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This is because I feel that BS8418 is the most poorly written standard I have ever seen! It tries to cover too much ground. It not only tries to cover the design, installation and commissioning of the CCTV system, it then also tries to cover the operational service area of the monitoring station – two very different tasks.

Alas, unlike BS4737 part 4.1/4.3 and BSEN50132-7, which reflect practical realities that provide invaluable reference points to help specifiers ensure that systems are effectively and competently designed, installed, commissioned and handed over, by leading you through some best practice design criteria in order to develop the Operational Requirements before moving into installation etc, BS8418, seems to promote no forethought and goes straight into installation of detec-tors and cameras. Even this is quite limited. Who takes on the responsibility of design?

I would sincerely like to know if the standard is aimed at internal or external detector activated systems or if it can cover both, can we mix cameras without detec-tors and detectors without cameras? This sort of guidance would provide invaluable reference criteria for purchasers and offer the installer cost alternatives in the complexity of the system and meet best practice detector activated CCTV supply.

It then goes straight into the monitoring operation in not too much detail.

Can different client detector activated systems be recorded onto one tape?

I am unsure where our industry is heading if this is the way our leaders are thinking. Let's have a rethink on this standard. It should be split in two: 1. supply of the system; 2. operational monitoring.