Detection Systems — Automatic Activation and Notification
LOW ✓ MODERATE ✓ HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Employ fire detection systems that activate automatically and notify [personnel or roles] and [emergency responders] in the event of a fire.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Organizations can identify personnel, roles, and emergency responders if individuals on the notification list need to have access authorizations or clearances (e.g., to enter to facilities where access is restricted due to the classification or impact level of information within the facility). Notification mechanisms may require independent energy sources to ensure that the notification capability is not adversely affected by the fire.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for PE-13(1) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.
Assessment
Assessment Objectives
- personnel or roles to be notified in the event of a fire is/are defined;
- emergency responders to be notified in the event of a fire are defined;
- fire detection systems that activate automatically are employed in the event of a fire;
- fire detection systems that notify <PE-13(01)_ODP[01] personnel or roles> automatically are employed in the event of a fire;
- fire detection systems that notify <PE-13(01)_ODP[02] emergency responders> automatically are employed in the event of a fire.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing fire protection; facility housing the information system; alarm service-level agreements; test records of fire suppression and detection devices/systems; fire suppression and detection devices/systems documentation; alerts/notifications of fire events; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for fire detection and suppression devices/systems; organizational personnel with responsibilities for notifying appropriate personnel, roles, and emergency responders of fires; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing fire detection devices/systems; activation of fire detection devices/systems (simulated); automated notifications].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-13(1). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.
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Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- Physical and environmental protection policy
- system security plan
Testing
- Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing fire detection devices/systems
- activation of fire detection devices/systems (simulated)
- automated notifications
Other Records
- procedures addressing fire protection
- facility housing the information system
- alarm service-level agreements
- test records of fire suppression and detection devices/systems
- fire suppression and detection devices/systems documentation
- alerts/notifications of fire events
- other relevant documents or records