Planning a Burglar Alarm System
Who Going To Install Your Burglar Alarm?

For those who are considering the installation of a burglar alarm system, there are now a number of questions raised by the new European Alarm Standard that could affect your decision on who is going to install your alarm system. Under the new alarm installation standard, this new act now clearly states for the first time how each new burglar alarm system is to be surveyed, installed and maintained by any burglar alarm company operating within the European community.

While most people are now aware of the new alarm installation standards since their implementation in October 2005, there are those individual builders and developers while unaware of the new alarm standards have continued to use electricians and non-approved alarm companies for their alarm installations, even though these companies have never been approved or certified by any official organisation to install burglar alarm systems, in the first place.

Today under this new alarms standard it is only those alarm companies who can clearly demonstrate that they have the necessary levels of competence and technical ability, should be considered for any burglar alarm installation.

Taking into consideration that all new burglar alarm installations are now to be graded as part of the new standard, the grade of any new burglar alarm system must also be commensurate with the level of risk to that premises. This fact can only be determined by an on-site survey and a risk assessment carried out by a certified alarm installer. This is again is another detail electrician’s and non-approved alarm companies fail to disclose their customers at the time of the alarm installation, even though they know themselves that the quality of their installations will never meet with the relevant alarm installation standards.

For those builders and individuals who are going to install a burglar alarm system we hope that you are now more aware of the various processes involved in today’s alarm installations. For those who are about to select their alarm installer, please ensure that they do have the necessary technical ability and approvals to install and certify your security system, to these new statutory alarm installation standards.

The European Alarm Grades are now as Follows:

• Grade 1. Low Risk - DIY Trade Only
• Grade 2. Medium Risk - Domestic & Commercial
• Grade 3. High Risk - Domestic & Commercial
• Grade 4. Very High Risk – Banks etc

The European Alarm Standard now required the following:

• Written Risk Assessment & Site Survey of the Premises – Detailing all areas and the level of Risk etc
• Written System Design Proposal – Detailing the Grade of System incl Equipment - Location / Position & Height
• Written Installation Quotation – Showing all Costs incl Terms & Conditions of Sale
• System Documentation – Certificate of Compliance - System Handover - Technical Report
• Statutory Planned Maintenance – 24Hr Emergency Cover incl a 4Hr Response

Full details at – www.alarmsni.com

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