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Periodic Inspection of Installations
Statutory periodic checks of fire extinguishing and detection, ventilation, cathodic protection, lightning and earthing installations. Certified reports.
Periodic inspection of installations is the examination, measurement and functional testing at the intervals set by standards and regulations of the fixed systems that serve continuously inside a building or plant: fire extinguishing, fire detection and alarm, ventilation, cathodic protection, lightning protection, earthing and battery systems. Because these systems must operate at the moment of an accident, they are treated not as passive safety but as an active protection layer requiring regular verification.
Installations in Scope
- Wet, Dry and Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems — sprinkler, hydrant, foam and FM-200/CO₂/Novec groups.
- Portable Fire Extinguishers — annual service of dry powder, CO₂ and foam types.
- Fire Detection and Alarm Systems — detectors, panels, sirens and automation integration.
- Ventilation, Battery, Transformer and Thermographic inspections.
- Cathodic Protection, Lightning Protection, Electrical Installation Earthing and RCD Tests.
Why Is Regular Control Mandatory?
A frozen valve in a sprinkler line, a disabled zone on an alarm panel, an uninspected lightning earth or a bypassed residual-current device in a panel all lead to the same outcome: at the moment of the accident the system does not work, or works only partially. Moreover, during an audit or post-accident investigation these defects appear as concrete records that void the employer's defence of "good faith maintenance". Periodic inspection is a due-diligence document proven with measuring instruments, standard acceptance values and signed reports.
Legal Basis
Installation controls run under the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331, the Regulation on Protection Against Fire in Buildings, the Regulation on Earthing in Electrical Installations, the Regulation on Internal Electrical Installations and the relevant TS EN standards (EN 54 detection, EN 12845 sprinkler, TS EN 62305 lightning, EN 12954 cathodic protection). Intervals vary by system: annual service plus five-yearly hydrostatic test for extinguishers, 1-2 year earth measurement depending on facility class, annual functional test for detection systems.
Our Service Approach
First the facility's fire safety concept and electrical projects are read and an inspection plan is built; field measurements and function tests are performed; findings are graded minor/major/critical in a signed report; closure is verified with a re-test after rectification. With an inventory and reminder calendar managed from one centre, the statutory due dates of all your installations stay under control. The controls also feed your insurance policy conditions, customer audits and ISO 9001/45001 management system records. Many plants discover that the fire water network or pump set fails only during a real fire, whereas the annual performance test prevents exactly this surprise; likewise an unmeasured earthing system exposes personnel to touch voltage at lightning or fault. For detailed information and a site survey, reach our expert team via our contact page. This heading sits under Periodic Inspection Services.
FAQ on Periodic Inspection of Installations
Fire extinguishing (wet-dry-gas systems and portable extinguishers), fire detection and alarm, ventilation, cathodic protection, lightning protection, catalytic gas, transformer, electrical installation earthing, residual current devices and thermal camera electrical-imaging measurements. The shared ground is indoor and site installations under the measurement-test-examination regime of Law No. 6331 and the Work Equipment Regulation.
By the ceiling drawn by the regulation and the relevant standard: earthing measurements within two years under normal conditions, lightning protection systems yearly in practice; fire systems with annual function control and shorter-interval trials; RCDs tracked with a monthly test button plus yearly measurement. As environmental severity (chemical-humid-coastal) and criticality rise, intervals shorten.
Depending on the installation: continuity-earthing resistance and loop impedance measurement, insulation resistance, RCD trip and trip-time trials, thermographic scanning, gas leak detection, pressure-flow and function tests, cathodic protection potential measurement, visual-corrosion-joint control and damage-loss inventory. Measurements are taken with calibrated devices and reported with limit values and standard references.
A per-equipment, measured, finding-levelled report is produced for each installation; non-conforming points are listed with a correction suggestion and prioritisation. The earthing report and internal electrical project annexes and the fire system minutes are documents demanded in fire, insurance and OHS audits. The next inspection runs comparative on these reference values and records stay in the workplace OHS file.