This part of IEC 62820 describes the basic application requirements for Advanced Security
Building Intercom Systems (ASBIS) in public and private buildings with advanced safety and
security needs. ASBIS are also used to meet the requirements of the Local Regulations of
Workplace Safety and/or other relevant local regulations, in particular, protecting the life and
limb of employees and all persons in the building, taking into account the inclusion of people
with disabilities (e.g to achieve barrier-free access or calls for help) where required by local
applicable law.
This document applies for planning, installation, commissioning, handover, operation and
maintenance of ASBIS, for the transmission of emergency, danger and hazard audio
messages and/or other operational indications to an assisting authority for remote
assessment and for implementing suitable intervention-, protection- and rescue measures.
Additional information can also be transmitted and the system can be used in day-to-day work
for all communication needs. ASBIS also feature in high availability for end unit monitoring
and system monitoring.
Advanced Security Building Intercom Systems (ASBIS) are used for rapid emergency, danger
and hazard calls, verification by voice communication, warning of a danger, rapid notification
of the responsible emergency / intervention services and for sending voice instructions and/or
other operational indications on how to proceed. Requirements for a suitable concept are a
prior risk assessment and a definition of the protection target. The Technical-Risk
Management (TRM) and Organizational Risk-Management (ORM) have to work out a
common workflow strategy in conjunction with the corresponding system requirements, to
achieve the residual risks. This document provides requirements for the technical riskmanagement
as well as comments and recommendations for the organizational riskmanagement.
The present application document for an ASBIS describes among others, the technological
processes and responsibilities involved in supporting all processes, from detecting an event
(visitor-call, emergency, danger, hazard) until that event is finally dealt with. It includes TRM,
the defining protection goals and organizational procedures, and the necessary requirements
for a TRM file. This document defines three different safety/security grades, with the product
requirements for each. Selecting products which can be deployed as technical resources as
part of an ASBIS is the responsibility of the TRM to be employed.