BS 5588-7:1997
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Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings Code of practice for the incorporation of atria in buildings
Hardcopy , PDF
06-10-2008
English
15-08-1999
Committees responsible
Foreword
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Use of the code
Section 2. Analysis of the problem
5 Fire in the atrium building
6 Functional design requirements
Section 3. Occupancy and building characteristics
7 Occupancy characteristics
8 Compartmentation of fire resistance
9 Connection of atrium to below-ground storeys
10 Use of atrium base
Section 4. Fire protection facilities
11 Means of escape
12 Evacuation procedures
13 Fire control centre
14 Fire warning systems
15 Automatic fire detection
16 Separation between atrium and associated floor area
17 Smoke control for means of escape
18 Sprinkler systems
19 Electrical services
20 Facilities for firefighting
Section 5. Design solutions
21 General
Section 6. Recommendations
22 Recommendations for means of escape
23 Recommendations for separation between the atrium and
the associated floor area
24 Recommendations for smoke and heat control systems
25 Recommendations for sprinkler systems
26 Recommendations for fire alarm and warning systems
27 Recommendations for controlling fire load on the atrium
base
28 Recommendations for all designs
29 Facilities for firefighting
Section 7. Management
Annex A (informative) Exemplars
Annex B (normative) Commissioning and hand-over of smoke
control systems
List of references
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