本标准的应用将有助于防止人员伤亡，并为新西兰建筑提供最佳防火保护。本标准为火灾探测和报警系统的设计、制造、安装和维护提供了最新规范，无论是手动操作还是自动操作，以确保建筑物火灾报警系统发出的火灾警报能够在最早可行的时间内运行，从而采取适当的应急措施。 本修订和更新标准旨在作为新西兰建筑规范（NZBC）合规文件可接受解决方案的组成部分，并促进新西兰消防局根据《建筑消防安全和疏散条例》批准疏散方案。

Application of this Standard will help prevent loss of life and provide optimum fire protection for New Zealand buildings. The Standard provides up-to-date specifications for the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of fire detection and alarm systems, whether operated manually or automatically, in the event of fire, enabling a fire warning from a fire alarm system in a building to operate at the earliest practicable moment to facilitate appropriate emergency measures. It is intended that this revised and updated Standard be used as an integral part of the Acceptable Solutions of the Compliance Documents to the New Zealand Building Code (NZBC), and also to facilitate New Zealand Fire Service approval of evacuation schemes under the Fire Safety and Evacuation of Buildings Regulations.