Questions · Fire detection
Am I obliged to have a fire detection system?
It depends on the use of the building and its floor area, and it is not one regulation that decides but three. In new build and in refurbishments of non-industrial buildings, the Código Técnico de la Edificación (the Spanish building code) governs, and specifically its Basic Document DB-SI. In industrial premises, RSCIEI governs — the fire safety regulation for industrial premises, approved by Royal Decree 2267/2004. And over any installation already in place, RIPCI governs, Royal Decree 513/2017: what equipment is acceptable, who installs it, who maintains it and how often.
The most common confusion is believing that one of the three replaces the others. CTE or RSCIEI say WHAT has to be fitted; RIPCI says HOW it is fitted, with what product and what has to be done with it in the years that follow. A building can meet CTE on the day of the licence and be in breach of RIPCI three years later because nobody has inspected anything.
And there is a fourth source of obligation that is not a technical standard: the council's activity licence, the insurance policy and, where applicable, the self-protection plan. All three can ask for more than the regulatory minimum, and all three are looked at before designing, not after.
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