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Effective design, Management and Use of Buildings Designing against Fire BS 9999 Fire Safety

November 2009

BSI Conference

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BS 9999 – Designers systems in place •  Education and currency

•  Design process

•  Verification process and Audits

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Education and Currency •  Regular CPD with Fire Consultants

•  Dissemination of information

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Education and Currency •  Maintaining currency and dissemination

•  Maintaining technical library and information

•  Information and knowledge retrieval

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Design process •  Requirements

•  Building type, project nature, location

•  Which regulations apply?

•  Designers’ compliance

•  Implementing BS 9999

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Requirements •  Laws, Regulations and Standards

•  Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order Act

•  Approved Document Part B

•  Fire Design Standards BS 9999

•  Issuing Fire Strategy documentation to users

•  Users to maintain and update Fire Strategy

HMSO: Fire Safety Risk Assessment

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Designers compliance •  BS 9999

•  Risk

•  Implementing Fire Strategy in design

•  Documentation

•  Review - QDR

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Designers compliance •  Apply Fire strategy report/ QDR

•  Risk of fire – Concept risk profile BS 9999 Table 5

•  Resisting fire

•  Stopping smoke

•  Evacuation

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Designers compliance •  Passive Design Considerations

•  Design layouts

•  Fire resistance/Fire stopping

•  Fire safety signage

•  Coordination of active fire services

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Designers compliance •  Produce fire protection package

•  Check Third Party requirements, e.g.

Insurers – Property preservation

•  Audit check – Test certificates

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Fire strategy report/QDR Process

•  Fire consultant

•  Qualitative Design Review (QDR)

•  Fire strategy content •  Fire risk

•  Reference to relevant

Parts of BS 9999

Approved Document Part B

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Verification Process •  Test Certificates – Standardized details

•  Non Standardized details

•  Audit checks - WREN

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Verification •  Fire Tests and Classifications

•  British and EU standards

•  Accreditation schemes, e.g. Agrément certificates

•  CE Marks (Product labelling)

BERR: BIS

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Test Certificates – Standardised details •  Relevant to nature and condition of application

contained by tests or certification

•  Must pass the relevant performance

Required and Specified

•  Revised details must be signed off

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Bespoke details and innovative products •  Details must be approved by

•  Fire Officer/District Surveyor,

•  Manufacturer and Installers (warranty).

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Bespoke details and innovative products •  Desk Study

•  Destructive testing is not possible

•  Refurbishments, e.g.

Grade Listed properties

•  Historical data •  Use only if it is comparable and

accepted by Fire Officer/District Surveyor

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Summary •  Physics and mechanics of fire design unchanged

•  BS 9999 formalisation of design process

•  New inclusions and allowances

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Thank you Presented by Hsi Sung Thomas BSc(Hons) Dip Arch ARB