysian Standard";

b)

the comma which is used as a decimal sign (if any), to read as a point;

c)

Annex ZA is not applicable and has been removed from the source text; and

d)

references to some EN Standards should be replaced by equivalent Malaysian

Standards as follows:

MS 1745: PART 5:2005

FOREWORD (continued)
Referenced EN Standards

Corresponding Malaysian Standards

EN 54-1:1996, Fire detection and fire alarm

systems Part 1: Introduction

MS 1745: Part 1:2004, Fire detection and fire

alarm systems Part 1: Introduction

EN ISO 9001, Quality management systems

Requirements

MS ISO 9001, Quality management systems

Requirements

This standard is published with the permission of the European Committee for
Standardization. Such permission is hereby acknowledged.
This standard cancels and replaces MS 1176: Part 5:1990, Specification for components of
automatic fire detection systems: Part 5: Heat sensitive detectors Point detectors containing
a static element system.
Compliance with a Malaysian Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal
obligations.

BRITISH STANDARD

BS EN
54-5:2001
Incorporating
Amendment No. 1

Fire detection and fire

alarm systems
Part 5: Heat detectors Point detectors

The European Standard EN 54-5:2000, with the incorporation of

amendment A1:2002, has the status of a British Standard

ICS 13.220.20

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National foreword
This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 54-5:2000,
including amendment A1:2002. It supersedes BS 5445-5:1977 and
BS 5445-8:1984 which will be withdrawn on 06-2003. It is one of a series of
standards for fire detection and fire alarm systems (see BS EN 54-1 for a full
list of current and proposed standards).
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in
the text by tags . Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number
of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is
indicated by .
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee
FSH/12, Fire detection and alarm systems, to Subcommittee FSH/12/2, Fire
detectors, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;

present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the

interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests
informed;

monitor related international and European developments and

promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on

request to its secretary.
Cross-references
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publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue
under the section entitled International Standards Correspondence Index, or
by using the Search facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British
Standards Online.
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contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Health and
Environment Sector
Committee, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Committee and
comes into effect on
15 March 2001

Summary of pages
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pages 2 to 47, an inside back cover and a back cover.
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EN 54-5

EUROPEAN STANDARD

December 2000

NORME EUROPENNE

+ A1

EUROPISCHE NORM

June 2002

ICS 13.220.20

Supersedes EN 54-5:1976, EN 54-5:1976/A1:1988,

EN 54-6:1982, EN 54-8:1982

English version

Fire detection and fire alarm systems Part 5:

Heat detectors Point detectors
(includes amendment A1:2002)
Systmes de dtection et dalarme incendie Partie 5:
Dtecteurs de chaleur Dtecteurs ponctuels
(inclut l'amendement A1:2002)

Brandmeldeanlagen Teil 5: Wrmemelder

Punktfrmige Melder
(enthlt nderung A1:2002)

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 June 2000. Amendment A1 was approved by CEN on 5 April 2002.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under
the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
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Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

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Contents
Page
Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................................3
1

Scope ....................................................................................................................................................4

Normative references ..........................................................................................................................4

Terms and definitions .........................................................................................................................5

4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11

Requirements .......................................................................................................................................6
Compliance ..........................................................................................................................................6
Classification .......................................................................................................................................6
Position of heat sensitive elements...................................................................................................6
Individual alarm indication .................................................................................................................7
Connection of ancillary devices.........................................................................................................7
Monitoring of detachable detectors...................................................................................................7
Manufacturers adjustments...............................................................................................................7
On-site adjustment of response behaviour ......................................................................................7
Marking .................................................................................................................................................8
Data .......................................................................................................................................................8
Additional requirements for software controlled detectors............................................................9

5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.11
5.12
5.13
5.14
5.15
5.16
5.17
5.18

Tests ...................................................................................................................................................10
General................................................................................................................................................10
Directional dependence ....................................................................................................................15
Static response temperature ............................................................................................................15
Response times from typical application temperature..................................................................16
Response times from 25 C ..............................................................................................................17
Response times from high ambient temperature (dry heat operational).....................................17
Variation in supply parameters ........................................................................................................18
Reproducibility...................................................................................................................................18
Cold (operational) ..............................................................................................................................19
Dry heat (endurance).........................................................................................................................20
Damp heat, cyclic (operational) .......................................................................................................21
Damp heat, steady state (endurance)..............................................................................................22
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) corrosion (endurance) ...................................................................................23
Shock (operational) ...........................................................................................................................24
Impact (operational) ..........................................................................................................................25
Vibration, sinusoidal (operational) ..................................................................................................26
Vibration, sinusoidal (endurance)....................................................................................................28
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), immunity tests (operational) ...........................................29

6
6.1
6.2

Additional tests for detectors with class suffixes..........................................................................30

Test for suffix S detectors ................................................................................................................30
Test for suffix R detectors ................................................................................................................32

Annex A (normative)

Heat tunnel for response time and response temperature measurements.....33

Annex B (informative) Information concerning the construction of the heat tunnel ............................34
Annex C (informative) Derivation of upper and lower limits of response times ...................................38
Annex D (informative) Apparatus for impact test .....................................................................................41
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing essential requirements
or other provisions of EU Directives ...............................................................................................43
Bibliography

.................................................................................................................................50

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