Bosch products receive Certalarm certificate

Two smoke detectors as well as the public address and voice evacuation system Praesideo from Bosch have been awarded the Certalarm quality mark.

They are among the first products to receive this pan-European certificate which is endorsed by the European Commission to harmonize certifications in the fire and security industry throughout the European Union.

Bosch products that now carry the Certalarm mark include the FCP-O 320 Conventional Optical Smoke Detector, the FAP-O 420 Optical Smoke Detector and Praesideo 3.5. The smoke detectors were testified to be compliant with the EN 54-7 standards, while Praesideo complies with EN 54-16. Also, the short circuit isolators of the FAP-O 420 Optical Smoke Detector were successfully tested against EN 54-17.

Certalarm is a not-for-profit organization which offers third party one-stop testing and certification of fire and security products, aiming to establish a single quality mark throughout Europe. It is based on tests by independent third party test laboratories against European standards - the EN 54 series for fire products and the EN 50131 series for security products. The Certalarm scheme has been accepted by the European cooperation for Accreditation (EA) as a "Sector Scheme" under their rules.