ULC CAN/ULC 1001:2024 Standard for Integrated Systems Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems

PREFACE

This is the First Edition of the Standard for Integrated Systems Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems, CAN/ULC 1001.

This Edition of the Standard has been formally approved by the ULC Standards Committee on Fire Alarm and Life Safety Equipment and Systems.

This Standard has been developed in compliance with the requirements of SCC for accreditation of a Standards Development Organization.

The requirements of this Standard contemplate that the integrated systems testing procedures described herein will be conducted by an organization other than the installing contractor.

Only metric SI units of measurement are used in this Standard. If a value for measurement is followed by a value in other units in parentheses, the second value may be approximate. The first stated value is the requirement.

Appendices A and C, identified as informative, are for informational purposes only.

In Canada, there are two official languages, English and French. All safety warnings must be in French and English. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some Canadian authorities may require additional markings and/or installation instructions to be in both official languages.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this Canadian standard may be the subject of patent rights. ULC Standards shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Requests for interpretation of this Standard should be sent to ULC Standards. The requests should be worded in such a manner as to permit a “yes” or “no” answer based on the literal text of the requirement concerned.

This CAN/ULC 1001 tandard is under continuous maintenance, whereby each revision is approved in compliance with the requirements of SCC for accreditation of a Standards Development Organization. In the event that no revisions are issued for a period of four years from the date of publication, action to revise, reaffirm, or withdraw the standard shall be initiated.

Comments or proposals for revisions on any part of the Standard may be submitted at any time. Proposals should be submitted via a Proposal Request in the Collaborative Standards Development System (CSDS) at https://csds.ul.com.

This Standard is intended to be used for conformity assessment.

1 SCOPE

1.1 This Standard prescribes the methodology for verifying and documenting that all interconnections between systems provided for fire protection and life safety functions are installed and operating in conformance with their design criteria. Refer to Appendix A1.1.

1.2 This Standard is intended to satisfy the requirement for integrated systems testing in the National Building Code of Canada and the National Fire Code of Canada.

1.3 It is not the intent of this Standard that integrated systems testing ensure individual fire protection and life safety systems are functioning and installed in accordance with their design criteria or referenced Standards.

1.4 This Standard prescribes the following:

A Integrated Systems Testing Qualifications;

B Integrated Systems Testing Process;

C Integrated Systems Testing Requirements;

D Integrated Systems Testing Documentation;

E Periodic Integrated Systems Testing;

F Retro-Integrated Systems Testing; and

G Integrated Systems Testing for Modifications.