Glossary
RIPCI (Reglamento de Instalaciones de Protección contra Incendios)
Spanish Regulations on Fire Protection Installations, approved by Royal Decree 513/2017. They cover the design, installation and maintenance of detection, alarm and extinguishing systems, such as control panels, detectors, call points, extinguishers and fire hose reels.
What the RIPCI is
The RIPCI is the Spanish Regulation on Fire Protection Installations (Reglamento de Instalaciones de Protección contra Incendios), approved by Royal Decree 513/2017. It sets how equipment that detects a fire, warns people and helps put it out must be designed, installed, commissioned and maintained.
What it covers
- Fire detection and alarm systems: control panels, smoke and heat detectors, manual call points and sounders.
- Portable fire extinguishers.
- Fire hose reels and hydrants.
- Automatic extinguishing systems.
- Photoluminescent evacuation signs.
Where each system is compulsory is decided by the CTE DB-SI and, in industry, by its own regulations. The RIPCI says how to install and maintain them.
Who may install and maintain
Only companies authorised for fire protection installation and maintenance. The owner of the premises, the garage or the owners’ community (comunidad de propietarios) is responsible for having the maintenance done and recorded, and some installations also need periodic inspections by an inspection body.
Where it affects you
- Communal garages: detection, extinguishers and, depending on size, other systems.
- Shops and bars: whatever the opening licence requires.
- Warehouses: depending on their risk and floor area.
- Homes: not compulsory in a flat (apartment), but a standalone smoke alarm is cheap and effective protection.
The electrical side
A detection panel needs its own protected supply, suitable cabling and coordination with the emergency lighting and garage ventilation. See fire detection in Seville, Spain.
Related services
Fire detection
Fire and smoke detection in Seville, Spain: smoke, heat and carbon monoxide detectors for homes, from 30 euros fitted, and systems with a control panel, detectors, call points and sounders for business premises, warehouses and garages, with their electrical side and maintenance under the RIPCI fire protection regulation.
Communal garage electrics
The communal garage electrical installation of a building in Seville, Spain covers much more than the lights: LED lighting with sensors, forced ventilation, carbon monoxide detection, emergency lighting, the automatic door and the infrastructure for charging electric cars. We renew it, maintain it and get it ready for the OCA inspection.
Opening licence
Opening licence electrics in Seville, Spain: to legalise business premises the electrical installation must be compliant and documented, with a registered installation certificate (the boletín), a technical design report or project and, if the premises receive the public, an inspection by an authorised control body (OCA). We check your premises, upgrade them if needed and hand you the electrical documents for the responsible declaration or the licence.
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