Firesafetyinthedesign managementanduseof buildings-Codeofpractice
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The British Standards Institution 2017
Published by BSI Standards Limited 2017
ISBN 978 0 580 97716 9
ICS 13.220.01; 91.040.01
The following BSI references relate to the work on this document: Committee reference FSH/14Draft for ment 16/ DC
Publication history
First published October 2008 Second (present) edition January 2017
Contents
General remendations and background244 4.1 Basis of design 244.2 4.3 Property protection and business continuity 25 Variation of remendations 254.4 Mixed-use buildings incorporating residential use 26 Environment 254.5 4.6 Additional remendations for specific building types/occupancies 264.7 Inclusive design 26
Section 2: Risk profiles and assessing risk 28
Assessing risk 286 5 Risk profiles 296.1 General296.3 6.2 Occupancy characteristic 30 Fire growthrate306.4 6.5 Variation of risk profile 33 Creating the risk profile32
Section 3: Ensuring effective fire protection 34
7 Ensuring effective fire protection347.1 7.2 The design stage 34 General347.3 The construction stage 357.4 The maintenance stage 36
Section 4: Designing for the management of fire risk37
Section 5: Designing means of escape 52
11 Principles of means of escape 5212 12.1 Evacuation strategy54 General 5412.3 Progressive evacuation 56 12.2 Total evacuation 55
13.1 Compartments 56 13 Internal subdivision and spatial/visual orientation5613.2 Open spatial (vertical) planning 5713.3Atria57 13.4 High fire risk areas 5713.5 Process plant and outdoor structures 5714 14.1 Designing means of escape58 General5814.2 Acceptable means of escape 6114.3 15 Generally unacceptable means of escape 62 Minimum package of fire protection 6215.1 General 6215.2 15.3 Voice alarms and public address systems Fire detection and fire alarm systems 63 6415.4 15.5 Artificial and emergency escape lighting Exit signs 64 6415.6 Doors 6515.7 15.8 Protected power circuits 67 Fire protection of lift installations 7115.10 Refuse chutes and storage 72 15.9 Mechanical ventilation and air conditioning systems 7216 Horizontal means of escape 7216.1 General16.3 16.2 Number of occupants 73 Layout and number of escape routes and exits 7316.4 16.5 Travel distance 84 Cellular plan floors 8516.6 Width of doors corridors and escape routes 86 Methods of horizontal escape for disabled people 8816.7 17 Vertical means of escape8817.1 General17.3 17.2 Number of escape stairs 91 Design of escape stairs 8917.4 17.5 Width of escape stairs 92 Basement stairs 9317.6 Protected stairs 9417.7 17.8 External escape stairs 95 Methods of vertical escape for disabled people 9718 Additional fire protection measures 9718.2 18.1 General9718.3 Effect of ceiling heights 10218.4 Maximum acceptable variations 10319 General remendations for fire-fighting facilities10520 Facilitiesfor fire-fighting10620.1 Provision and siting of fire-fighting shafts 106 20.2 2Layout of fire-fighting shafts10920.3 Construction of fire-fighting shafts 11420.4 Firefighters lifts 117 Vehicle access21.1 21 General 123 12321.3 Access for high-reach appliances 125 21.2 Buildings not fitted with fire mains 12321.4 Buildings fitted with fire mains 125
Automatic detection and informative warning systems 102
Section 6:Access and facilities for fire-fighting 105
22.1 Fire mains 127 22 Water supplies for fire and rescue service use 12722.2 Location and access to external water supply 12723 Communications systems for fire and rescue service use 12824 Fire control centre 12825 Fire-fighters' emergency switches for discharge lighting installation13026 Drawings for fire and rescue service use 13027.1 Smoke control for fire-fighting shafts 131 27 Heat and smoke control 13127.2 Venting of smoke and heat from basements 138 27.3 Venting of smoke and heat from covered car parks 13927.4 Smoke and heat ventilation from loading docks and covered service roadways 13927.5 Smoke and heat ventilation from protected lobbies and protectedcorridors 140Section 7: Designing the building structure (load-bearing and non-load-bearing 28 Electrical services 140elements)14229 Designing the building structure - General14230 Fire resistance 14330.2 Minimum levels of fire resistance for elements of structure 144 30.1 Elements of structure 14330.4 Glazing and the effects of sprinklers 30.3 Glazed fire-resisting elements 151 15531 Compartmentation15531.1 Fire resistance of partments 31.2 Size of partments 157 15631.3Provision of partmentation15731.4 Construction of partment walls and partment floors 160 Openings 16332.1 32 Fire doors16332.2 Shutter assemblies 171 32.3 Active fire curtain barrier assemblies 17232.4 Access panels 172 32.532.6 Fire-stopping 182 Mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning systems 172Concealed spaces 18233.1 33.2 Provision of cavity barriers 183 Extensive cavities 186Construction and fixings for cavity barriers 18834.1 34 Classification and use of internal wall and ceiling linings 189 Materials and finishes 18934.3 Insulating core panels 195 34.2 Special roof coverings 19535 External fire spread and building separation 19835.2 Unprotected area 202 35.1 Boundaries 19935.3 Degree of separation 20435.5 External fire spread over the external faces of buildings 207 35.4 Roofs 20536 Acmodation ancillary to the main use of the building20936.1 Engineering services installation rooms 209
