Fire Safety

Question 1

What are the main changes The fire safety Ac 2021 and regulations 2022?

Answer 1

It updated the Regulatory reform act:
- Introduced FRAEW for relevant buildings,
- Fire Risk Assessment Prioritsation tool
- Responsible person in high-rise (18m or 7 storey) multi-occupied buildings to supply info to the Fire and Safety Services
- provide info & fire safety instructions to the residents: plans, ews, lifts, info box, wayfinding

• 11m or morr - annual Fire Door Check

Question 2

What were Judith Hackett recommedations?

Answer 2

• A new regulatory framework focused,
  in the first instance, on multi-occupancy
  higher risk residential buildings (HRRBs)
  that are 10 storeys or more in height;
• Improving the focus on building safety during the design, construction and refurbishment phases (set out in Chapter 2) through:

Improving the focus on building safety during the occupation phase (set out in Chapter 3) through:

Giving the residents a voice.

Improve competence requirements in construction.

More balance between Gov & industry technical guidnace.

Creating a more robust and transparent
construction products regime

Creating a golden thread of information
about each HRRB

Question 3

What are the main changes in the Building Safety Act 2022?

Answer 3

• Strict implications on Higher-Risk building
• A gate way regime for HRB (G1 - planning, G2 - pre-construciton, g3 - Completion (declaration of compliance certificate) with hard stops.
• A new building safety regulator
• Increased limitation period for defective premises act
• Section 38 Building Act 1984 -

Question 4

What is BS9999?

Answer 4

fire safety in the design ,management and use of buildings:

Risk profile
effective protection
managment
means of escape
access for fire fighters

Its purpose is to control spatial volume and geometry; fuel load and
fire growth rate; passive and active fire precautions.

To facilitate escape it is necessary to:
a) warning
b) account for diversity of occupants
c) limit travel distances to protected stairways
d) safeguarded escape routes

Question 5

What is BS991?

Answer 5

Fire safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings

Question 6

What is BS5839?

Answer 6

Fire detection and fire alarm for buildings 2023

It provides guidance on for design and installation of the relevant fire detection and alarm catergories.

Question 7

What are the catergories of fire detection and alarm systems?

Answer 7

Cat M - Manual, non-automatic.
Cat L - automatic protection of life
Cat p - protection of property

L1 - earliest detection systems
L2 - same as L3 with early detection in high risk areas
L3 - early enough detection and warning
L4 - provides detection in escape routes.
L5 - localised need

P1 - earliest possible warnign to minimise firefighting attendance.
P2 - defined high risk areas - mitiagte risk against business continuity and property.

Question 8

Where are they used?

Answer 8

Cat M - common places of work. Incorporated with P1/2 for insurance requirements.

L1/2 - high risk, hotels, student accomondation, HMO’s. threat to sleeping occupants.