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Pirform 2020.1.1356 - Updates For BS 5266

Announcing improved BS 5266 PDFs, attaching documents and photos to issued BS 5266 certificates and more! The highlights of this release are:

  • Attach documents and photos as appendices to our BS 5839 fire alarm certificates.
  • Fire alarm PDFs have been updated.
  • Fire alarm dwelling certificate updated to BS 5839-6: 2019.
  • New observations and board reports for Electrical Installation Certificates Electrical Installation Condition Reports.
  • BS 5266 emergency lighting inspection improvements
  • Improved control when using your keyboard.

Pirform 2019.2.1292 - Simplified Minor Works

We are pleased to announce the release of the lastest version of Pirform.

This release adds a simplified version of the minor works certificate as well as the automatic exports producing the circuit chart where relevant.

There are also improvements to the handling of photos and some "under the hood" simplifications to the reporting engine as we prepare for the tablet versions later in the year.

We've also been improving our documentation by moving some of our Help Desk articles to our documentation area. Take a look here.

Pirform 2019.2.1272

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of Pirform. This release includes new pre-release support for EICs, improvements to the inspection schedules for EICRs and EICs and a number of other fixes and improvements, in particular to the 2018 MW.

Update: 2019.2.1272 was not allowing boards to be excluded from 2018 EICs and EICRs, which is now fixed in 2019.2.1274.

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End of Support for Windows 8 and 8.1

The Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft. This means that it is not safe or secure to use as it will not receive any more security patches from Microsoft. You can read more on Mocrosoft's website here:

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End of Support for Windows Vista

The Windows Vista operating system is no longer supported by Microsoft. This means that it is not safe or secure to use as it will not receive any more security patches from Microsoft. You can read more on Mocrosoft's website here: