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BS 5588-12:2004

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Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings Managing fire safety

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

11-26-2004

Superseded date

10-06-2008

Superseded by

BS 9999:2008

US$500.25
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Summarise this standard

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General
5 Developing management levels
6 Fire safety manual
7 Designing so that a building can be managed
8 Commissioning and hand-over
9 Managing occupied buildings
10 Fire prevention
11 Ensuring that systems respond properly in an emergency
12 Planning the response to a fire
13 Emergency actions
14 Evacuation of disabled people
15 Management of fire safety prior to full occupation of a
   building
16 Building works, alterations, decommissioning and
   demolition
Annex A (normative) Fire safety manual
Annex B (normative) Fire control centre and evacuation
                      management
Annex C (informative) Fire safety equipment, facilities
                      and systems
Annex D (informative) Signs and signage
Annex E (normative) Commissioning and hand-over of smoke
                      control systems
Annex F (normative) Training
Annex G (normative) Control of conditions in public areas
Annex H (normative) Recommendations for owners of
                      multi-occupancy residential buildings
Annex I (informative) Advice to occupiers of domestic
                      residential buildings
Annex J (informative) Examples of fire instruction notices
Annex K (normative) Audience/crowd control
Annex L (normative) Routine inspection and maintenance of
                      fire safety installations
Annex M (normative) Routine inspection and maintenance of
                      ventilation and air conditioning
                      ductwork
Annex N (normative) Phased evacuation
Annex O (informative) Examples of evacuation strategies
Annex P (informative) Example messages for use in a phased
                      evacuation
Annex Q (normative) Operational information (emergency packs)
                      for the fire service
Annex R (normative) Hot work
Bibliography

Gives recommendations for the management of fire safety over the lifetime of a building, including guidance for designers to ensure that the overall design of a building assists and enhances the management of fire safety.

Committee
FSH/14
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 01/540751 DC. (12/2004)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
88
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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