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Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Detectors and Manual Call Points of Fire
Detection and Fire Alarm Systems(Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 17 of June 20, 1981)
Latest update: Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications No. 25 of March
27, 2013
In accordance with the provision of Article 21-2(2) of the Fire Service Act (Act No. 186 of 1948),
the Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Detectors and Manual Call Points of Fire
Detection and Fire Alarm Systems shall consist of the following parts.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4General Provisions (Articles 1 to 7)
Detectors (Articles 8 to 31)
Manual Call Points (Articles 32 to 42)
Miscellaneous Provisions (Articles 43 and 44)

Supplementary Provisions
Chapter 1 General Provisions
PurportArticle 1 This Ordinance covers the technical specifications applicable to detectors and manual
call points of fire detection and fire alarm systems.
Definitions
Article 2 In this Ordinance, the meanings of the terms listed in the following items shall be asprescribed in the respective items.
(i) Detector: A device that automatically identifies occurrence of fire by detecting the heatgenerated from the fire, the combustion product generated from the fire (hereinafter referred
to as “smoke”), or the flame generated from the fire, and transmits a fire detection signal or afire reference signal to control and indicating equipment, transmitter, or fire-extinguishingsystems, etc.
(ii) Spot-type rate of rise heat detector: A device that works where there is a thermal effect in a
local area and transmits a fire detection signal when the rate of rise of the ambient
temperature becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold.
(iii) Line-type rate of rise heat detector: A device that works where there is a cumulative
thermal effect in a wide area and transmits a fire detection signal when the rate of rise of theambient temperature becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold.
(iv) Line-type fixed temperature heat detector: A device that visually resembles an electrical cableand transmits a fire detection signal when the ambient temperature in a local area becomesequal to or higher than the predetermined threshold.

(v) Spot-type fixed temperature heat detector: A device that does not visually resemble anelectrical cable and transmits a fire detection signal when the ambient temperature in a local
area becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold.
(v-ii) Spot-type combination detector sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise:
A device that supports features of the spot-type rate of rise heat detector and the spot-type
fixed temperature heat detector and transmits one fire detection signal.
(vi) Spot-type multistate detector sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise: A
device that supports features of the spot-type rate of rise heat detector and the spot-type fixed
temperature heat detector and transmits two or more fire detection signals.
(vii) Spot-type analog heat detector: A device that does not visually resemble an electrical cable
and, when the ambient temperature in a local area reaches any value in the specified range,transmits a fire reference signal that corresponds to the subject temperature.
(viii) Spot-type smoke detector using ionization: A device that works by sensing a change inionization current due to the existence of smoke in a local area and transmits a fire detection
signal when the smoke density in the surrounding atmosphere becomes equal to or higher thanthe predetermined threshold.
(ix) Spot-type smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted light: A device that works bysensing a change in luminous energy received by a photoelectric element due to the existenceof smoke in a local area and transmits a fire detection signal when the smoke density in thesurrounding atmosphere becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold.
(x) Line-type smoke detector using a transmitted optical beam: A device that works by sensing achange in luminous energy received by a photoelectric element due to accumulation of smoke
in a wide area and transmits a fire detection signal when the smoke density in the surrounding
atmosphere becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold.
(xi) Spot-type smoke detector using photoelectric effect and ionization: A device that supports
features of the spot-type smoke detector using ionization and the spot-type smoke detector
using scattered light or transmitted light.
(xii) Spot-type analog smoke detector using ionization: A device that utilizes a change inionization current due to existence of smoke in a local area and, when the smoke density inthe surrounding atmosphere reaches any value in the specified range, transmits a firereference signal that corresponds to the subject density.
(xiii) Spot-type analog smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted light: A device thatutilizes a change in luminous energy received by a photoelectric element due to existence ofsmoke in a local area and, when the smoke density in the surrounding atmosphere reaches any
value in the specified range, transmits a fire reference signal that corresponds to the subject
density.
(xiv) Line-type analog smoke detector using a transmitted optical beam: A device that utilizes achange in luminous energy received by a photoelectric element due to accumulation of smoke
in a wide area and, when the smoke density in the surrounding atmosphere reaches any value
in the specified range, transmits a fire reference signal that corresponds to the subject density.
(xv) Spot-type combination detector sensitive to heat and smoke: A device that supports featuresof the spot-type rate of rise heat detector or the spot-type fixed temperature heat detector, andthe spot-type smoke detector using ionization or the spot-type smoke detector using scattered
light or transmitted light.

(xvi) Spot-type ultra-violet (UV) detector: A device that works by sensing a change in ultra-violet
rays received by a photo sensing element in a local area and transmits a fire detection signal
when the change in the ultra-violet rays emitted from the flame becomes equal to or higher
than the predetermined threshold.
(xvii) Spot-type infrared (IR) detector: A device that works by sensing a change in infrared rays
received by a photo sensing element in a local area and sends a fire detection signal when thechange in the infrared rays emitted from the flame becomes equal to or higher than thepredetermined threshold.
(xviii) Spot-type multiband flame detector: A device that works by sensing a change in ultraviolet
and infrared rays received by a photo sensing element in a local area and transmits a fire
detection signal when the change in these rays emitted from the flame becomes equal to or
higher than the predetermined threshold.
(xix) Spot-type combination detector sensitive to ultra-violet (UV) and infrared (IR): A device that
supports features of the spot-type ultra-violet (UV) detector or spot-type and the spot-type
infrared (IR) detector.
(xix-ii) Multi-signal detector: A device that transmits two or more different fire detection signals.
(xix-iii) Detector with automatic test functions: A device that supports the automatic test functionsprescribed in Article 2(xii) of the Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining toTransmitters (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 18 of 1981; hereinafter referred
to as “Transmitter Specifications Ordinance”) and the remote test functions prescribed in
Article 2(xiii) of the Ordinance.
(xix-iv) Wireless detector: A device that transmits a fire detection signal or a fire reference signal
wirelessly.
(xix-v) Detector with fire alarm function: A device that transmits a fire detection signal when it
detects an occurrence of fire, and generates an alarm to notify personnel that a fire has
occurred (hereinafter referred to as “fire alarm”).
(xix-vi) Detector with interlocked alarm function: A device that transmits a fire detection signal toanother detector when it detects an occurrence of fire, and generates a fire alarm when it
receives a fire detection signal from the other detector.
(xx) Manual call point: A device that manually transmits a fire detection signal to control andindicating equipment.
(xxi) P-type manual call point: A device that manually transmits a fire detection signal, which iscommon or specific to each manual call point, to control and indicating equipment, and may
not execute signal transmission and communications simultaneously.
(xxii) T-type manual call point: A device that manually sends a fire detection signal, which iscommon or specific to each manual call point, to control and indicating equipment, and may
execute signal transmission and communications simultaneously.
(xxiii) M-type manual call point: A device that manually sends a fire detection signals specific toeach manual call point to control and indicating equipment.
(xxiii-ii) Wireless manual call point: A manual call point that wirelessly transmits a fire detection
signal.
(xxiv) Transmitter: A device prescribed in Article 2(vi) of the Transmitter Specifications Ordinance.

(xxv) Control and indicating equipment: A device prescribed in Article 2(vii) of the Ordinance forTechnical Specifications Pertaining to Control and Indicating Equipment (Ordinance of the
Ministry of Home Affairs No. 19 of 1981).
(xxvi) Fire-extinguishing systems, etc.: Fire-extinguishing systems, smoke extraction systems, alarmsystems, or other systems similar to these and used for disaster prevention.
(xxvii) Fire detection signal: A signal indicating an occurrence of fire.
(xxviii) Fire reference systems, etc.: A signal containing information on the extent of heat or smoke
generated in a fire and other information on the extent of the subject fire.
General structures
Article 3 General structures of detectors and manual call points shall meet the following
requirements:(i) These devices shall certainly transmit fire detection or fire reference signals and feature easy
handling, maintenance and inspection, and replacement of accessories.
(ii) These devices shall be sufficiently durable.
(iii) These devices shall not generate functional degradation due to dust or moisture.
(iv) For the portions that may be functionally degraded by corrosion, corrosion preventive
measures shall be provided.
(v) Each of these devices shall be contained in an incombustible or flame-resistant housing.
(vi) The electrical wires shall have sufficient capacity and shall allow proper connection.
(vii) Necessary measures shall be provided to prevent erroneous connection, except in the case of
non-polar types.
(viii) The components shall be installed in a proper and secure manner to avoid occurrence offunctional degradation.
(ix) For the portion in which currents other than those flowing in electrical wires exist, necessary
measures shall be provided to prevent imperfect contact if the subject portion suffers poor
sliding contact or movable axis contact.
(x) The charging part shall be sufficiently protected against easy external access by personnel.
(xi) For detectors and manual call points whose rated voltage is more than 60 V, a grounding
terminal shall be installed on their metallic housings.
Structures and functions of components
Article 4 When the components listed in the following items are used for detectors and manual
call points, they shall have the structures and functions prescribed in the respective items:(i) Electric lamp: When AC voltage whose level is 130% of the rated voltage of the circuit used
is continuously applied to an electric lamp for 20 hours, the components shall be free of wire
breakage, extreme luminous flux change, blackening, or extreme current decrease.
(ii) Switch(a) The switch shall work in a positive and easy manner and shall have a clear cutoff point.
(b) The contact shall be free from risk of corrosion and shall withstand maximum service
current.
(c) For the tilt-down cutoff switch, necessary measures shall be provided so that the operator
can securely return the switch to its home position.

(iii) Handset: The device shall work properly and shall be sufficiently durable.
(iv) Power transformer: Power transformer shall have the equivalent of or above the performancerequirement for the bell transformer as stipulated in the Ministerial Order to Provide
Technical Standards for Electrical Appliances and Materials, Order of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry No. 34 of July 1, 2013, and the power transformer capacity
shall withstand the continuous incoming of the maximum working current.
Accessories
Article 5 Detectors and manual call points shall be free of any accessories that might have harmful
impacts on the functions of these devices.
Power supply voltage fluctuation test
Article 6 Detectors and manual call points shall not generate functional degradation if the power
supply voltage varies within a range from 85 to 110% of the rated voltage (or the specified range fordetectors and manual call points connected to the control and indicating equipment or transmitter inwhich the voltage fluctuation range pertaining to power supplied is specified, or those to whichpower is not supplied from the control and indicating equipment or transmitter).
Test conditions
Article 7 The tests prescribed in Articles 10 to 17-8, 30, 31, 41, and 42 shall be implemented
under the conditions listed below:(i) Temperature: 5 to 35°C(ii) Relative humidity: 45 to 85%
Chapter 2 Detectors
Structures and functions of detectors
Article 8 The structure and functions of each detector shall meet the following requirements:(i) Even when the direction of the air stream to the detector is changed, extreme functional
fluctuation shall not be observable.
(ii) The contact interval and other adjustable parts shall be fixed so that they will not be changed
after adjustment.
(iii) Metallic thin plates used in the components, such as heat sensors and diaphragms, shall notgenerate any flaw, deformation, corrosion, etc. that might have a harmful impact on thefunctions of these plates.
(iv) The air tube model of line-type rate of rise heat detector or similar devices shall meet thefollowing requirements:(a) Leak resistance and contact water height shall be able to be tested without difficulty.
(b) Necessary measures shall be provided to enable easy testing for leakage and for clogging of
the air tube, and to enable the operator to securely return the test apparatus to the home
position after the test.
(c) The length of one air tube (seamless tube) shall be 20 m or more. The tube shall have
uniform bore and wall thickness and shall not generate flaw, crack, deformation, corrosion,

etc. that might have any harmful impact on its functions.
(d) The wall thickness of the air tube shall be not less than 0.3 mm.
(e) The outside diameter of the air tube shall be not less than 1.94 mm.
(v) Thermocouple and thermo semiconductor models of line-type rate of rise heat detectors shallmeet the following requirements:(a) The operating voltage of the sensor shall be able to be easily tested.
(b) Necessary measures shall be provided to enable easy testing for the existence/nonexistenceof wire breakage in thermocouples and the resistance of the conductor and allow theoperator to securely return the test apparatus to the home position after the test.
(vi) When the base surface is tilted from its specified mount position by 45° for the spot-type
detectors (except for those detectors listed in Articles 2(xvi) to 2(xix) (hereinafter referred to
as “flame detectors”), 5° for the line-type rate of rise heat detector (only sensor part), and 90°
for the line-type smoke detector using a transmitted optical beam, line-type analog smoke
detector using a transmitted optical beam, and flame detectors, the detectors shall not generatefunctional degradation.
(vii) Operation indicators shall be installed on detectors that perform as spot-type smoke detectors
using ionization and spot-type analog smoke detectors using ionization. However, this shallnot apply to a detector that may be connected to control and indicating equipment that is
capable of indicating the fact that the subject detector has transmitted a signal.
(viii) A detector performing as a smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted light, or a
detector performing as an analog smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted lightshall meet the following requirements:(a) The semiconductor element shall be used as a light source.
(b) An operation indicator shall be installed. However, this shall not apply to a detector that
may be connected to control and indicating equipment capable of indicating the fact thatthe subject detector has transmitted a signal.
(ix) Necessary measures to prevent entry of insects, such as a screen with a mesh size of 1 mm orless or plate with circular perforation, shall be provided for a detector performing as a spottype smoke detector using ionization, a detector performing as a spot-type smoke detector
using scattered light or transmitted light, a spot-type analog smoke detector using ionization,
or a spot-type analog smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted light.
(x) A multi-signal detector shall transmit two or more fire detection signals per performance level,
type, nominal operating temperature, or nominal alarm verification time.
(xi) For a detector that utilizes radioactive material, the subject radioactive material shall bedefined as a sealed radioactive source and this radioactive source shall not be directly
accessed from outside and shall not be easily destroyed during a fire.
(xii) A flame detector shall meet the following requirements:(a) The photo-sensing element shall be free from sensitivity degradation and fatigue and shallsufficiently withstand long operation.
(b) The sensor shall be easy to clean.
(c) An operation indicator shall be installed. However, this shall not apply to a detector that
may be connected to control and indicating equipment capable of indicating the fact thatthe subject detector has transmitted a fire detection signal.
(d) A detector capable of monitoring staining, if its sensor is stained to an extent that couldpossibly impair the detector’s function, shall automatically transmit information indicatingthat fact to the control and indicating equipment.
(xiii) A detector with automatic test functions shall meet the following requirements:(a) Functions pertaining to automatic testing shall not have the potential to affect the detector’sfunction and shall verify the state of the signal transmission function of the detector.
(b) The time necessary for the verification described in (a) above shall not exceed 30 seconds(30 seconds plus nominal alarm verification time for an alarm-verification type detector).
(xiv) In the event that the power supply is cut, a detector to which power is supplied from acomponent other than a terminal that transmits a fire detection signal or a fire reference signal(except for a detector powered by batteries; and a detector with interlocked alarm function,
which is used in the automatic fire detection and fire alarm system designed for particularsmall-scale facilities that is prescribed in Article 2(ii) of the Ordinance for Fire-extinguishing
Facilities Equipped with Fire Prevention Capability Necessary for Particular Small-scale
Facilities (Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications No. 156 of2008) (hereinafter referred to as “automatic fire detection and fire alarm system designed forparticular small-scale facilities” and is equipped with a power indicator), cut, shall transmit asignal notifying that fact.
(xv) The fire detection signal or fire reference signal transmitted from the detector shall beproperly input to the transmitter, control and indicating equipment, or fire-extinguishingsystems, etc.
(xvi) A wireless detector shall meet the following requirements:(a) The wireless system shall be the wireless system for the small-power security system radio
station prescribed in Article 49-17 of the Rule for Radio Equipment (Rule of the Radio
Regulatory Commission No. 18 of 1950).
(b) The field intensity of the signal transmitted from the detector shall not be less than thedesign value at a location 3 m apart from the subject detector.
(c) The reception and transmission of a fire detection signal by a wireless system shall comply
with the following.
1. The time required for a wireless system of a detector detecting the occurrence of a fire totransmit a fire detection signal shall be within five seconds of the time of receiving thesignal.
2. A wireless system shall transmit a fire detection signal intermittently while receiving thesaid signal; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to wireless systems
with the function of verifying the receipt of a fire detection signal from control andindicating equipment or another detector with an interlocked alarm function or similarfunction.
(d) A device that can easily verify transmission of a fire detection signal shall be installed.
However, this shall not apply to a detector that allows the control and indicating equipment
to conduct this verification.
(e) A device that can transmit a signal indicating the transmission status of the wireless system
to the transmitter or control and indicating equipment at an interval of not more than 168
hours shall be installed. However, this shall not apply to a detector that allows the control
and indicating equipment to verify the transmission status of the wireless system or a
detector with an interlocked alarm function.

(f) The wireless system shall transmit a signal that enables the system to be differentiated fromother equipment.
(g) For a wireless detector capable of receiving electric waves, the reception sensitivity (thisparameter refers to the minimum field intensity enabling the wireless detector to receive thesignal transmitted from a location 3 m distant from it) shall not be greater than the design
value.
(h) A wireless detector powered by batteries (except for a detector with an interlocked alarmfunction) shall meet the following requirements:
1. Batteries shall be easily replaced with fresh ones.
2. If the battery voltage reaches the lower limit for assurance of effective operation of thedetector, the detector shall automatically transmit that fact to the control and indicating
equipment.
(xvii) A detector with an alarm function shall meet the following requirements:(a) The detector shall continue to generate an alarm for no less than 10 minutes.
(b) The alarm sound pressure, when measured at a front location 1 m from the center of thealarm part in an anechoic chamber, shall be 70 dB or more at 85% of the rated voltage (orthe lower limit of the specified range for a detector connected to the control and indicating
equipment or transmitter in which the voltage fluctuation range pertaining to the power
supplied is specified or a detector to which power is not supplied from the control andindicating equipment or transmitter).
(c) A detector that can stop the fire alarm via operation of a switch shall automatically recoverto the appropriate monitoring state within 15 minutes after the fire alarm is switched off.
(xviii) A detector with an interlocked alarm function shall meet the following requirements inaddition to those prescribed in preceding Items (a) and (b):(a) When a fire is detected, the fire detection signal transmitted from the detector with aninterlocked alarm function shall be securely input to another detector with an interlocked
alarm function.
(b) The detector shall verifiably receive the fire detection signal from another detector with aninterlocked alarm function.
(c) The detector, upon receiving the fire detection signal according to the stipulation in (b)above, shall generate a fire alarm, without fail.
(d) A detector powered by batteries shall meet the following requirements:
1. Batteries shall be easily replaced with fresh ones.
2. The detector, by means of blinking or any other appropriate function, shall automaticallyindicate for no less than 72 hours if the battery voltage has reached the lower limit forassurance of effective operation of the detector. Otherwise, the detector shall notify thatfact by means of acoustic sound for no less than 72 hours.
(e) A detector that can stop a fire alarm via operation of a switch shall meet the following
requirements:
1. When the fire alarm is switched off, the detector with an interlocked alarm function thathas detected occurrence of a fire shall automatically recover to the appropriate monitoringstate within 15 minutes, while any other detector with an interlocked alarm function shall
automatically recover to the appropriate monitoring state within the shortest period.
2. A detector with an interlocked alarm function that has detected occurrence of a fire shallnot be able to be stopped by operation of the switch of any other detector with aninterlocked alarm function.
Contacts of detectors
Article 9 The contact of a detector shall be made of gold-silver-platinum alloy or other material
with performance equivalent to or higher than that of such alloy, and its contact surface shall bepolished.
(2) The contact of a detector (except for a contact enclosed in an inert gas environment) shall be
designed so that the contact pressure is 0.05 N or more when a force twice as large as thecontacting force is applied to the component.
(3) The detector shall have a structural design such that its contact and adjustable parts are notexposed.
Air stream testing, stray light testing, etc.
Article 10 A detector performing as a spot-type smoke detector using ionization, when energizedand exposed to an air stream of 5 m/s for 5 minutes, shall not transmit a fire detection signal. A spottype analog smoke detector using ionization, when energized and exposed to an air stream of 5 m/s
for 5 minutes, shall not transmit a fire reference signal that represents a density equal to or higher
than the lower limit of the nominal detectable density.
(2) A detector performing as a smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted light, whenenergized and subjected an irradiation test such that a 10-cycle irradiation sequence (onecycle consists of 10-second irradiation of 5,000 lx stray light and 10-second silent mode) is
implemented by means of an incandescent lamp, and then 5-minute continuous irradiation is
executed, shall not transmit a fire detection signal. A detector performing as an analog
smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted light, when energized and subjected to thesame irradiation test, shall not transmit a fire reference signal that represents a density equal
to or higher than the lower limit of the nominal detectable density.
(3) An indoor type flame detector, when energized and subjected to an irradiation test such that
5,000 lx stray light is irradiated for 5 minutes by means of incandescent and fluorescent lamps,
respectively, shall not transmit a fire detection signal.
(4) Outdoor type and road type flame detectors, when energized and irradiated by stray light ormagnetic wave under the following conditions, shall not transmit a fire detection signal.
(i) A halogen lamp is used to irradiate 20,000 lx stray light onto these detectors for 5 minutes.
(ii) A rotating lamp equipped with red, yellow, blue, green, and purple filters is used to irradiate
1,000 lx stray light onto these detectors for 5 minutes per color.
(iii) A magnetic wave is irradiated onto these detectors. This magnetic wave has a field strength of
10 V/m, is amplitude-modulated at 80% by means of a 1 kHz sine wave, and is changed at a
rate of not more than 0.0015 decade/s in a frequency range from 80 MHz to 1 GHz and arange from 1.4 GHz to 2 GHz, respectively.
(5) When an outdoor type flame detector is unenergized and impulse voltage characterized by apeak value of 6 kV, wave front length of 0.5 to 1.5 µs, and wave tail length of 32 to 48 µs is
applied between the charging part and the housing, the device shall not generate functional
degradation. In this impulse voltage test, one positive impulse voltage and one negativeimpulse voltage are applied, respectively.
(6) A wireless detector, when energized and exposed to the magnetic waves prescribed in Item(iii) of Paragraph (4), shall not transmit a fire detection signal nor generate functional
degradation.
Tension testing, etc. of detectors
Article 11 A detector (except for a wireless detector powered by batteries) shall conform to theprovisions stipulated in the following items:(i) One pole shall be equipped with two terminals.
(ii) For a detector in which wires are used instead of terminals (except for a line-type fixed
temperature heat detector), one pole shall be equipped with two wires. When a tensile load of
20 N is applied to each wire, the wire shall not break or generate functional degradation.
(2) The line heat sensor of a line-type rate of rise heat detector and a line-type fixed temperature
heat detector shall conform to the provisions stipulated provided in the following items:(i) When a tensile load of 100 N per 25 cm is applied, no wire shall break or generate functional
degradation.
(ii) The connecting piece for the line heat sensor shall not cause functional degradation of thesensor when it is used in the connection.
Sensitivity of spot-type rate of rise heat detectors
Article 12 The sensitivity of a spot-type rate of rise heat detector shall pass the following tests pertype when values of K, V, N, T, M, k, v, n, t, and m are defined as shown below:
Operation testType

Step increase
K

V

Type 12070Type 230

85

Non-operation test

Linear increase
N
30

T
10
15

M
4.5

Step increase
k

v

10

50

15

60

Linear increase
n
1

t
2
3

(i) Operation test(a) When a vertical air stream of V cm/s at room temperature plus K°C is sent to the detector,
the device shall transmit a fire detection signal within N seconds.
(b) When a horizontal air stream whose temperature is increased linearly from room
temperature at a rate of T°C per minute is sent to the detector, the device shall transmit afire detection signal within M minutes.
(ii) Non-operation test(a) When a vertical air stream of v cm/s at room temperature plus k°C is sent to the detector,
the device shall not work within n minutes.
(b) When a horizontal air stream whose temperature is increased linearly from room
temperature at a rate of t°C per minute is sent to the detector, the device shall not workwithin m minutes.

m
15

Sensitivity of line-type rate of rise heat detector
Article 13 The sensitivity of an air tube model of a line-type rate of rise heat detector shall pass thefollowing tests when the rates of temperature rise in the air tubes, t1 and t2, are defined as shown in
the table below per type:
Type

t1

t2

Type 17.5

1Type 215

2Type 3304(i) Operation test: When the temperature of a 20 m portion of an air tube located in the farthest
position from the sensor is increased linearly at a rate of t1°C per minute, the detector shalltransmit a fire detection signal within 1 minute.
(ii) Non-operation test: When the temperature of an entire air tube is increased linearly at a rate of
t2°C per minute, the detector shall not work.
(2) Provisions prescribed in preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the sensitivityof other line-type rate of rise heat detectors besides an air tube model.
Nominal operating temperature category and sensitivity of fixed temperature heat detector
Article 14 The nominal operating temperature of a fixed temperature heat detector shall be not lessthan 60°C and not more than 150°C. The nominal operating temperature shall be determined every
5°C in the range from 60°C to 80°C while it shall be determined every 10°C in the range of morethan 80°C.
(2) The sensitivity of a fixed temperature heat detector shall pass the tests prescribed below per
type and nominal operating temperature:(i) Operation test: When a vertical air stream of 1 m/s at 125% of the nominal operating
temperature is sent to the detector, the device shall transmit a fire detection signal within therespective times specified in the table below:
Type

Room temperature
0°C

Other than 0°C

Special type

40 seconds

Type 1120 seconds

The operating time t (in second) at a room temperature of θr (°C)
is calculated using the following equation:

Type 2300 seconds

Note: t0 stands for the operating time (in seconds) at a room temperature of 0°C,  stands forthe nominal operating temperature (°C), and  stands for the difference between thenominal operating temperature and the operation test temperature.

(ii) Non-operation test: When a vertical air stream of 1 m/s at the nominal operating temperatureminus 10°C is sent to the detector, the device shall not work within 10 minutes.
Nominal operating temperature category and sensitivity of spot-type multistate detector sensitive tofixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise
Article 15 The provision prescribed in Article 14(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to spot-type
multistate detectors sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise.
(2) The sensitivity of a spot-type multistate detector sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of
temperature rise shall pass the tests prescribed in Article 12 and Article 14(2) perperformance, type, and nominal operating temperature.
Nominal isothermal point category and sensitivity of spot-type combination detector sensitive tofixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise
Article 15-2 The provision prescribed in Article 14(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the nominal
operating temperature of the nominal isothermal point category of spot-type combination detectors
sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise.
(2) The sensitivity of the spot-type combination detector sensitive to fixed temperature and/or
rate of temperature rise shall pass the following tests per type and nominal isothermal point
when values of K, V, N, T, M, k, v, n, t, and m are defined as shown in the table below:
Type

Operation test
Step increase

Non-operation test

Linear increase

Step increase

Linear increase

K

V

N

T

M

k

v

n

t

m

Type 1

20

70

30

10

4.5

10

50

1

2

10

Type 2

30

85

15

60

15

3

(i) Operation test(a) When a vertical air stream of V cm/s at room temperature plus K°C is sent to the detector,
the device shall transmit a fire detection signal within N seconds.
(b) When a horizontal air stream whose temperature is increased linearly from room
temperature at a rate of T°C per minute is sent to the detector, the device shall transmit afire detection signal within M minutes.
(c) When a horizontal air stream whose temperature is increased linearly from room
temperature at a rate of 1°C per minute is sent to the detector, the device shall transmit afire detection signal at or above the nominal isothermal point minus 10°C and at or below
the nominal isothermal point plus 10°C.
(ii) Non-operation test(a) When a vertical air stream of v cm/s at room temperature plus k°C is sent to the detector,
the device shall not work within n minutes.
(b) When a horizontal air stream whose temperature is increased linearly from room
temperature at a rate of t°C per minute is sent to the detector, the device shall not workwithin m minutes as long as the temperature does not reach the nominal isothermal pointminus 10°C.
Nominal detectable temperature range, continuous response, and sensitivity of spot-type analog heat
detector
Article 15-3 For the nominal detectable temperature range of a spot-type analog heat detector, theupper limit shall be not less than 60°C and not more than 165°C and the lower limit shall be not lessthan 10°C and not more than the upper limit minus 10°C. The nominal detectable temperature shallbe determined every 1°C.
(2) When a horizontal air stream whose temperature is increased linearly at a constant rate of 2°C
per minute or less from the lower limit to the upper limit of the nominal detectabletemperature range is sent to a spot-type analog heat detector, the device shall transmit a firereference signal that corresponds to the air stream temperature at that time.
(3) The sensitivity of the spot-type analog heat detector shall pass tests conforming to theoperation tests designed for the special type prescribed in Article 14(2)(i), at any temperaturein the nominal detectable temperature range.
Nominal alarm verification time category and sensitivity of spot-type smoke detector using
ionization
Article 16 The alarm verification time (refers to the time between when the detector finds that thesmoke density in the surrounding atmosphere has become equal to or higher than the predeterminedthreshold and when the detector continues the operation and resultantly transmits a fire detection
signal; the same shall apply hereinafter) of a spot-type smoke detector using ionization shall be morethan 5 seconds and not more than 60 seconds. The nominal alarm verification time of the device
shall be not less than 10 seconds and not more than 60 seconds and shall be determined every 10
seconds.
(2) The sensitivity of a spot-type smoke detector using ionization shall pass the following tests
per type and nominal alarm verification time when values of K, V, T, and t are defined asshown in the following table:
Type

K

V

T

t

Type 1

0.19

20 to 4030

5Type 20.24

Type 30.28

Note: K is the nominal operating ionization current change rate. This parameter shows therate of ionization current change induced by smoke when 20 VDC is applied
between parallel-placed plate electrodes (the distance between the electrodes is 2 cm
and Americium 241 of 8.2 µCi is attached to one electrode, which is a round metallic
plate with a diameter of 5 cm).
(i) Operation test: When a horizontal air stream containing smoke whose density brings about an
ionization current change rate of 1.35K is sent to the detector at v cm/s, the alarmnonverification type detector shall transmit a fire detection signal within T seconds while analarm-verification type detector shall sense the air stream within T seconds and then transmit
a fire detection signal within the period from the nominal alarm verification time minus 5seconds to the nominal alarm verification time plus 5 seconds.
(ii) Non-operation test: When a horizontal air stream containing smoke whose density brings
about an ionization current change rate of 0.65K is sent to the detector at V cm/s, the device
shall not work within t minutes.
Nominal alarm verification time category and sensitivity of spot-type smoke detector using scattered
light or transmitted light
Article 17 The provision prescribed in Article 16(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the alarm
verification times and nominal alarm verification times of spot-type smoke detectors using scattered
light or transmitted light.
(2) The sensitivity of a spot-type smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted light shallpass the following tests per type and nominal alarm verification time when values of K, V, T,
and t are defined as shown in the following table:
Type

K

V

T

t

Type 1

5

20 to 4030

5Type 210Type 315

Note: K is the nominal operating density and is expressed as absorbance index. In this case,the absorbance index is measured using an incandescent lamp with a color
temperature of 2,800 K as a light source, under the assumption that the luminosity
factor of the light sensor is similar to the actual value.
(i) Operation test: When a horizontal air stream containing smoke whose density generates anabsorbance index of 1.5 K per meter is sent to the detector at V cm/s, an alarmnonverification type detector shall transmit a fire detection signal within T seconds while an
alarm-verification type detector shall sense the air stream within T seconds and then transmit
a fire detection signal within the period from the nominal alarm verification time minus 5seconds to the nominal alarm verification time plus 5 seconds.
(ii) Non-operation test: When a horizontal air stream containing smoke whose density generates
an absorbance index of 0.5 K per meter is sent to the detector at V cm/s, the device shall notwork within t minutes.
Nominal alarm verification time category, nominal monitoring distance, and sensitivity of line-type
smoke detector using a transmitted optical beam
Article 17-2 The provision prescribed in Article 16(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the alarm
verification time and nominal alarm verification time of line-type smoke detectors using atransmitted optical beam.
(2) The nominal monitoring distance of a line-type smoke detector using a transmitted opticalbeam shall be not less than 5 m and not more than 100 m and shall be determined every 5 m.

(3) The sensitivity of a line-type smoke detector using a transmitted optical beam shall pass thefollowing tests per type, nominal alarm verification time, and nominal monitoring distancewhen values of K1, K2, T, and t are defined as shown in the following table:
Type

L1

K1

K2

T

t

Type 1Less than 45 m

0.8 × L1 + 29

0.3 × L230

245 m or more

65

Less than 45 m

L1 + 4045 m or more

85

Type 2

Note: (i)L1 is the minimum nominal monitoring distance while L2 is the maximum
nominal monitoring distance.
(ii) K1 and K2 respectively represent neutral density filter performance that
corresponds to smoke density and are expressed as absorbance index. The
absorbance index is measured using a light-emitting diode with a peak wavelengthof 940 nm as a light source, under the assumption that the light sensor has peaksensitivity in the near infrared zone.

(i) Operation test: When a neutral density filter having performance K1 that corresponds to L1 isinstalled between the light emitter and the light sensor, an alarm-nonverification type detector
shall transmit a fire detection signal within T seconds while an alarm-verification typedetector shall sense the light within T seconds and then transmit a fire detection signal within
the period from the nominal alarm verification time minus 5 seconds to the nominal alarm
verification time plus 5 seconds.
(ii) Non-operation test: When a neutral density filter having performance K2 that corresponds to
L2 is installed between the light emitter and the light sensor, the detector shall not work withint minutes.
Nominal alarm verification time category and sensitivity of spot-type smoke detectors using
photoelectric effect and ionization
Article 17-3 The provision prescribed in Article 16(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the alarm
verification time and the nominal alarm verification time of spot-type smoke detectors using
photoelectric effect and ionization.
(2) The sensitivity of a spot-type smoke detector using photoelectric effect and ionization shallpass the tests prescribed in Article 16(2) and Article 17(2), respectively, per performance,
type, and nominal alarm verification time.
Nominal detectable density range, continuous response, and sensitivity of spot-type analog smoke
detectors using ionization
Article 17-4 The nominal detectable density of a spot-type analog smoke detector using ionization,
when converted into absorbance index per meter (as prescribed in Table Note of Article 17(2); thesame shall apply to this and following articles), shall range from the upper limit to the lower limit;where the upper limit is not less than 15% and not more than 25% and the lower limit is not less than
1.2% and not more than the upper limit minus 7.5%. The nominal detectable density shall be
determined every 0.1%.
(2) When an air stream of not less than 20 cm/s and not more than 40 cm/s is generated andsmoke, whose density (expressed as ionization current change rate, which is the change rateof ionization current prescribed in Table Note of Article 16(2); the same shall apply in this
Article 17-4), increases linearly at a constant rate of not more than 0.12 per minute from therate at the lower limit of the nominal detectable density range to the rate at the upper limit of
the range, is added to this air stream and the resulting mixture is sent to a spot-type analog
smoke detector using ionization, the device shall transmit a fire reference signal that
corresponds to the subject smoke density at that time.
(3) The sensitivity of a spot-type analog smoke detector using ionization shall pass a test
conforming to the operation test designed for alarm-nonverification detectors, which isprescribed in Article 16(2)(i), at any density in the nominal detectable density range.
Nominal detectable density range, continuous response, and sensitivity of spot-type analog smoke
detectors using scattered light or transmitted light
Article 17-5 The nominal detectable density of a spot-type analog smoke detector using scattered
light or transmitted light, when converted into absorbance index per meter, shall range from theupper limit to the lower limit: where the upper limit is not less than 15% and not more than 25% andthe lower limit is not less than 1.2 % and not more than the upper limit minus 7.5 %. The nominal
detectable density shall be determined every 0.1 %.
(2) When an air stream of not less than 20 cm/s and not more than 40 cm/s is generated andsmoke, whose density (expressed as absorbance index) increases linearly at a constant rate of
not more than 2.5% per minute from the index at the lower limit of the nominal detectabledensity range to the index at the upper limit of the range, is added to this air stream and theresulting mixture is sent to a spot-type analog smoke detector using scattered light ortransmitted light, the device shall transmit a fire reference signal that corresponds to thesubject smoke density at that time.
(3) The sensitivity of a spot-type analog smoke detector using scattered light or transmitted lightshall pass a test conforming to the operation test designed for an alarm-nonverification
detector, which is prescribed in Article 17(2)(i), at any density in the nominal detectabledensity range.
Nominal monitoring distance category, nominal detectable density range, continuous response, andsensitivity of line-type analog smoke detectors using a transmitted optical beam
Article 17-6 The provision prescribed in Article 17-2(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to thenominal monitoring distance of line-type analog smoke detectors using a transmitted optical beam.
(2) The nominal detectable density of the line-type analog smoke detector using a transmitted
optical beam, when the absorbance index (as prescribed in Table Note of Article 17-2(3); thesame shall apply in this Article 17-6) is used as a measure, shall range from the upper limit to
the lower limit defined in the table below (the nominal detectable density shall be determined
every 0.1%):

CategoryNominal detectable density range
Upper limit

Lower limit

L1: Less than 45 m

(0.8 × L1 + 29)% to 1.1 × (L1 + 40)%(0.15 × L2)% to upper limit less (0.2 × L2 + 11)%

L1: 45 m or more

65 to 94%

(0.15 × L2)% to upper limit less 20 %Note: L1 is the minimum nominal monitoring distance while L2 is the maximum nominal
monitoring distance.
(3) When a neutral density filter is installed between the light emitter and the light sensor, and thefilter value is changed linearly at a constant per-minute rate of not more than 30% of
maximum nominal monitoring range from the absorbance index corresponding to the lower
limit of the nominal detectable density range to the index corresponding to the upper limit of
the range, a line-type analog smoke detector using a transmitted optical beam shall transmit afire reference signal that corresponds to the changed filter value at that time.
(4) The sensitivity of a line-type analog smoke detector using a transmitted optical beam shallpass a test conforming to the operation test designed for the alarm-nonverification detectors,
which is prescribed in Article 17-2(3)(i), at any density in the nominal detectable density
range.
Nominal operating temperature category, nominal alarm verification time category, and sensitivity of
spot-type combination detectors sensitive to heat and smoke
Article 17-7 Provisions in Article 14(1) and Article 16(1) shall respectively apply mutatis
mutandis to the nominal operating temperature, alarm verification time, and nominal alarm
verification time of spot-type combination detectors sensitive to heat and smoke,(2) The sensitivity of a spot-type combination detector sensitive to heat and smoke shall pass thetests prescribed in Article 12 or Article 14(2) and Article 16(2) or Article 17(2) perperformance, type, and nominal operating temperature and nominal alarm verification time.
Nominal monitoring distance category, sensitivity, and viewing angle of flame detectors
Article 17-8 The nominal monitoring distance of a flame detector shall be determined every 5° ofviewing angle. This parameter shall be determined every 1 m over a distance of less than 20 m andevery 5 m over a distance of 20 m or more.
(2) The flame detector shall pass the following tests:(i) Operation test: When L and d are defined as shown in the table below according to thecategory of flame detector and the viewing angle dependent nominal monitoring distance, andn-heptane is burned on a d×d cm square combustion plate at a location L meters distant fromthe detector in the horizontal direction, the device shall transmit a fire detection signal within
30 seconds.

CategoryLdIndoor type

1.2 × nominal monitoring distance33

Outdoor type or road type

1.4 × nominal monitoring distance70(ii) Non-operation test: When the luminous energies of the ultra-violet and infrared rays are aquarter of those used in the operation test described above, the flame detector shall not workwithin 1 minute.
(3) For road type flame detectors, the maximum viewing angle shall be not less than 180°.
Sensitivity test conditions
Article 18 The tests prescribed in Articles 12 to 17-8 shall be implemented after the detector issubjected to forced ventilation air of room temperature for 30 minutes.
Ambient temperature test
Article 19 The detector types as listed in the following items shall not generate functional
degradation in the respective ambient temperature ranges specified in those items:(i) Detectors performing as fixed temperature heat detectors: -10°C to nominal operating
temperature (the lowest value for a device having two or more nominal operating
temperatures; the same shall apply in the following Article) minus 20°C or nominal
isothermal point minus 20°C(ii) Spot-type analog heat detectors: -10°C to upper limit of nominal detectable temperature range
minus 20°C(iii) Outdoor type and road type flame detectors: -20°C to 50°C(iv) Detectors other than those listed in the preceding three items: -10°C to 50°C
Aging test
Article 20 When detectors listed in Article 19(i) are energized and placed in an atmosphere whose
temperature is lower than the nominal operating temperature or nominal isothermal point by 20°C
for 30 days, the devices shall not generate structural or functional degradation. When detectors listed
in Article 19(ii) are energized and placed in an atmosphere whose temperature is lower than theupper limit of the nominal detectable temperature range by 20°C for 30 days, the devices shall notgenerate structural or functional degradation. When detectors listed in Article 19(iii) and (iv) areenergized and placed in an atmosphere of 50°C for 30 days, the devices shall not generate structuralor functional degradation.
Waterproof test
Article 21 Waterproof detectors, when subjected to a 2-cycle immersion test (one test cycle
consists of two steps: detectors are immersed in fresh water of 65°C for 15 minutes and thenimmersed in saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution for 15 minutes), shall not generatefunctional degradation.

Drop test
Article 21-2 When detectors (except for waterproof detectors, battery-powered wireless detectors
without terminals or electrical wires (only when wires are used instead of terminals), and detectors
with interlocked alarm functions that are used for automatic fire detection, and fire alarm systems
designed for particular small-scale facilities and not classified as detectors with automatic test
functions) are energized and subjected to a drop test wherein fresh water is dropped onto the basesurface of each detector at a rate of 5 cm3 per minute, the devices shall not generate functional
degradation.
Water spray test
Article 21-3 When outdoor type and road type flame detectors (except for waterproof models) areinstalled under normal service conditions and subjected to a water spray test wherein fresh water isuniformly sprayed onto each detector at a rate of 3 mm per minute from the upper front side at anangle of 45° for 60 minutes, the devices shall not collect water internally or generate functional
degradation.
Corrosion test
Article 22 Detectors (except for those detectors with interlocked alarm functions that are used forautomatic fire detection, and fire alarm systems designed for particular small-scale facilities and notclassified as detectors with automatic test functions) shall not generate functional degradation whennormal models are tested according to Item (i), acid-resistant models are tested according to Items(ii) and (iii), and alkali-resistant models are tested according to Items (ii) and (iv). In all tests, the test
temperature shall be 45°C. For air tube models, the tube shall be closely wound 10 times around around bar with a diameter of 10 mm. For thermocouple models, thermocouples shall be closely
wound 10 times around a round bar with a diameter of 100 mm. For line sensor models, sensing
lines shall be closely wound 10 times around a round bar with a diameter of 100 mm.
(i) Test sequence: Pour 500 ml of aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution with a density of 40 g/l
into a 5-liter beaker. Dilute sulfuric acid with distilled water by controlling the ratio of
sulfuric acid to distilled water to 1:35 in volume percent, prepare 156 ml of this solution andadd it to 1,000 ml of water. Add 10 ml of the aqueous sulfuric acid solution to the aqueous
sodium thiosulfate solution twice a day to generate sulfur dioxide. Place the energized
detector in this sulfur dioxide atmosphere for 4 days.
(ii) Test sequence: Pour 500 ml of aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution with a density of 40 g/l
into a 5-liter beaker. Dilute sulfuric acid with distilled water by controlling the ratio of
sulfuric acid to distilled water to 1:35 in volume percent, prepare 156 ml of this solution andadd it to 1,000 ml of water. Add 10 ml of the aqueous sulfuric acid solution to the aqueous
sodium thiosulfate solution twice a day to generate sulfur dioxide. Place the energized
detector in this sulfur dioxide atmosphere for 8 days. Then, repeat this test over another 8days.
(iii) Test sequence: Place the energized detector in a hydrochloric acid atmosphere with a densityof 1 mg/l for 16 days.
(iv) Test sequence: Place the energized detector in gaseous ammonium with a density of 10 mg/l
for 16 days.

(2) Outdoor type and road type flame detectors, when 3% aqueous sodium chloride solution issprayed onto each detector once a day for 30 seconds in such manner that the amount ofsolution will range from 1 to 3 ml per horizontal area of 9 cm in diameter and this spray test is
continued for 3 days, and then the device is left in air of 40°C and 95% RH for 15 days, shallnot generate heavy rust or functional degradation.
Cyclic operation test
Article 23 When the operations prescribed in the following items are repeated over 1,000 cycles forthe following detector types (except for non-resettable detectors) to which rated voltage that permits
generation of rated current is applied, the detectors shall not generate structural or functional
degradation:(i) Detectors performing as rate of rise heat detectors or fixed temperature heat detectors: For
detectors performing as rate of rise heat detectors (except for spot-type combination detectors
sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise), the operation is characterized
as follows: The devices are exposed to an air stream at higher than room temperature until
generation of a fire detection signal and then are cooled in forced ventilation air of room
temperature to regain their original condition. For detectors performing as fixed temperature
heat detectors (except for spot-type combination detectors sensitive to fixed temperature
and/or rate of temperature rise; the same shall apply in Article 29), the operation ischaracterized as follows: The devices are exposed to an air stream having a higher
temperature than the nominal operating temperature (the highest value for devices having two
or more nominal operating temperatures) until generation of a fire detection signal and thenare cooled in forced ventilation air of room temperature to regain their original condition. For
spot-type combination detectors sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise,
the operation is characterized as follows: The devices are exposed to an air stream having ahigher temperature than the nominal isothermal point plus 30°C for special type and type 1,
the nominal isothermal point plus 40°C for type 2, and the nominal isothermal point plus
60°C for type 3 (the highest temperature for devices having two or more performance levels
or types) until generation of a fire detection signal and then are cooled in forced ventilation
air of room temperature to regain their original condition.
(ii) Spot-type analog heat detectors: The operation is characterized as follows: The devices are
exposed to an air stream having a higher temperature than the upper limit of the nominal
detectable temperature range by 30°C until generation of a fire reference signal pertaining to
the upper limit of this range and then are cooled in forced ventilation air at room temperature
to regain their original condition.
(iii) Detectors performing as spot-type smoke detectors using ionization: The operation ischaracterized as follows: Voltage or any other physical quantity is applied to the detectors togenerate a fire detection signal and then the devices are treated to restore them to their
original condition.
(iv) Detectors performing as smoke detectors using scattered light or transmitted light or flame
detectors: The operation is characterized as follows: Luminous energy or any other physicalquantity is applied to the detectors to generate a fire detection signal and then the devices aretreated to restore them to their original condition.

(v) Spot-type analog smoke detectors using ionization: The operation is characterized as follows:
Voltage or any other physical quantity is applied to the detectors to generate a fire reference
signal pertaining to the upper limit of the nominal detectable density range and then thedevices are treated to restore them to their original condition.
(vi) Detectors performing as analog smoke detectors using scattered light or transmitted light: The
operation is characterized as follows: Luminous energy or any other physical quantity isapplied to the detectors to generate a fire reference signal pertaining to the upper limit of thenominal detectable density range and then the devices are treated to restore them to their
original condition.
Vibration test
Article 24 When vibration characterized by double amplitude of 1 mm and 1,000 cycles per
minute is continuously applied to a detector in an arbitrary direction for 10 minutes, the device shallmaintain an appropriate monitoring state.
(2) When vibration characterized by double amplitude of 4 mm and 1,000 cycles per minute iscontinuously applied to an unenergized detector in any direction for 60 minutes, the device
shall not generate structural or functional degradation.
Impact test
Article 25 When maximum impact of 50 G is applied to a detector five times in an arbitrary
direction, the device shall not generate functional degradation.
Dust test
Article 26 When an energized detector is exposed to air containing Class 5 dust as prescribed in
Article 17(1) of the Industrial Standardization Act (Act No. 185 of 1949), conforms to JIS Z 8901,
and features a density of 20% per 30 cm (the value is expressed as absorbance index) for 15 minutes,
the device shall not generate functional degradation. This test shall be implemented under thefollowing conditions: 20°C and 40% RH.
Impulse voltage test
Article 27 When detectors (except for wireless detectors) are energized and subjected to thefollowing tests for 15 seconds, the devices shall not generate functional degradation:(i) Voltage of 500 V is applied to each detector from a power supply having an internal resistanceof 50 Ω under the following conditions: pulse width of 1 µs and inter-pulse period of 100 Hz.
(ii) Voltage of 500 V is applied to each detector from a power supply having an internal resistanceof 50 Ω under the following conditions: pulse width of 0.1 µs and inter-pulse period of 100 Hz.
Moisture test
Article 28 A detector, when energized and placed in air of 40°C and 95% RH for 4 days, shallmaintain the appropriate monitoring state.

Resettability test
Article 29 Resettable detectors performing as fixed temperature heat detectors or resettable spottype analog heat detectors, when exposed to an air stream of 1 m/s at 150°C for 2 minutes, shall notgenerate structural or functional degradation. Other resettable detectors, when exposed to the sameair stream for 30 seconds, shall not generate structural or functional degradation.
Insulation resistance test
Article 30 When the insulation resistance of each detector is measured with a 500-VDC insulation
tester at a point between insulated terminals and a point between the charging part and the metallic
housing, this physical quantity shall be not less than 50 MΩ (not less than 1,000 MΩ per meter
between lines for line-type fixed temperature heat detectors).
Dielectric strength test
Article 31 When 500-Vrms AC voltage whose characteristics are similar to a 50 Hz or 60 Hz sine
wave is applied between the charging part and the metallic housing of a detector (1,000 VAC for a
detector whose rated voltage is more than 60 VAC and not more than 150 V or 1,000 V plus rated
voltage multiplied by 2 for a detector whose rated voltage is more than 150 V), the device shallmaintain such dielectric strength as can withstand the input voltage for 1 minute.
Chapter 3 Manual Call Points
Structures and functions of P-type manual call points
Article 32 The structures and functions of P-type class 1 manual call points shall meet therequirements prescribed in Items (i) to (viii) below and those of P-type class 2 manual call points
shall meet the requirements prescribed in Items (i) to (v) and (viii):(i) A fire detection signal shall be transmitted when the push-button switch is pressed.
(ii) For manual call points whose structures do not allow the push-button switch to automatically
return to the home position, necessary measures shall be provided so that the operator may
securely return the switch to its home position.
(iii) The push-button switch shall be equipped with a frangible element at the front so that theoperator may easily access and press the switch by breaking the element or executing a pushand-away procedure for the element.
(iv) The frangible element shall be made of transparent organic glass.
(v) The non-resettable or resettable frangible element, when a static load of 20 N is applied toits center area of 20 mm in diameter, shall not be broken or removed or generate suchdeformation as to allow the element to contact the switch. In addition, the non-resettable orresettable frangible element shall be broken or removed when a static load of 80 N is applied
to it uniformly.
(vi) Each manual call point shall be equipped with a device that can confirm that the control andindicating equipment has received the fire detection signal transmitted from the manual callpoint.
(vii) Each manual call point shall be equipped with a device that can establish telephone
communication between the manual call point and the control and indicating equipment
without disturbing transmission of a fire detection signal.

(viii) The housing color shall be red.
Structures and functions of M-type manual call points
Article 33 The structures and functions of M-type manual call points shall meet the requirements
prescribed in Items (i) to (iii) below and Article 32(i) to (iii) and (vi) to (viii):(i) The frangible element shall be made of transparent inorganic glass (limited to glass with athickness of not less than 1 mm and not more than 2 mm) or organic glass. In this case, theprovision of Article 32(v) shall be applied to the organic-glass non-resettable or resettable
frangible element.
(ii) The punching record type manual call points may consecutively transmit the identical fire
detection signal twice or more. The signal shall consist of not more than 5 digits, with each
digit composed of not more than 6 punched holes.
(iii) Each outdoor type manual call point shall be equipped with 3-ampere capacity protector thatworks in the voltage range from 100 to 300 V.
(Structure and function of T-type manual call points)
Article 34 The structure and function of T-type manual call points shall meet the requirements
prescribed in Items (i) to (iii) below and Article 32(ii) and (viii).
(i) The fire detection signal shall be transmitted when the operator picks up the handset.
(ii) The handset shall feature easy handling.
(iii) Each manual call point shall be equipped with the device that may establish simultaneouscommunications between the manual call point and the control and indicating equipment.
(Structure and function of wireless manual call points)
Article 34-2 The structural design arrangement to be used shall be such that the antenna of themanual call point is not exposed to the external environment.
(2) Provisions prescribed in Article 8(xvi)(a) to (c) and (e) to (h) and Article 10(6) shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the structures and functions of wireless manual call points. In this case,the term “detector” in Article 8(xvi)(b) shall be deemed to have been replaced with “manual
call point”; the term “control and indicating equipment or other detector with interlocked
alarm function” in Article 8(xvi)(c) shall be deemed to have been replaced with “control andindicating equipment”; the term “that allows the control and indicating equipment to verify
the transmission status of the wireless system or the detector with interlocked alarm function”
in Article 8(xvi)(e) shall be deemed to have been replaced with “that allows the control andindicating equipment to verify the transmission status of the wireless system”; the term
“wireless detector” in Article 8(xvi)(g) shall be deemed to have been replaced with “wirelessmanual call point”; the term “powered by batteries (except for detectors with an interlocked
alarm function)” in Article 8(xvi)(h) shall be deemed to have been replaced with “powered bybatteries”; the term “detector” in Article 8(xvi)(h).2 shall be deemed to have been replacedwith “manual call point”; and the term “wireless detector” in Article 10(6) shall be deemed tohave been replaced with “wireless manual call point.”

Ambient temperature test
Article 35 Manual call points classified as shown in the following items shall not generatefunctional degradation in the respective ambient temperature ranges prescribed in those items:(i) Outdoor type manual call points: -20°C to 70°C(ii) Indoor type manual call points: -10°C to 50°C
Cyclic operation test
Article 36 When rated current is supplied to manual call points at a rated voltage and transmissionof a fire detection signal is repeated 1,000 times, the devices shall not generate structural orfunctional degradation.
Corrosion test
Article 37 Outdoor type manual call points, when 3% aqueous sodium chloride solution is sprayedonto each call point once a day for 30 seconds in such a manner that the amount of solution will
range from 1 ml to 3 ml per horizontal area of 9 cm in diameter and this spray test is continued for 3days, and then the device is left in air of 40°C and 95% RH for 15 days, shall not generate heavy rustor functional degradation.
Water spray test
Article 38 When outdoor type manual call points are installed under normal service conditions andsubjected to a water spray test wherein fresh water is uniformly sprayed onto each call point at a rateof 3 mm per minute from the upper front side at an angle of 45° for 60 minutes, the devices shall notcollect water internally or generate functional degradation.
Vibration test
Article 39 When vibration characterized by double amplitude of 4 mm and 1,000 cycles per
minute is continuously applied to the manual call points in an arbitrary direction for 60 minutes, thedevices shall maintain the appropriate monitoring state and shall not generate structural or functional
degradation.
(Impact test)
Article 40 When maximum impact of 100 G is applied to manual call points five times in anarbitrary direction, the devices shall not generate functional degradation.
(Insulation resistance test)
Article 41 When the insulation resistance of each manual call point is measured with a 500-VDC
insulation tester at a point between the insulated terminals, a point between the charging part and themetallic housing and a point between the charging part and the head of push-button switch, thisphysical quantity shall be not less than 20 MΩ.
Dielectric strength test
Article 42 When 500-Vrms AC voltage whose characteristics are similar to 50 Hz or 60 Hz sine

wave is applied between the charging part and the metallic housing of a manual call point (1,000
VAC for the manual call point whose rated voltage is more than 60 V and not more than 150 V or
1,000 VAC plus doubled rated voltage for the manual call point whose rated voltage is more than
150 V), the devices shall maintain such dielectric strength as can withstand the input voltage for 1
minute.

Chapter 4 Miscellaneous Provisions
Indications
Article 43 In accordance with the categories of detectors and manual call points listed below, theinformation specified in the following items shall be indicated on all of these devices in easily
observable locations in such a manner that the subject information may not be readily erased.
(i) Detector: The following information shall be indicated:(a) Type of device: Spot-type rate of rise heat detector, line-type rate of rise heat detector, linetype fixed temperature heat detector, spot-type fixed temperature heat detector, spot-type
combination detector sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise, spottype multistate detector sensitive to fixed temperature and/or rate of temperature rise, spottype analog heat detector, spot-type smoke detector using ionization, spot-type smoke
detector using scattered light or transmitted light, line-type smoke detector using atransmitted optical beam, spot-type smoke detector using photoelectric effect andionization, spot-type analog smoke detector using ionization, spot-type analog smoke
detector using scattered light or transmitted light, line-type analog smoke detector using atransmitted optical beam, spot-type combination detector sensitive to heat and smoke, spottype ultra-violet (UV) detector, spot-type infrared (IR) detector, spot-type multiband flame
detector, or spot-type combination detector sensitive to ultra-violet (UV) and infrared (IR),and Term “Detector”(b) Applicable design: Waterproof, acid-resistant, alkali-resistant, non-resettable, or alarmverification(c) For a detector that has type classification, the relevant type shall be indicated (bothperformance and type shall be indicated for spot-type multistate detectors sensitive to fixed
temperature and/or rate of temperature rise, spot-type smoke detectors using photoelectriceffect and ionization, and spot-type combination detectors sensitive to heat and smoke).
(d) For detectors performing as fixed temperature heat detectors, the nominal operating
temperature shall be indicated; for spot-type combination detectors sensitive to fixed
temperature and/or rate of temperature rise, the nominal isothermal point shall be indicated;for spot-type analog heat detectors, the nominal detectable temperature range shall be
indicated; for detectors performing as spot-type smoke detectors using ionization or alarmverification type detectors performing as smoke detectors using scattered light ortransmitted light, the nominal alarm verification time shall be indicated; for line-type
smoke detectors using a transmitted optical beam, the nominal monitoring distance shall be
indicated per applicable type; for spot-type analog smoke detectors using ionization or
spot-type analog smoke detectors using scattered light or transmitted light, the nominal
detectable density range shall be indicated; for line-type analog smoke detectors using atransmitted optical beam, the nominal monitoring distance and nominal detectable density
range shall be indicated; and for flame detectors, the nominal monitoring distance perviewing angle shall be indicated.
(e) For multi-signal detectors, the number of transmittable fire detection signals shall be
indicated.
(f) Model and model code(g) Year of manufacture(h) Name/designation of manufacturer(i) Outline of handling method(j) Line-type rate of rise heat detectors, detectors performing as spot-type smoke detectors
using ionization, detectors performing as smoke detectors using scattered light ortransmitted light, spot-type analog smoke detectors using ionization, detectors performing
as analog smoke detectors using scattered light or transmitted light, or flame detectors:
Manufacturing number(k) Air tube models of line-type rate of rise heat detectors: Maximum length of air tube Other
models of line-type rate of rise heat detectors: Maximum number of heat sensors, resistanceof conductor, and working voltage(l) Flame detectors: Applicable design (indoor type, outdoor type, or road type) Stain
monitoring type flame detectors: Function (i.e., stain monitoring)(m) Detectors with automatic test functions: Term “with automatic test function”, and type andmodel code of connectable control and indicating equipment or transmitter(n) Wireless detectors: According to indications listed below:
1. Term “Wireless”
2. Model code of communicatable transmitter or control and indicating equipment(o) Detector with fire alarm function (except for a detector with an interlocked alarm function):
Term of “with fire alarm function”(p) Detector with interlocked alarm function: Term “with interlocked alarm function”(q) Detector that may not be used in the automatic fire detection and fire alarm system, except
for the automatic fire detection and fire alarm system designed for particular small-scale
facilities, in accordance with the provision provided in Article 23(4)(vii-vi) of theOrdinance for Enforcement of Fire Service Act (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs
No. 6 of 1961): The fact showing that a detector may not be used in an automatic fire
detection and fire alarm system, except for the automatic fire detection and fire alarmsystem designed for particular small-scale facilities(r) Detector powered by batteries: Type and voltage of batteries(ii) Manual call point: The information described in the preceding items (f) to (i), as well as theinformation listed below:(a) Term “P-type class 1”, “P-type class 2”, “T-type”, or “M-type”, as well as term “Manual
call point”(b) Indication of “Fire detection and fire alarm system”(c) Wireless manual call point: According to indications listed below:
1. Term “Wireless”
2. Model code of communicatable transmitter or control and indicating equipment
3. Manual call point powered by batteries: Types and voltages of batteries(2) For terminal boards used in detectors (except for non-polar type) and manual call points, theterminal symbol shall be indicated in an easily observable location in such a manner that the
subject symbol may not be readily erased.
Exemption from standards
Article 44 When the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications recognizes that detectors
and manual call points newly created as a result of technology development activities have
performance equivalent to or higher than those conforming to the provisions prescribed in thisOrdinance, judging from their profiles, structures, materials, and performance, the technicalstandards specified by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications shall apply to these newdevelopments notwithstanding the provisions of this Ordinance.
Supplementary Provisions(1) This Ordinance shall come into effect as of July 1, 1981.
(2) The Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Fire Detection and Fire Alarm
Systems (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 4 of 1969; hereinafter referred to as“former Rule”) shall be abolished.
(3) For tests pertaining to detectors and manual call points for which application has been alreadymade to have the fire equipment tested by the Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute at
the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(4) For detectors and manual call points that have already received model approvals according to
the standards prescribed in the former Rule, and detectors and manual call points that havereceived model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by the prescription“provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as described in the preceding paragraph at
the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to havebeen provided in accordance with the standards of this Ordinance.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 18 of July 20, 1984)(1) This Ordinance shall come into effect as of October 1, 1984.
(2) For tests pertaining to detectors whose application for test has been already made to have thefire equipment tested by the Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute at the time ofenforcement of this Ordinance, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 7 of March 18, 1987)
This Ordinance shall come into effect as of the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 18 of May 7, 1991)
This Ordinance shall come into effect as of the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 3 of January 29, 1993)(1) This Ordinance shall come into effect as of February 1, 1993.
(2) For detectors and manual call points that are installed in fire detection and fire alarm systems

and have already got model approvals at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, theirmodel approvals shall be deemed to have been provided in accordance with the standards
prescribed in the amended Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Detectors andManual Call Points of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 27 of September 13,
1995)(1) This Ordinance shall come into effect as of October 1, 1995.
(2) For tests pertaining to detectors and manual call points of fire detection and fire alarmsystems for which application has been already made to have the target equipment tested by
the Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance,
the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(3) For detectors and manual call points that have already received model approvals, anddetectors and manual call points that have received model approvals based on the results ofthe tests identified by the prescription “provisions then in force shall remain applicable” asdescribed in the preceding paragraph at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, theirmodel approvals shall be deemed to have been provided in accordance with the standards
prescribed in the amended Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Detectors andManual Call Points of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 38 of September 29,
1997)
This Ordinance shall come into effect as of October 1, 1997.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 37 of September 28,1998) – Excerpt

Effective date
Article 1 This Ordinance shall come into effect as of October 1, 1999.
Transitional measure
Article 2 For tests pertaining to fire extinguishers, fire-extinguishing chemicals, enclosed sprinkler
heads, fire hoses, deluge valves, fire-extinguishing foams, detectors and manual call points, flowing
water detectors, plug-in couplers, and screw couplers for which application has already been made tohave the target equipment tested by the Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute at the time ofenforcement of this Ordinance, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(2) For fire extinguishers that have already received model approvals and fire extinguishers thathave received model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by the prescription“provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as described in the preceding paragraph at
the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to havebeen provided in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical
Specifications Pertaining to Fire Extinguishers as amended per provisions of Article 1.
(3) For fire-extinguishing chemicals that have already received model approvals and fire-

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extinguishing chemicals that have received model approvals based on the results of the tests
identified by the prescription “provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as describedin Paragraph (1) at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall bedeemed to have been provided in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinancefor Technical Specifications Pertaining to Fire-extinguishing Chemicals as amended per
provisions of Article 2.
For enclosed sprinkler heads that have already got model approvals and enclosed sprinkler
heads that have received model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by theprescription “provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as described in Paragraph (1)at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to havebeen provided in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical
Specifications Pertaining to Enclosed Sprinkler Heads as amended per provisions of Article 3.
For fire hoses that have already received model approvals and fire hoses that have received
model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by the prescription “provisions
then in force shall remain applicable” as described in Paragraph (1) at the time ofenforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to have been provided
in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical Specifications
Pertaining to Fire Hoses as amended per provisions of Article 4.
For deluge valves that have already received model approvals and deluge valves that havereceived model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by the prescription“provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as described in Paragraph (1) at the time ofenforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to have been provided
in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical Specifications
Pertaining to Deluge Valves as amended per provisions of Article 5.
For fire-extinguishing foams that have already received model approvals and fireextinguishing foams that have received model approvals based on the results of the tests
identified by the prescription “provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as describedin Paragraph (1) at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall bedeemed to have been provided in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinancefor Technical Specifications Pertaining to Fire-extinguishing Foams as amended per
provisions of Article 6.
For detectors and manual call points that have already received model approvals, anddetectors and manual call points that have received model approvals based on the results ofthe tests identified by the prescription “provisions then in force shall remain applicable” asdescribed in Paragraph (1) at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model
approvals shall be deemed to have been provided in accordance with the standards prescribedin the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to
Detectors And Manual Call Points of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems as amended per
provisions of Article 7.
For flowing water detectors that have already received model approvals and flowing water
detectors that have received model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by theprescription “provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as described in Paragraph (1)at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to havebeen provided in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for TechnicalSpecifications Pertaining to Flowing Water Detectors as amended per provisions of Article 8.
(10) For plug-in couplers that have already received model approvals and plug-in couplers thathave received model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by the prescription“provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as described in Paragraph (1) at the time ofenforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to have been provided
in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical Specifications
Pertaining to Plug-in Couplers used for Fire Hoses as amended per provisions of Article 11.
(11) For screw couplers that have already received model approvals and screw couplers that havereceived model approvals based on the results of the tests identified by the prescription“provisions then in force shall remain applicable” as described in Paragraph (1) at the time ofenforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to have been provided
in accordance with the standards prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical Specifications
Pertaining to Screw Couplers used for Fire Hoses and Fire Suction Hoses as amended per
provisions of Article 12.
(12) For power fire pumps that were notified to the Minister of Home Affairs in accordance withthe provision of Article 21-16-4(1) of the Fire Service Act (Act No. 186 of 1948) immediately
before the enforcement of this Ordinance, they shall be deemed to conform to the standards
prescribed in the Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Power Fire Pumps as
amended per provisions of Article 9.
(13) For fire suction hoses that were notified to the Minister of Home Affairs in accordance withthe provision of Article 21-16-4(1) of the Fire Service Act immediately before theenforcement of this Ordinance, they shall be deemed to conform to the standards prescribedin the Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Fire Suction Hoses as amended
per provisions of Article 10.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 44 of September 14,
2000
This Ordinance shall come into effect as of the effective date (January 6, 2001) of the Act for
Partial Revision of Cabinet Act (Act No. 88 of 1999).
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications No.
30 of March 26, 2007)(1) This Ordinance shall come into effect as of the day of promulgation.
(2) For tests pertaining to detectors and manual call points of fire detection and fire alarmsystems for which application has been already made to have the target equipment tested by
the Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance,
the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
(3) For detectors and manual call points that have already received model approvals, anddetectors and manual call points that have received model approvals based on the results ofthe tests identified by the prescription “provisions then in force shall remain applicable” asdescribed in the preceding paragraph at the time of enforcement of this Ordinance, theirmodel approvals shall be deemed to have been provided in accordance with the standards
prescribed in the amended Ordinance for Technical Specifications Pertaining to Detectors andManual Call Points of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications No.
158 of December 26, 2008)

Effective date
Article 1 This Ordinance shall come into effect as of the day of promulgation.
Transitional measure
Article 2 For detectors and manual call points that have already received model approvals at thetime of enforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to have been provided
in accordance with the standards prescribed in the amended Ordinance for Technical Specifications
Pertaining to Detectors and Manual Call Points of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems.
Supplementary Provisions (Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications No.
16 of March 9, 2009) – Excerpt

Effective date(1) This Ordinance shall come into effect as of the day of promulgation.

Transitional measure(2) For detectors and manual call points that have already received model approvals at the time ofenforcement of this Ordinance, their model approvals shall be deemed to have been provided
in accordance with the standards prescribed in the amended Ordinance for Technical
Specifications Pertaining to Detectors and Manual Call Points of Fire Detection and Fire
Alarm Systems.
Supplementary Provisions
Summary of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, No. 25 of March 27,
2013
Effective date
Article 1 This Ordinance shall come into effect as of April 1, 2014.
Transition measures
Article 3 Test for fire alarm facility detectors, manual call points, and relay equipment for which
the application for machine and equipment certification, implemented by corporate entities as
stipulated by the Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute, or in Paragraph 1, Article 21-3 of theFire Service Act, which are registered with the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications,
was actually submitted at the time of enforcement of this ministerial ordinance, shall follow the
stipulations in the previous regulations.

(2) The model certification for detectors and manual call points that were actually received at thetime of enforcement of this ministerial ordinance, as well as the model certification for
detectors and manual call points that were certified based on the results of the test incompliance with previous regulations in accordance with the stipulations in the previous
paragraph, shall be deemed as model certification that complies with the post-revision
ministerial ordinance that stipulates technical standard concerning detectors and manual callpoints in fire alarm facility, in compliance with the stipulations in Article 2.
Supplementary Provisions
Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, No. 26 of March 31, 2014)
This Ordinance shall come into effect as of the day of promulgation.