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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

Designing against Fire BS 9999

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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