1. Do you have an alarm policy?

2. Do you have a clear definition that ensures alarms are only used for events that require a timely operator response?

3. Do you have a clear definition of ‘Safety Related’ alarms that matches with your process risk assessments (e.g. LOPA) ?

4. Have you defined Alerts that are of interest to operators but do not require a timely response?

5. Have you defined alarm priorities according to the consequence of not responding and time available to respond?

6. Are you considering reviewing existing alarms or setting up a new system?

7. Do you know how often your operators receive 10 or more alarms in a 10 minute period (flood of alarms)?

8. Have you defined operator responses for every alarm?

9. Have you confirmed that the way alarms are displayed is consistent with human factors?

10. Does your management of change system work well for alarms?

11. Have you specified that alarms shall be designed to satisfy operator requirements only?

12. Have you specified that formalised alarm reviews will be carried out, is there a procedure and defined responsibilities for doing this?

13. Have you considered how to integrate new alarms with any existing systems?