Publication details
| Publication CODE |
Title |
| NBN EN 50518:2019 (2019-08) |
MONITORING AND ALARM RECEIVING CENTRE |
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| Price Excl. VAT |
Total number of pages, tables and drawings |
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63.00 €
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46. |
Description
This European Standard specifies the minimum requirements for monitoring, receiving and processing of alarm messages generated by alarm systems taking place as a part of the total fire, safety and security solution.
For the purpose of this standard, the term "alarm" is used in the broad sense to include fault, status and other messages received from one or more of a range of safety and security alarm systems such as but not limited to fire detection and fire alarm systems, fixed fire fighting systems, intrusion and hold-up alarm systems, access control systems, video surveillance systems, social alarms systems and combinations of such systems.
This standard gives requirements for two categories of ARC, category I and category II. A category I ARC will be designed, constructed and operated to a higher standard with respect to construction, security and integrity than a category II ARC.
The categorization is determined according to the type(s) of alarm messages handled.
Category I: ARCs handling messages from security applications:
- I&HAS's;
- access control systems;
- VSS in security applications that require an emergency response (for example loss prevention);
- people monitoring, lone workers and object tracking systems for security applications;
- alarm messages handled by category II ARCs;
- combinations of the above systems.
Category II: ARC's handling messages from non-security applications:
- fire alarm systems;
- fixed firefighting systems;
- social alarm systems;
- audio/video door entry systems;
- VSS in non-security applications (for example traffic flow);
- people monitoring, lone workers and object tracking systems for non-security applications;
- elevator emergency systems;
- combinations of the above systems.
The requirements apply to ARC's (whether established in single or multiple sites) monitoring and processing alarms generated by systems installed at other locations and also to ARC's monitoring solely alarms from systems within their own site.
The standard includes functional and specific requirements supporting the services of an ARC.
The standard does NOT apply to
- alarm systems used for non-civil purposes;
- alarm systems for medical or health applications.
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C
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Available files
ATTENTION: Belgian registered standards (NBN EN or NBN HD) are generally
only available in English or French. Only the cover page is translated
and the document itself is in English or in French.
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Status
Origin
| Committee |
TC 79
ALARM SYSTEMS
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| Responsible |
Monsieur DE LEEUW Thierry, Technical Officer
Diamant Building
Bd Auguste Reyers, 80
1030
BRUXELLES
Phone: +32 2 706 85 72
E-mail: thierry.deleeuw@ceb-bec.be
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Approval
| BEC Approval |
2019-02-06 |
| NBN Approval |
2019-09-25 |
| ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) |
13.320
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| NBN Status |
New |
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| Date of ratification (d.o.r.) |
2019-02-06 |
| Date of availability (d.a.v.) |
2019-08-16 |
| Date of announcement (d.o.a.) |
2019-08-06 |
| Date of publication (d.o.p.) |
2020-02-06 |
| Date of withdrawal former edition (d.o.w.) |
2022-02-06 |
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Correspondences with international standards
| Relation |
International standard |
Date |
| is identical to |
EN 50518:2019
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2019-08-16 |
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