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THE REGULATORY REFORM (FIRE SAFETY) ORDER 2005 => Guides and Legislation Links => Topic started by: AnthonyB on September 21, 2021, 06:56:40 PM

Title: New Draft Fire Safety Guides
Post by: AnthonyB on September 21, 2021, 06:56:40 PM

Out for comment (not for use yet) guides updating two existing guides and introducing a new one:


Paying Guests Guide:
https://ifsm.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f0fe9fe5a3fc6e19297e1df95&id=30d42920d8&e=ea5c4f5947

Small Blocks of Flats Guide:
https://ifsm.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f0fe9fe5a3fc6e19297e1df95&id=7f57cc5497&e=ea5c4f5947

Small Non Domestic Premises Guide:
https://ifsm.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f0fe9fe5a3fc6e19297e1df95&id=7778ba89a4&e=ea5c4f5947

Title: Re: New Draft Fire Safety Guides
Post by: lyledunn on September 22, 2021, 09:09:28 PM

Where did the 25m TD come from in the Small non-domestic premises guide? Seems very reasonable. I have had entertainment licences refused for such venues when TD was a tad over 18m in single direction!

Title: Re: New Draft Fire Safety Guides
Post by: Dinnertime Dave on September 23, 2021, 09:45:55 PM

They are the suggested TD in all the existing guide for a normal fire risk areas.

Title: Re: New Draft Fire Safety Guides
Post by: AnthonyB on September 24, 2021, 07:53:05 PM

25m for low risk not normal in the DCLG guides - they then go on to define low risk such that it would be rare to classify most workplaces that way.

25m for normal situations will make things easier in some legacy buildings we deal with, I wonder what the rationale was - more common use of AFD, little evidence that the extra 7m makes any real difference in escape, etc?