EN 50518:2019/A1:2023

Monitoring and Alarm Receiving Centre

This document 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 document, 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 firefighting systems, intrusion and hold-up alarm systems, access control systems, video surveillance systems, social alarms systems and combinations of such systems. This document 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; - lifts 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 document includes functional and specific requirements supporting the services of an ARC. The document does NOT apply to: - alarm systems used for non-civil purposes; - alarm systems for medical or health applications.

Alarmempfangsstelle

Centre de contrôle et de réception d'alarme

Nadzorni in sprejemni centri za alarme - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Apr-2023
• ICS: 13.320 - Alarm and warning systems
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 79 - Alarm systems
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 79/WG 14 - Monitoring and alarm receiving centre requirements
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 28-Apr-2023
• Due Date: 15-Jul-2023
• Completion Date: 28-Apr-2023
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50518:2019/A1:2023 - Monitoring and Alarm Receiving Centre

Relations

• Amends: EN 50518:2019 - Monitoring and Alarm Receiving Centre
• Effective Date: 23-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2023
Nadzorni in sprejemni centri za alarme - Dopolnilo A1
Monitoring and Alarm Receiving Centre
Alarmempfangsstelle
Centre de contrôle et de réception d'alarme
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50518:2019/A1:2023
ICS:
13.320 Alarmni in opozorilni sistemi Alarm and warning systems
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50518:2019/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM April 2023
ICS 13.320
English Version
Monitoring and Alarm Receiving Centre
Centre de contrôle et de réception d'alarme Alarmempfangsstelle
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 50518:2019; it was approved by CENELEC on 2023-03-27. CENELEC members
are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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Ref. No. EN 50518:2019/A1:2023 E

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Modification to 3.1, “Terms and definitions” . 4
2 Modification to Clause 5, “Construction – ARC structure” . 4
3 Modification to Clause 6, “Alarm systems of the ARC” .
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