Practical fire safety for existing specialised housing and similar premises: guidance

References

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Guidance document

BS 9991: 2015 Fire safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings. Code of practice

Other British Standards referenced

BS EN 81-72: 2015 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts Part 72: Firefighters lifts

BS EN 1154: 1997 Building hardware. Controlled door closing devices. Requirements and test methods

BS EN 1155: 1997 Building hardware. Electrically powered hold-open devices for swing doors. Requirements and test methods

BS EN 1634-1:2014 Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware. Fire resistance test for door and shutter assemblies and openable windows

BS EN 1634-2:2008 Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door, shutter and openable window assemblies and elements of building hardware. Fire resistance characterisation test for elements of building hardware

BS EN 1634-3:2004 Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable window and elements of building hardware. Smoke control test for door and shutter assemblies

BS EN 12184: 2014 Electrically powered wheelchairs, scooters and their chargers. Requirements and test methods

BS EN 12845: 2015 Fixed firefighting systems. Automatic sprinkler systems. Design, installation and maintenance

BS EN 13501‑1:2018 Fire classification of construction products and building elements. Classification using data from reaction to fire tests

BS EN 62305-2:2012 Protection against lightning. Risk management

BS EN 62305-3:2011 Protection against lightning, physical damage to structures and life hazard

BS EN ISO 7010:2017 Graphical symbols. Safety colours and safety signs. Registered safety signs

BS 476-22:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction

BS 5266-1:2016 Emergency lighting. Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises’

BS 5266-8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems (BS EN 50172: 2004)

BS 5306-3: 2017 Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises. Commissioning and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers. Code of practice

BS 5306-8: 2012 Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises. Selection and positioning of portable fire extinguishers. Code of practice

BS 5446-3:2015 Detection and alarm devices for dwellings. Specification for fire alarm and carbon monoxide alarm systems for deaf and hard of hearing people

BS 5839-1: 2017 Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for the design, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems in non-domestic premises

BS 5839-6:2019 Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for the design, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems in domestic premises

BS 5852: 2006 Methods of test for assessment of the ignitability of upholstered seating by smouldering and flaming ignition sources

BS 6440:2011 Powered vertical lifting platforms having non-enclosed or partially enclosed liftways intended for use by persons with impaired mobility. Specification

BS 7175: 1989 Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources.

BS 7176: 2007 Specification for resistance to ignition of upholstered furniture for non-domestic seating by testing composites

BS 7273-4:2015 Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Actuation of release mechanisms for doors

BS 7273-6:2019 Code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Interface with ancillary systems and equipment

BS 7671: 2018 Requirements for Electrical Installations. IET Wiring Regulations (18^th Edition)

BS 8214:2016 Timber-based fire door assemblies. Code of practice

BS 8458: 2015 Fixed fire protection systems. Residential and domestic watermist systems. Code of practice for design and installation

BS 9251:2014 Fire sprinkler systems for domestic and residential occupancies. Code of practice

BS 9990:2015 Non-automatic firefighting systems in buildings. Code of practice

BS 9999:2017 Fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings. Code of practice

Other guidance

Code of Practice for In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment, 4th Edition, 2015

Code of practice: Refurbishment of communal buildings and the fire risk of multi-layer paints, Warringtonfire, 2005

Fire Prevention on Construction Sites, FPA 2015

Fire Safety in Construction (HSG168), HSE, 2010

LPS 1655: Requirements and test methods for the approval and listing of personal protection watermist systems, BRE Global 2015.  

Guidance on the use, deployment and limitations of Personal Protection Watermist Systems in the homes of vulnerable people,  Building Research Establishment in partnership with London Fire Brigade, BRE Global, 2015.

Guidance to support a temporary change to a simultaneous evacuation strategy in purpose-built block of flats, NFCC, 2018

RC62: Recommendations for fire safety with photovoltaic panel installations, FPA, 2016

SHTM 87 (Firecode: textiles and furniture), Health Facilities Scotland, 2009