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Royal Decree 513/2017, Of 22 May, Which Approves The Regulation Of Fire Protection Installations.

Original Language Title: Real Decreto 513/2017, de 22 de mayo, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de instalaciones de protección contra incendios.

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1. The Directorate-General for Industry and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises will draw up and keep up to date a non-binding technical guide for the practical application of the provisions of the Regulation and the annexes approved by this Directive. decree, which may provide clarification on general concepts.

2. Exceptionally, the Directorate-General for Industry and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises may authorise the use of guides and technical provisions with alternative technical solutions to those of the Regulation approved by this royal decree, provided that provide an equivalent level of effectiveness in the operation of fire protection facilities.

3. The competent administrative body may require for the assessment of the level of equivalent effectiveness a technical report issued by a qualified and independent body.

Final disposition fourth. UNE and other internationally recognised standards.

1. The Appendix to Annex I to the Fire Protection Facilities Regulation includes a list of UNE standards and other internationally recognised standards, which are enforced, in whole or in part, in order to facilitate adaptation to the state of the art at every moment. These standards are identified by their titles and numbering, including the year of editing.

2. Where one or more rules vary their year of issue, subsequent amendments to them are published or new rules are published, they shall be updated in the list of standards by means of a decision of the holder of the Directorate-General for Industry and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, in which the date from which the use of the old edition of the standard will no longer have regulatory effects should be stated.

Where such a resolution has not been passed, it shall be understood that the regulatory conditions are also met by the edition of the rule subsequent to that listed in the list of standards, provided that the same does not change basic criteria and limit to update tests or increase the intrinsic safety of the material concerned.

Final disposition fifth. Entry into force.

This royal decree will enter into force six months after its publication in the "Official Gazette of the State".

Given in Madrid, on May 22, 2017.

FELIPE R.

The Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness,

LUIS DE GUINDOS JURADO

FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES REGULATION

CHAPTER I

General provisions

Article 1. Object and scope of material application.

1. The purpose of this Regulation is to determine the conditions and requirements for the design, installation/application, maintenance and inspection of the equipment, systems and components that make up the protection facilities active against fires.

2. In addition, this Regulation shall apply in respect of those aspects relating to fire-protection installations not covered by specific legislation, with the exception of the tunnels of State roads, whose safety regulation will be governed by Royal Decree 635/2006 of 26 May on minimum safety requirements in road tunnels in the State.

Article 2. Scope of subjective application.

1. The provisions of this Regulation shall be subject to the provisions of this Regulation both the installation companies and the maintenance companies of fire protection facilities.

2. The technical requirements of this Regulation shall also apply to manufacturers, importers, distributors or bodies involved in the certification or technical assessment of the products and to all those who may be affected by the Regulation. this regulation.

Article 3. Definitions.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall be met:

(a) Active fire protection: is the set of means, equipment and systems, whether manual or automatic, whose specific functions are the detection, control and/or extinction of a fire, facilitating the evacuation of occupants and preventing the fire from spreading, thus minimizing personal and material losses.

(b) Fire protection products: equipment, systems and components that integrate active fire protection facilities.

(c) CE marking: marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the product is in conformity with all applicable requirements laid down in Community legislation and harmonisation providing for its affixing.

(d) Technical assessment: assessment of the basic requirements related to the intended use and evaluation and monitoring of factory production control of products (equipment, systems or components) of protection against fires.

(e) Technical assessment bodies: those carrying out activities to assess the basic requirements of the product related to the intended use, assessment of factory control and monitoring the annual production control at the factory. Those bodies shall meet the following criteria:

1. Act with impartiality, objectivity and transparency, having the appropriate organization and technical personnel competent for the technical evaluation of equipment, systems or their components of protection against fires.

2. The experience of tests, inspections and/or evaluations, supported by the appropriate implementation of quality management systems applied to the activities they perform.

3. Dispose of specific procedures, expressly validated by the Autonomous Community where the entity presents the responsible declaration, which collect the systematic established for the assessment and monitoring of the technical evaluations to be performed.

4. º. They will provide permanent information to the public on the scope and validity of the technical evaluations carried out.

(f) Installation company: entity that, following the indications of the project or the technical documentation and in compliance with the conditions set out in this Regulation, performs one or more of the following activities:

1. Ubica and/or install fire protection equipment and/or systems.

2. ° Colocates the signals, beacon and/or evacuation planes of the luminescent signalling systems.

g) Holding company: entity that, in compliance with the conditions set out in this Regulation, performs the maintenance operations of fire protection equipment and/or systems.

CHAPTER II

Fire protection products

Article 4. Requirements for fire protection products.

Final disposition second. Regulatory enablement.

1. The Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness will, in the field of his competences, dictate the necessary provisions to ensure the proper execution and development of this royal decree.

2. The Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry and Competitiveness is empowered to amend and update the Regulation which is approved by this royal decree, in order to adapt it to the progress of the technique and the provisions of international or European law technical nature of the matter.

Final disposition third. Application measures.<rafo">1. In order to be able to perform the installation business functions, the company must meet the following requirements:

a) Dispose of the documentation that identifies the installation company, which, in the case of being a legal person, must be legally constituted.

(b) Dispose of contract staff, appropriate to their level of activity, as set out in Annex III.

c) Dispose of the technical means necessary for the development of their activity, under security conditions.

(d) Subscribe to a liability insurance, collateral or other financial guarantee granted by a duly authorized entity, covering the risks of liability, material and personal injury to third parties, for a minimum amount of EUR 800 000, without such a limit being liable.

e) Dispose of a quality certificate of the quality management system implemented, issued by an accredited certification body, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Regulation of the Infrastructure for Quality and Industrial Security, approved by Royal Decree 2200/1995 of 28 December. The scope of the relevant certificate shall include, explicitly, the design, if applicable, and the installation of any and all equipment or systems for which the rating is requested.

At the beginning of activity, and for a maximum period of one year, this requirement will be considered fulfilled with the accreditation of having contracted the development and implementation of such a quality management system, in terms of indicated in the preceding paragraph.

(f) For the installation of extinguishing systems by fluorinated gaseous agents, the certificates of qualification provided for in Regulation (EC) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall be in possession. of 16 April 2014, and in Royal Decree 115/2017 of 17 February 2017 regulating the marketing and handling of fluorinated gases and equipment based on them, as well as the certification of the professionals using them and by the establishing the technical requirements for installations carrying out activities which emit fluorinated gases.

g) In the case of emergency lighting systems, the installation companies will have to comply only with the Low Tension Electrotechnical Regulation, approved by Royal Decree 842/2002 of 2 August, and in the corresponding complementary technical instruction.

2. The installed installation company may not provide, assign or dispose of any installation certificates not made by itself.

3. Failure to comply with the conditions required, verified by the competent authority and declared by a reasoned decision, shall result in the cessation of the activity, unless a dossier for the error of error can be initiated, without prejudice to the sanctions that could be derived from the severity of the actions taken.

Article 11. Enabling installers.

1. Before starting their activities as installers, natural or legal persons who wish to establish themselves in Spain, as well as the installation companies, legally established in any other Member State of the European Union they wish to carry out the activity under free provision on Spanish territory, they must submit to the competent authority of the Autonomous Community in which they are established, a responsible declaration in which the holder of the undertaking or the legal representative of the same declare:

a) The relationship of fire protection equipment and systems for whose installation you want to be enabled,

b) That meets the requirements set out in Article 10 of this Regulation,

c) That it has the material means necessary for the installation of such systems in terms of security and documentation that it so credits,

d) That you commit to keep them during the lifetime of the activity and

e) That it is responsible that the execution of the facilities is carried out in accordance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, its annexes and its development orders.

2. For the accreditation of the fulfilment of the requirement of qualified staff by the legally established installation companies in any other Member State of the European Union and who wish to carry out the activity under free provision in The statement responsible must state that the company has the documentation which it provides for the training of the staff concerned, in accordance with the rules of the country of establishment and as provided for in the European Union legislation on the recognition of professional qualifications, applied in Spain by Royal Decree 1837/2008 of 8 November incorporating Directive 2005 /36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 and Directive 2006 /100/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the 20 November 2006, concerning the recognition of professional qualifications, as well as certain aspects of the exercise of the profession of lawyer. The competent authority may verify that capacity in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of Royal Decree 1837/2008 of 8 November.

3. The Autonomous Communities shall make it possible for the responsible declaration to be made by electronic means.

The presentation of evidence of compliance with the requirements together with the responsible statement may not be required. However, this documentation shall be available for immediate submission to the competent authority, where it so requires in the exercise of its powers of inspection, verification and control.

4. The competent authority of the Autonomous Community shall, on its own initiative, assign an identification number to the undertaking and enter it in the Integrated Industrial Register, as laid down in Title IV of Law 21/1992 of 16 July.

5. According to Law 21/1992, of 16 July, the responsible declaration enables the installation company, from the moment of its presentation to the competent administration, for the exercise of the activity in all the the Spanish territory, without any additional requirements or conditions being imposed.

Article 12. Obligations of the installation companies.

The obligations of the installation companies are as follows:

(a) The obligations arising from compliance with the requirements laid down in this Regulation relating to the installation of fire protection equipment and systems which are implemented by undertakings installers.

(b) Installation companies should refrain from installing fire protection equipment and systems that do not comply with the applicable provisions applicable to them, bringing the facts to the attention of the buyer or user of the same, in writing and in a feisty form. The work will not be resumed until the warning deficiencies are corrected.

(c) If, in the course of the installation, the installation company considers that the project or technical documentation does not comply with the provisions of the Regulation, it must, in writing, make such a knowledge of the author of that project or documentatxtinguishers. Where the area of the establishment is not greater than 100 m2 or is a single-family dwelling, it may also be installed by the user.

(b) Flame Retardant Blankets, which must be placed by fire protection system installers, fire-resistant blankets, or by the manufacturer itself. Where the area of the establishment is not greater than 100 m2 or is a single-family dwelling, it may also be installed by the user.

Article 10. Requirements of the installation companies.

3. The Autonomous Communities shall make it possible for the responsible declaration to be made by electronic means.

The presentation of evidence of compliance with the requirements together with the responsible statement may not be required. However, this documentation shall be available for immediate submission to the competent authority, where required, in the exercise of its powers of inspection, verification and control.

4. The competent authority of the Autonomous Community shall assign, on its own initiative, an identification number to the undertaking and enter it in the Integrated Industrial Register, as laid down in Title IV of Law 21/1992, of 16 July.

5. In accordance with Law 21/1992 of 16 July, the responsible declaration enables the holding company for an indefinite period of time, from the moment of its filing with the competent administration, for the exercise of the activity throughout the the Spanish territory, without any additional requirements or conditions being imposed.

Article 17. Obligations of the holding companies.

The maintenance companies shall acquire the following obligations in relation to the equipment or systems, the maintenance of which is entrusted to them:

(a) Carry out the maintenance activities required by this Regulation to equipment or systems, in accordance with the regulatory deadlines, using spare parts and original parts, provided they affect the certification of the product.

(b) To correct, at the request of the operator of the installation, any deficiencies or breakdowns occurring in the equipment or systems, the maintenance of which is entrusted to them.

c) Deliver a technical report to the holder, in which the equipment or systems that do not offer guarantee of proper functioning are related, present deficiencies, that cannot be corrected during the maintenance, that they do not comply with existing provisions that are applicable to them or are not appropriate to the fire risk of the building, sector or area of fire intended to be protected.

(d) Keep, for at least five years, the supporting documentation of the repair and maintenance operations they perform, their dates of execution, results and incidents, and the replacement of the items. a statement of the operational status of the equipment or system for which the preservation is carried out.

(e) Issue a certificate of the periodic maintenance carried out, consisting of or referring to the equipment and systems which are the object of the maintenance, appending copies of the checklists used, during the operations and checks executed, with annotations made and results obtained.

(f) Communicate to the holder of the equipment or systems the dates on which the periodic maintenance operations laid down in this Regulation are to be performed.

g) In the case of fire extinguishers, the holding company shall affix to any extinguisher which has maintained, outside the label of the manufacturer, a label with its identification number, name, address, date on which it is the operation has been carried out, the date the next revision is to be carried out. In addition, the maintenance of fire extinguishers shall bear a record in which the fire extinguishers and the operations performed thereon shall be recorded.

Article 18. Cessation of activity, temporary ban on submitting new responsible statement and modification of data

1. Failure to submit the declaration referred to in Article 16, as well as the inaccuracy, falsehood or omission, of an essential nature, of data or manifestations, to be included in that declaration, shall enable the Administration to competent to issue a decision, which must be reasoned and after hearing the person concerned, declaring the cessation of the activity and, where appropriate, in the event of very serious infringements pursuant to Article 31 of Law 21/1992 of 16 July 1992, Industry, or depending on the seriousness of the omission, falsehood or inaccuracy in which it was incurred, make it impossible for a new responsible declaration to be submitted within one year, without prejudice to the responsibilities that may arise from the actions taken.

2. Any event involving the modification of any of the data contained in the responsible statement, as well as the cessation of the activities, or the temporary prohibition of submitting a new responsible statement, shall be communicated by the person concerned. to the competent authority of the Autonomous Community where the original declaration was lodged, within one month.

3. In the event of termination of the activity, temporary prohibition of a new responsible declaration or in the case of modifications of data referred to in the preceding paragraphs, the competent authority of the Autonomous Community shall update the Data in the Integrated Industrial Register, as regulated in Title IV of Law 21/1992.

CHAPTER IV

Installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire protection facilities

Article 19. Installation.

1. In the establishments and areas of industrial use which fall within the scope of the Regulation on fire safety in industrial establishments, approved by Royal Decree 2267/2004 of 3 December 2004, the installation of fire protection equipment and systems included in this Regulation shall require the submission of a project or technical documentation to the competent industry services of the Autonomous Community in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. established in that Regulation.

The project or documentation shall be drawn up and signed by a qualified technician, indicating the equipment and systems or their components bearing the CE marking, those subject to conformity to standards or those which have a technical assessment of suitability for their intended use.

The project, in its structure and content, will be in accordance with the standard UNE 157001, without prejudice to what, in terms of minimum content of projects, establish the competent public administrations.

2. In buildings to which the Technical Code of the Building, Basic Document "Fire Safety (SI)" applies, fire protection facilities shall comply with the provisions of this Code.

Article 20. Putting into service.

1. For the putting into service of the fire protection facilities referred to in paragraph 1 of the previous Article, it is required:

(a) The presentation, before the competent authority of the Autonomous Community in the field of industry, before the putting into operation of the same certificate of the installation company, issued by a technician entitled the competent authority designated by the competent authority shall state that the installation has been carried out in acuirements laid down in this Regulation, its annexes and its development orders.

2. For the accreditation of the fulfilment of the requirement of qualified staff by the undertakings legally established in any other Member State of the European Union and who wish to pursue the activity under the freedom to provide services The statement responsible must state that the company has the documentation which it provides for the training of the staff concerned, in accordance with the rules of the country of establishment and as provided for in theed as referred to in Article 5 (2) and (3), to which the requirements laid down in the previous Regulation on fire protection facilities are not applicable, approved by Royal Decree 1942/1993 of 5 November, will have a period of two years, from the date of entry into force of this royal decree, in order to meet the requirements laid down in the Regulation that is approved by the actual present decree.

Second transient disposition. Application of this Regulation to equipment or systems already installed.

To equipment or systems already installed or with the date of application for a work license, prior to the entry into force of this Regulation, only those provisions relating to their maintenance shall apply to them. and their inspection. The maintenance activities not provided for in Royal Decree 1942/1993 of 5 November 1993 must begin to be carried out within a maximum of one year from the entry into force of this Regulation.

Transitional provision third. Application of this Regulation to already authorised installation and maintenance companies.

The installation and maintenance companies operating in accordance with the conditions and requirements required by Royal Decree 1942/1993 of 5 November 1993 and the Order of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of 16 April 1998 shall have a maximum period of one year from the entry into force of this Regulation in order to adapt it to the provisions of this Regulation.

Transitional disposition fourth. First inspection of existing facilities.

1. Fire protection facilities existing at the entry into force of this Regulation, subject to the periodic inspections provided for in Article 22 thereof, shall be subject to the first inspection at 10 years of their putting into service.

2. Existing fire protection facilities with 10 or more years from their entry into service, upon entry into force of this Regulation, shall be subject to the first inspection at the following maximum periods:

(a) Facilities with an age greater than or equal to 20 years: within one year.

(b) Facilities with an age greater than or equal to 15 years and less than 20 years: within two years.

(c) Facilities with an age greater than or equal to 10 years and less than 15 years: within three years.

ANNEX I

Features and installation of fire protection equipment and systems

Section 1. Active Fire Protection

Fire protection equipment and systems, as well as their parts or components, and the installation thereof, must meet the following characteristics:

1. Fire detection and alarm systems

1. The UNE-EN 54-1 standard describes the components of fire detection and alarm systems, subject to compliance with this Regulation.

The design, installation, commissioning and use of fire detection and alarm systems shall be in accordance with UNE 23007-14.

The compatibility of system components will be verified as set out in the UNE-EN 54-13 standard.

2. The power supply equipment (e.s.a.) shall bear the CE marking, in accordance with EN 54-4, adopted as UNE 23007-4.

3. The devices for automatic fire alarm activation, i.e., point-in-time heat detectors, point-in-time smoke detectors, point-in-call detectors, linear smoke detectors and vacuum-suction smoke detectors, They must bear the CE marking in accordance with UNE-EN 54-5, UNE-EN 54-7, UNE-EN 54-10, UNE-EN 54-12 and UNE-EN 54-20, respectively.

Detectors with an autonomous power supply shall bear the CE marking in accordance with UNE-EN 14604.

4. Devices for manual fire alarm activation, i.e. alarm pulsers, shall bear the CE marking in accordance with EN 54-11.

The alarm pulsators shall be positioned so that the maximum distance to be travelled, from any point to be considered as an evacuation source, to a push-button, does not exceed 25 m. The pulsators shall be positioned so that the upper part of the device is at a height between 80 cm. and 120 cm.

The alarm pulsers shall be marked as indicated in Annex I, Section 2. of this Regulation.

5. The control and indication equipment (e.c.i.) shall bear the CE marking, in accordance with EN 54-2, adopted as UNE 23007-2.

The e.c.i. will be designed so that it is easily identifiable to the area where an alarm push or fire detector has been activated.

6. Both the sound level and the optical of the acoustic fire alarm devices and the visual devices (incorporated when required by other applicable legislation or where the noise level where the noise is to be perceived exceeds 60 dB (A), or where the usual occupants of the building/establishment are deaf or likely to wear hearing protection), they shall be such as to allow them to be perceived in the area of each fire detection sector where they are installed.

Acoustic fire alarm devices shall bear the CE marking in accordance with the UNE-EN 54-3 standard. The electroacoustic systems for emergency services shall be in accordance with the standard UNE-EN 60849.

The voice fire alarm control systems and their indicator equipment shall bear the CE marking in accordance with the UNE-EN 54-16 standard. The speakers of the fire alarm system shall bear the CE marking in accordance with the UNE-EN 54-24 standard.

The visual fire alarm devices shall bear the CE marking in accordance with the UNE-EN 54-23 standard.

7. The alarm communication system shall allow to transmit differentiated signals, which shall be generated either manually from a control post or automatically, and its management shall in any case be controlled by the e.c.i.

Warning transmission equipment and failure warnings shall bear the CE marking, in accordance with EN 54-21.

When signals are transmitted to an integrated system, fire protection systems will have a maximum priority level.

8. The other components of the automatic fire detection and fire alarm systems shall bear the CE marking, in accordance with the rules of the UNE-EN 54 series, once the marking has entered into force. Until then, these components may choose to bear the CE marking, where the harmonised European standards are available, or to justify compliance with the European UNE-EN standards applicable to them, by means of a certificate or mark in accordance with the relevant rules, in accordance with Article 5.2 of this Regulation.

In case of use of anti-intrusion systems, these must be compatible with the emergency opening system of the automatic sectorization system.

2. Fire water supply systems

The fire water supply system shall consist of a set of water sources, driving equipment and a general fire network to ensure, for one or more specific protection systems, the water flow and pressure required during the required autonomy time.

When a fire water supply sys made available to the Autonomous Communities.

Additional provision fifth. Reporting and complaints obligations.

Installation and maintenance companies shall comply with the reporting obligations of the providers and the claims obligations set out in Articles 22 and 23 of Law 17/2009 respectively, of 23 November.

First transient disposition. Application of this Regulation to equipment or systems subject to new requirements.

Products the conformity of which is determine technical assessment of suitability for their intended use, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.3 of this Regulation. This assessment should take into account the fact that these products must comply with the requirements of the portable extinguishers in the implementing rules, in such a way that their ability to extinguish, their reliability and their security of use is at least the same as that of a conventional portable fire extinguisher. Additionally, periodic maintenance must be performed on these products where the product is verified to be in good condition, that its contents are intact and that it can be used reliably and safely. The periodicity and personnel performing these verifications will be the same as the one that would correspond to a conventional portable fire extinguisher.

7. Fire extinguishers shall be marked as indicated in Section 2 of Annex I to this Regulation. In the case where the extinguisher is located within a cabinet, the signalling shall be affixed immediately to the cabinet and not to the surface of the cabinet, so as to make it visible and clarify the situation of the extinguisher.

5. Equipped fire hydrant systems

1. The equipped fire hydrant systems (BIE) shall be composed of a network of pipes for the water supply and the necessary BIE.

BIE can be equipped with a flat hose or a semi-rigid hose.

The additional 45 mm of the BIE with semi-rigid hose, to be used by the professional extinguishing services, will be equipped with valve, fitting and plug for normal use.

2. The BIE with semi-rigid hose and flat hose shall bear the CE marking, in accordance with UNE-EN 671-1 and UNE EN 671-2, respectively.

The fittings shall, prior to their manufacture or import, be approved, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.2 of this Regulation, justifying compliance with the provisions of the relevant UNE 23400 standard.

Of the hose diameters referred to in the UNE-EN 671-1 and UNE-EN 671-2 standards, for BIE, only 25 millimetres of internal diameter, for semi-irrigated hoses and 45 millimeters of internal diameter, for hoses shall be permitted. flat.

To ensure protection levels, the minimum K factor, as defined in the application standard, for BIE with semi-rigid hose shall be 42, and for BIE with flat hose of 85.

High-pressure BIE systems will demonstrate their compliance with this Regulation through a favourable technical assessment as set out in Article 5.3 of this Regulation. The hoses equipped with these BIE must be of a nominal interior diameter not exceeding 12 mm. Superior diameters shall be permitted provided that the technical assessment justifies their handling.

3. The BIE shall be mounted on a rigid support so that the nozzle and the manual opening valve and the cabinet opening system, if any, are located at the maximum of 1,50 m. on the ground level.

The BIE shall always be at a maximum distance of 5 m from the exits of the fire sector, measured on an evacuation route, without constituting an obstacle to its use.

The number and distribution of the BIE in both a diaphanous and compartmentalized space shall be such that the entire area of the fire sector in which they are installed is covered by at least one BIE, radius of action of the length of its increased hose by 5 m.

For BIE with semi-rigid hose or flat hose, the maximum separation between each BIE and its nearest one will be 50 m. The distance from any point of the protected area to the nearest BIE shall not exceed the radius of action of the same. Both the separation and the maximum distance and the radius of action shall be measured according to evacuation routes.

To facilitate handling, the maximum length of the hose of the BIE with flat hose shall be 20 m and with semi-rigid hose shall be 30 m.

For high pressure BIE, the maximum separation between each BIE and its nearest one will be twice its radius of action. The distance from any point of the protected site to the nearest BIE shall not exceed the radius of action of the same. The separation, as well as the maximum distance and the radius of action, shall be measured according to evacuation routes. The maximum length of the hoses used in these high pressure B I. E shall be 30 m.

An obstacle-free zone must be maintained around each BIE, allowing access to it and its maneuver without difficulty.

4. For BIE with a semi-rigid hose or a flat hose, the BIE network shall ensure for one hour at least the flow discharged by the two hydraulically more unfavourable ones, at a dynamic pressure to its input between a minimum 300 kPa (3 kg/cm2) and a maximum of 600 kPa (6 kg/cm2).

For high pressure BIE, the pipe network shall provide, for at least one hour, in the simultaneous operating scenario of the two hydraulically more unfavourable BIE, a minimum dynamic pressure of 3,450 kPa (35 kg/cm2), in the exit hole of any BIE

The established pressure, flow and water reserve conditions must be adequately guaranteed.

5. For BIE with a semi-rigid hose or a flat hose, the BIE system shall be subjected, prior to putting into service, to a test of tightness and mechanical strength, subjecting the network to a static pressure equal to the maximum of service and, at least 980 kPa (10 kg/cm2), while maintaining the test pressure for at least two hours, no leakage must occur at any point in the installation.

In the case of high pressure BIE, the BIE system shall be subjected, prior to putting into service, to a test of tightness and mechanical strength by subjecting the network to a pressure of 1,5 times the maximum working pressure, maintaining such test pressure for at least two hours, and no leakage must occur at any point in the installation.

6. The BIE shall be marked as indicated in Section 2 of Annex I to this Regulation. The signage shall be placed immediately next to the BIE cabinet and not on the same.

6. Dry column systems

1. The dry column system shall consist of:

a) Water-taking in front or in an area easily accessible to the Fire Service, with the indication of "EXCLUSIVE USE FIREMEN", provided with an anti-return valve, a Siamese connection, with built-in keys and 70 mm fittings, with a 25 mm purge cap and key.

b) DNG galvanized steel pipe column.

1. The upstream dry-column systems shall consist of outputs in the pairs up to and including the eighth and all of them, provided with a siamese connection, with built-in keys and 45 mm fittings with a lid; plants, a sectioning valve will be installed, above the corresponding plant output.

2. In the downstream dry-column systems, the sectioning and exit valve shall be installed in each plant; the key shall be just below the exit; the output shall be provided, in all plants, with a siamese connection with keys. 45 mm in-built fittings and fittings.

2. The exit mouths of the dry efiable solids.

c) Class C: Gas fires.

d) Class D: Metal Fires.

e) Class F: Fires derived from the use of cooking ingredients (vegetable or animal oils and fats) in kitchen appliances.

6. Aerosol dispensers may be used as extinguishers, provided that they comply with Royal Decree 1381/2009 of 28 August 2009 laying down requirements for the manufacture and placing on the market of aerosol dispensers, modified by Royal Decree 473/2014 of 13 June 2014 and have a favourablcolumn shall be located in staircases or in vestibulos prior to them.

The outlet located on the outside and the outlets in the plants will have the center of their mouths at 0.90 m above ground level.

The valves will be ball, with drive lever built in.

The fittings shall, prior to their manufacture or import, be approved, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.2 of this Regulation, justifying compliance with the provisions of the UNE 23400 standard.

3. Each building will have the number of dry columns sufficient for the distance between them, following evacuation routes, to be less than 60 m. Each column, ascending or descending, will have its independent take on the facade.

The area close to the dry-column facade shall be maintained free of obstacles, reserving a properly signposted site for the pumping truck.

4. The dry-column system shall be subjected, prior to putting into service, to a test of tightness and mechanical strength, subjecting it to a static pressure equal to the maximum of service and at least 1470 kPa (15 kg/cm2) in columns of up to 30 m and 2,450 kPa (25 kg/cm2) in columns of more than 30 m in height, for at least two hours, no leakage shall occur at any point in the installation.

5. The dry column system shall be marked, as indicated in Annex I, Section 2. of this Regulation, with the text 'EXCLUSIVE FIREMEN'. The signalling shall be placed immediately next to the cabinet of the dry column system and not on the dry column system, identifying the plants and/or areas to which each water intake is served, as well as the maximum service pressure.

7. Fixed extinguishing systems by automatic sprinklers and pulverized water

1. The extinguishing systems by automatic sprinklers and pulverized water shall be composed of the following main components:

a) Pipeline network for water supply.

b) Control post.

c) Required download nozzles.

The components of the automatic sprinkler and spray-water extinguishing systems shall bear the CE marking, in accordance with the standards of the UNE-EN 12259 series, once the marking has entered into force. Until then, these components may choose to bear the CE marking, where the harmonised European standards are available, or to justify compliance with the European UNE-EN standards applicable to them, by means of a certificate or mark in accordance with the relevant rules in accordance with Article 5.2 of this Regulation.

The design and installation conditions of the automatic sprinkler extinguishing systems shall conform to the standard UNE-EN 12845.

2. The total flood or flood systems with sprinklers and/or open spray nozzles, their characteristics and specifications, as well as the conditions of installation, shall be in accordance with the rules UNE 23501, UNE 23502, UNE 23503, UNE 23504, UNE 23505, UNE 23506 and UNE 23507.

3. The manual firing and strike mechanisms shall be marked as indicated in Section 2 of Annex I to this Regulation.

8. Fixed systems for extinction by nebulized water

1. The nebulized water extinguishing systems shall be connected to a water supply (stored in bottles or in tank with pumping system), by means of a system of pipes equipped with one or more nozzles, capable of nebulising the water in their discharge. These systems may discharge pure nebulized water or a mixture of pure nebulized water with other agents.

2. The nebulized water extinguishing systems, their characteristics and specifications, as well as the conditions of their installation, shall be in accordance with UNE-CEN/TS 14972.

3. The manual firing and strike mechanisms shall be marked as indicated in Section 2 of Annex I to this Regulation.

9. Fixed systems for extinguishing by physical foam

1. The physical foam extinguishing systems shall be composed of the following main components:

a) Pipeline network.

b) Foam storage tank.

c) Dosifier or providing.

d) Download nozzles.

2. The design and installation conditions of the physical foam extinguishing systems shall conform to the standard UNE-EN 13565-2.

The components of the fixed physical foam extinguishing systems shall conform to the standard UNE-EN 13565-1.

High, medium and low expansion foams will be in compliance with UNE-EN 1568-1, UNE-EN 1568-2, UNE-EN 1568-3 and UNE-EN 1568-4.

3. The manual firing and strike mechanisms shall be marked as indicated in Section 2 of Annex I to this Regulation.

10. Fixed extinguishing systems by dust

1. The dust extinguishing systems shall be composed of the following main components:

a) The dust container.

b) Propelent gas incipient.

c) Distribution pipes.

d) Selector valves.

e) Drive and control devices.

f) Download nozzles.

They are systems in which the dust is transported by pressure gas, through a piping system, and is discharged by nozzles.

These systems will only be usable when the security or evacuation of personnel is ensured. In addition, the trigger mechanism shall include a delay in its action and a prealarm system, in such a way as to allow the evacuation of such occupants, prior to the discharge of the extinguishing agent.

2. The design and installation conditions of the dust extinguishing systems shall be in accordance with UNE-EN 12416-2.

The components of the dust extinguishing systems shall conform to the standard UNE-EN 12416-1.

The dust used in the system will conform to the UNE-EN 615 standard.

3. The manual firing and strike mechanisms shall be marked as indicated in Section 2 of Annex I to this Regulation.

11. Fixed extinguishing systems by gaseous extinguishing agents

1. Systems by gaseous extinguishing agents shall be composed of at least the following elements:

a) Drive devices.

b) Operating control equipment.

c) Recakes for gas under pressure.

d) Distribution pipes.

e) Download difusers.

Drive devices shall be by means of automatic detection systems, appropriate for installation and risk, or by manual drive, rather than accessible.

Application concentrations shall be defined according to the risk and the capacity of the vessels shall be sufficient to ensure the extinction of the fire, both requirements being justified.

These systems will only be usable when the security or evacuation of personnel is ensured. In addition, the trigger mechanism shall include a delay in its action and a prealarm system, in such a way as to allow the evacuation of such occupants, prior to the discharge of the extinguishing agent.

2. The design and the conditions of its installation shall be in accordance with UNE-EN 15004-1. This rule will be applied jointly, according to the extinguishing agent employed, with the standards of the series UNE-EN 15004. Technologies not developed in these standards shall be designed in accordance with international standards (ISO, EN) which regulate the applict 20: Humm aspiration detectors.

UNE-EN 54-21:2007

Fire detection and alarm systems. Part 21: Warning and warning transmission equipment

UNE-EN 54-23:2011

Fire detection and alarm systems. Part 23: Fire alarm devices. Visual alarm devices (VAD)

UNE-EN 54-24:2009

Fire detection and alarm systems. Part 24: Components of the alarm systems by voice. Altmark.

UNE-EN 54-25:2009

UNE-EN 54-25:2009/AC: 2012

Fire detection and alarm systems. Part 25: Components using radio links

UNE-EN 14604:2006

UNE-EN 14604 :2006/AC: 2009

Stand-alone smoke alarms.

UNE-EN 60849:2002

Electroacoustic systems for emergency services.

water supply systems

23500:2012

Fire water supply systems.

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UNE-EN 14384:2006

Column Hidrants

UNE-EN 14339:2006

Fire hydrants underground.

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23091-1 1989.

Drive Manguages for the fight against fires. Part 1: Generalities.

23091-2A 1996.

Drive for fire fighting. Part 2A: Flat flexible hose for light duty, diameter 45 mm and 70 mm.

23091-2B 1981.

Drive for the drive fire fighting. Part 2B: Flat flexible hose for hard service, diameters 25, 45, 70 and 100 mm.

23091-4:1990.

UNE 23091-4/1M: 1994

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Drive for fire fighting. Part 4: Description of processes and appliances for testing and testing

Racers

23400-1:1998

Fire fighting equipment. 25 mm connection

23400-2:1998

Fire fighting equipment. 45 mm connection

23400-3:1998

UNE 23400-3:1999 ERRATUM

Fighting material against fires. 70 mm connection

23400-4:1998

UNE 23400-4:1999 ERRATUM

Fighting material against fires. 100 mm connection

23400-5 1998

UNE 23400-5:1999 ERRATUM

Fire material. Connection fittings. Verification procedures

Extintors

UNE-EN 2:1994

UNE-EN 2:1994/A1:2005

Fire Classes.

UNE-EN 3-7:2004 + A1:2008

Portable fire extintors. Part 7: Features, operating requirements, and test methods

UNE-EN 3-10:2010

Portable fire extinguishers. Part 10: Prescriptions for the conformity assessment of a portable fire extinguisher in accordance with the European standard EN 3-7

23120:2012

Maintenance of fire extinguishers.

UNE-EN 1866-1:2008

Mobile Fire Extintors. Part 1: Characteristics, behavior, and methods of testing

equipped fire Bocas

UNE-EN 671-1:2013

Fixed fire-fighting installations. Systems equipped with hoses. Part 1: Fire Bocas outfitted with semi-irrigated hoses

UNE-EN 671-2: 2013

Fixed fire fighting facilities. Systems equipped with hoses. Part 2: Fire Bocas outfitted with flat hoses

UNE-EN 671-3: 2009

Fixed fire fighting facilities. Systems equipped with hoses. Part 2: Maintenance of fire hydrants equipped with semi-irrigated and flat hoses

System of spraying and spraying water

UNE-EN 12845:2005 + A2:2010

Fixed fire fighting systems. Automatic sprinkler systems. Design, installation, and maintenance

UNE-EN 12259-1:2002

UNE-EN 12259-1:2002/A2:2005

UNE-EN 12259-1:2002/A3:2007

Fire protection. Fixed fire control systems. Components for spray systems and pulverized water. Part 1: Automatic Rocers.

UNE-EN 12259-2:2000

UNE-EN 12259-2/A1:2001

UNE-EN 12259-2/AC: 2002

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Fire detection and alarm systems. Part 17: Short-circuit insulators.

UNE-EN 54-18:2007

Fire detection and alarm systems. Part 18: Input/Output devices.

UNE-EN 54-20:2007

UNE-EN 54-20:2007/AC: 2009

Systems fire detection and alarm. Pard>

UNE-EN 15004-8:2009

Fixed fire-fighting systems. Extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 8: Physical properties and design of extinction systems by gaseous agents with IG-100 (ISO 14520-13:2005, modified)

UNE-EN 15004-9:2009

Fixed fire-fighting systems. Extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 9: Physical properties and design of extinction systems by gaseous agents with IG-55 (ISO 14520-14:2005, modified

UNE-EN 15004-10:2009

Fixed fire-fighting systems. Extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 10: Physical properties and design of extinction systems by gaseous agents with IG-541. (ISO 14520-15:2005, modified)

UNE-EN 12094-1:2004

Fixed Fire-Fighting Systems-Components for Systems extinguishing by gaseous agents-Part 1: Requirements and test methods for automatic and electrical control and delay devices

UNE-EN 12094-2:2004

Fixed fire fighting systems. Components for extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 2: Requirements and test methods for the control and delay non-electrical automatic devices

UNE-EN 12094-3:2003

Fixed fire-fighting systems. Components for extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 3: Requirements and test methods for manual firing and strike devices

UNE-EN 12094-4:2005

Fixed Systems of fire fighting. Components for extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 4: Requirements and methods of testing for depots and their actuators.

UNE-EN 12094-5:2007

Fixed fire fighting systems -Components for extinguishing systems by gaseous agents-Part 5: Requirements and test methods for high and low pressure valves and their actuators

UNE-EN 12094-6:2007

Fixed Fire-Fighting Systems-Components for Extinction systems by gaseous agents-Part 6: Requirements and test methods for non-electrical deactivation devices

UNE-EN 12094-7:2001

UNE-EN 12094-7/A1:2005

Fixed Fire Extinction Systems-Components for Extinction Systems by gaseous Agents-Part 7: Test Requirements and Methods for diffusers for CO2 systems

UNE-EN 12094-8:2007

Fixed fire fighting systems. Components for extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 8: Testing requirements and methods for connectors

UNE-EN 12094-9:2003

Fixed Fire-Fighting Systems-Components for extinguishing systems by gaseous agents-Part 9: Requirements and test methods for special fire detectors

UNE-EN 12094-10:2004

Fixed fire-fighting systems. Components for extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 10: Requirements and test methods for presostats and manometers.

UNE-EN 12094-11:2003

Fixed fire fighting systems -Components for extinguishing systems by gaseous agents-Part 11: Requirements and test methods for mechanical weighing devices

UNE-EN 12094-12:2004

Fixed Fire Extinction Systems-Components for Extinction Systems by gaseous agents-Part 12: Requirements and test methods for pneumatic alarm devices

UNE-EN 12094-13:2001

UNE-EN 12094-13/AC: 2002

Fixed Fire Systems-Components for Extinguishing Systems by gaseous Agents-Parte13: Test Requirements and Methods for Retaining Valves and anti-return valves.

the smoke and heat

23584:2008

Fire safety. Temperature control and smoke evacuation systems (SCTEH). Requirements for the installation, commissioning and periodic maintenance of SCTEH

23585:2004

Fire safety. Temperature control and smoke evacuation systems (SCTEH). Requirements and methods of calculation and design to project a temperature control and smoke evacuation system in case of fire

UNE-EN 12101-1:2007

UNE-EN 12101-1:2007/A1:2007

Systems for control of smoke and heat. Part 1: Specifications for smoke control barriers

UNE-EN 12101-2:2004

Systems for the control of smoke and heat. Part 2: Specifications for natural smoke and heat extraction aerators

UNE-EN 12101-3:2016

smoke control systems and heat. Part 3: Specifications for exhaust and mechanical heat extractors

UNE-EN 12101-6:2006

Systems for the control of smoke and heat. Part 6: Specifications for pressure differential systems. Equipment

UNE-EN 12101-7:2013

Smoke control systems and heat. Part 7: Smoke duct sections

UNE-EN 12101-8:2015

Systems for control of smoke and heat. Part 8: Doors for smoke control

UNE-EN 12101-10:2007

Systems for control of smoke and heat. Part 10: Power power equipment

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Fixed fire fighting systems. Extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 6: Physical properties and design of extinction systems by gaseous agents with HFC 23 (ISO 14520-10:2005, modified)

UNE-EN 15004-7:2009

Fixed fire-fighting systems. Extinguishing systems by means of gaseous agents. Part 7: Physical properties and design of extinction systems by gaseous agents with IG-01 (ISO 14520-12:2005, modified)

7. Undertakings which maintain fixed fire protection systems and fire extinguishers containing fluorinated greenhouse gases as referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 shall comply with the requirements laid down in that Regulation for the control of leakage, recycling, regeneration or destruction of those operations.

8. In the case of emergency lighting systems, the installation must be maintained, as set out in the Electrotechnical Regulation for Low Tension, approved by Royal Decree 842/2002 of 2 August.

9. The document containing the technical assessment of products and systems, the conformity of which has been determined with this Regulation, as laid down in Article 5.3, shall contain the necessary maintenance operations. The installation company shall provide the user or owner of the installation with the documentation containing the information. In addition, such documentation shall be made available to the competent industry services of the Autonomous Community.

10. In detection, alarm and extinction systems, the remote connection to a maintenance service management center is accepted. In any case, the implementation of these systems should be done in such a way as to ensure the integrity of the fire detection and alarm system. The purpose of this additional system will be to facilitate the maintenance and management of the system, as well as to provide services added to those already provided by the automatic systems. Such remote management centre shall belong to a properly-enabled fire protection undertaking.

11. Pursuant to Article 1 of this Regulation, the maintenance laid down in this Regulation shall be understood as not applicable to installations located in establishments governed by Royal Decree 863/1985 of 2 April 1985 approving the the General Regulation of Basic Safety Standards, and in all those with specific regulations, in which the corresponding maintenance programme is established, which exceeds the minimum requirements laid down by this Regulation; Regulation.

Also excluded are those parts of the fire protection facilities of nuclear installations which, due to their relationship to nuclear and/or radiological risk, are subject to the requirements specific surveillance and maintenance as set out in the document "Technical Specifications for Operation", "Manual of Operation Requirements" or equivalent document, which are collected in their respective Operating Permissions, or in others documents which may be derived from the latter and whose compliance monitoring is Nuclear Security Council. The maintenance of the rest of the fire protection facilities of the nuclear facilities shall be carried out as laid down in this Regulation.

Section 1. Active Fire Protection

Table I. Quarterly and semi-annual maintenance schedule of fire protection systems

Operations to be performed by specialized personnel of the manufacturer, a holding company, or by the staff of the user or owner of the installation:

That the fire extinguishers are in their assigned place and do not present samples apparent damage.

-That are appropriate according to the risk to protect.

-Which do not have obstructed access, are visible or are marked and have their handling instructions at the front.

-That the handling instructions are readable.

-That the pressure indicator is in the operation zone.

-That the metal parts (nozzles, valve, hose ...) are in good condition.

-Not Seals or use indicators are missing or broken.

-Which have not been fully or partially downloaded.

This requirement is also understood if the operations indicated in the "Quarterly Maintenance Program" are performed UNE 23120 standard.

Checking fire extinguishers signaling.

or System

Each

Three Months

Six

Detection and Alarm Systems.

General Requirements.

Previous Step: Review and/or Implementation of Measures to Avoid undesired actions or maneuvers during inspection tasks.

Verify that any changes or modifications have been made to any of the system components since the last review was performed and proceed to its documentation.

Checking the installations (with each source of supply). Replacement of pilots, fuses, and other defective items.

Review of alarm, breakdown, disconnection and information in the central light.

Maintenance of accumulators (cleaning of borns, refilling of distilled water, etc.).

Verify centralization and alarm transmission equipment.

Fire Detection and Alarm Systems.

Sources power.

Review of battery systems:

System switching test on network failure, system operation under batteries, fault detection, and backout to normal mode.

detection and alarm systems.

Devices for manual alarm activation.

Checking the signage for manual alarm buttons.

Verifying the location, identification, visibility, and accessibility of push buttons.

Verification of push buttons (fixing, cleaning, corrosion, appearance

detection and alarm systems.

Alarm transmission devices.

Check the operation of the light and acoustic warning devices.

Yes is applicable, verify the operation of the public address system.

If applicable, verify the intelligibility of the audio in each extinction zone.

the following verifications:

Those minutes must be signed by the person/s responsible for performing the operations and the representative of the installation property.

6. In all cases, the undertaking which has carried out the maintenance, as well as the user or operator of the installation, shall keep documentary evidence of compliance with the preventive maintenance programmewith supply curves with each water and energy source.

Extintors.

Perform maintenance operations as set forth in the "Annual Maintenance Program" of the UNE 23120 standard.

In mobile fire extinguishers, the system's good status will be checked

Perform a C-level test (timbrado), as set out in Annex III, of the Pressure Equipment Regulation, approved by Royal Decree 2060/2008, of December 12,

From the date of the extinguisher's timbrate (and for three times) the grid will be redrawn from it according to Annex III of the Equipment to Pressure Regulation

Equipped Fire Bocas (BIE).

Perform the annual inspection and maintenance operations as established by the UNE-EN 671-3.

The life of the fire hoses shall be the life of the manufacturer of the fire hoses, which shall be shall be replaced. In the event that the manufacturer does not establish a useful life, it will be considered as 20 years.

Perform five-year inspection and maintenance operations on the hose as established UNE-EN 671-3.

Hiding.

Verifying the tightness of the plugs.

Changing the fittings gaskets

column systems.

Testing the installation in the conditions of its receipt

Extinction Systems:

Automatic water Rocers.

Sprayed water.

Nebulized water.

Physical foam.

Dust.

gaseous extinguishing agents.

Condensed Aerosols.

Checking the system response to manual and automatic activation signals.

On fixed water or foam extinguishing systems, check that the water supply is guaranteed, under the pressure and flow conditions provided.

In fixed systems of extinction by dust, check that the quantity of extinguishing agent is within the margins allowed.

In fixed systems of extinction by foam, check that the foams has not been degraded.

For fixed systems of total flood of gaseous extinguishing agents, review the watertight of the protected room under unloading conditions.

Fixed systems Automatic sprinklers must be inspected, as indicated in the UNE-EN 12845 "Annual Program".

Fixed extinguishing systems by automatic sprinklers must be inspected. every 3 years, as indicated in "Program every 3 years" of the UNE-EN 12845.

Testing the installation in the conditions of its receipt.

On fixed systems for foam extinction, expansion coefficient determination, drainage time, and concentration, according to the part of the corresponding UNE-EN 1568 standard, of a representative sample of the installation. The values obtained must be within the values allowed by the manufacturer.

Fixed extinguishing systems by automatic sprinklers must be inspected every 10 years, as indicated in "10-year program" of the UNE-EN 12845.

Fixed extinguishing systems by automatic sprinklers must be inspected every 25 years, as indicated in Annex K, UNE-EN 12845

Systems for the control of smoke and heat.

Checking system operation in your activation and rest positions, including your response to manual and automatic activation signals and checking that response time is within design parameters.

If the system has smoke control barriers, check that the header, edge, and board spacing (according to UNE-EN 12101-1) do not exceed the values indicated by the manufacturer.

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Understand the components and elements of the system.

Verification of alarm and fault signals and interaction with the detection system fires.

Section 2. Luminescent Signal

Table III. Maintenance program for luminescent signalling systems

Operations to be performed by specialized personnel of the manufacturer, a holding company, or by the staff of the user or owner of the installation:

or System

Each

Year

luminescent signaling systems.

Visual check of existence, correct location and good condition in terms of cleanliness, legibility and illumination (in the dark) of signals, balizings and blueprints evacuation.

Verifying the status of the fastening elements (anchors, rods, angles, torneries, adhesives,

The useful life of the photoluminescent signals shall be the life of the manufacturer. In case the manufacturer does not establish a useful life, it shall be considered to be 10 years. Once the useful life has passed, it shall be replaced by specialised staff of the manufacturer or a holding company, unless it is justified that the measurement on a representative sample, taking into account the date of manufacture and its location, made in accordance with the UNE 23035-2 standard, provides values not less than 80% of those dictated by the UNE 23035-4 standard, at any time. The useful life of the photoluminescent signal shall be counted from the date of manufacture thereof. Measurements that allow this useful life to be extended will be repeated every 5 years.

ANNEX III

Minimum human resources in plant and plant maintenance and maintenance companies and fire protection systems

1. The installation and/or maintenance companies of fire protection facilitiep class="cuerpo_tabla_izq">detection and alarm systems.

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Test the operation of all push buttons.

Fire Water Supply Systems.

Checking the water reserve.

Cleaning filters and dirt-holding elements in the water supply. Check the battery and electrolyte load status.

Test, in reception conditions, s shall have at least one staff employed with a technical officer of the undertaking, in possession of a degree of university technical schools, or another equivalent qualification, with technical competence in the field.

2. The installation and/or maintenance companies of fire protection facilities must have at least one of the staff employed with a qualified operator for each of the systems for which they are entitled, and same operator is qualified for one or more systems.

3. As provided for in Articles 11 and 16 of this Regulation, the qualified staff referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be able to prove to the competent authority:

(a) Compliance with the requirements of Royal Decree 842/2002 of 2 August 2002 in the case of qualified operators for the installation/maintenance of emergency lighting.

(b) Compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 and Royal Decree 115/2017 of 17 February 2014 on the marketing and marketing of products Fluorinated gases and equipment based on them, as well as the certification of the professionals who use them and establishing the technical requirements for installations that develop activities that emit gases Fluorinated, in the case of qualified operators for the installation/maintenance of systems of extinction based on in fluorinated gaseous agents.

(c) One of the following situations, for qualified operators for the installation and/or maintenance of other fire protection facilities:

1. Dispose of a university degree, vocational training or certificate of professionalism included in the National Catalogue of Professional Qualifications, whose competence is covered by the subjects covered by the This Regulation shall apply to those who credit their qualification.

2. Having recognized professional competence acquired by work experience, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 1224/2009 of July 17, recognition of professional skills acquired by working experience, in the subjects covered by this Regulation, for which he/she credits his/her qualification.

3. º A certification granted by accredited entity for the certification of persons, as established in Royal Decree 2200/1995, of December 28, which includes at least the contents that cover the subjects the purpose of this Regulation for which it credits its qualification.

4. 'Haber', with the use of a specific training course on the subjects for which it credits its qualification, by entities authorised by the competent authority in the field of Community industry Corresponding stand-alone.

5. º Workers who provide or have provided services as qualified personnel in the installation and/or maintenance for each of the systems for which they are applying for enablement for at least 12 months prior to the Entry into force of this Regulation may apply for certification of the qualification to the competent authority of the Autonomous Community where they reside. The justification for this experience will be done with the following documents:

i. Worker's working life, issued by the General Treasury of Social Security.

ii. Contract of employment or certification of undertakings where the work experience has been acquired, including the duration of the periods of delivery of the contract, the activity carried out and the time interval in which the contract has been completed performed this activity.