BS 5588-5:1991
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Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings Code of practice for firefighting stairs and lifts
Hardcopy , PDF
English
30-08-1991
26-11-2004
Committees responsible
Foreword
Code of Practice
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Use of this code
Section 2. Planning and construction
4 Firefighting shafts
5 Firefighting stairs
6 Firefighting lobbies
7 Fire mains and landing valves
8 Smoke control
9 Construction of the firefighting shaft
Section 3. Firefighting lift Installation
10 General
11 Firefighting lift cars
12 Firefighting lift wells
13 Firefighting lift machine rooms
14 Firefighting lift control systems
15 Fire service communications systems
Section 4. Electrical services
16 Electrical services
Section 5. Routine inspection and maintenance
17 Routine inspection and maintenance
Appendices
A Resistance to damage of enclosing and separating partitions
B Examples of typical arrangements to keep the firefighting lift
well free from water
C Operational tests for firefighting lifts
D Model certificate for the commissioning of firefighting lifts
Table
1 Tests for partitions
Figures
0 Height and depth of a building
1 Minimum extent of firefighting stairs and lifts in tall buildings
and buildings with deep basements
1a Firefighting lift within escape stair
2 Typical firefighting shaft layouts at fire service access level
3 Banks of lifts that incorporate a firefighting lift
4 Examples of protection of the firefighting shaft from external
fire
5 Deleted
6 Water protection for firefighting lifts
7 Drain outlet to smoke shaft
8 Raised threshold to lift entrance
9 Drainage grid to lift entrance
10 Floor sloped away from lift entrance
Includes details of commissioning tests and routine inspection and maintenance.
| Committee |
FSH/14
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 5588-5(1986), 89/44633 DC, 97/544071 DC. (07/2002)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
44
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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