Fire Regulation - Volume 1 (B1)

Fire Regulations Volume 1 - Section B1

General Housing

• Early warning of Fire (provisions)

• Installation of these previsions increase the safety

Sheltered Housing

• Detection equipment (detect which part of the building is most in danger, so its allows for better evacuation)

Positioning the alarms

• One smoke alarm on ever storey of a dwelling

• Centre of the floor/room

• Connected system when one trips they al trip

• Has to be 300mm away from the walls

• 25-600mm bellow the ceiling

• Easily accessible

• Not directly above heat producing equipments (heaters, in the bathroom etc)

Power Supply

• Should be from mains

• Electrical installation to comply with Part P (Electrical Reg)

• Special wires must be used

Design and installation

• Certified

• Instructions given to the people

Means of Escape

• 1storey building (internal corridors/windows)

• 2storey fire escape windows in bedrooms

• 3storey building - 2nd storey has windows escape, not 3rd higher

• Staircase has protection to allow for longer time before getting effected by the fire (smoke etc.)

• Fire escape window has to be specific, both side has to be able to open and clear (0.33square meter, and 450mm clear height space)

• 1100mm above floor level

• All doors to the stair to be fire resistance

• Good circulated rooms

Things that were the key parts of the section:

-> this effects us on designing the layout to be suitable to incorporate the escape system and fire alarms

-> what precaution must be implemented

-> changes may need to be updated (as the population gets larger; people size)

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