Small Guest House or HMO

[Clevelandfire]

theres a lot of Love in this forum

[kurnal]

As a child of the flower power era Im all for it. As someone once said - All you need is Love- and Love overcomes.

Provided we are safe from fire of course.

[Clevelandfire]

Im rather tearful and slightly philosophical now that was beautiful

[CivvyFSO]

flippent remarks from the likes of Civvy

Flippa[/u][/i]nt

.....long may it continue.

Amen!

[Midland Retty]

ocassional flippent remarks from the likes of Civvy & Retty .......and many others .......

I resemble that comment Mr Barry

[devon4ever]

Kurnal's view of posting threads that command responsive debate is highly commendable.

I've carried out FRA's in both uniform & civvies, sometimes we think we know the answer to a situation purely by the unwritten legacy of "older hands" that we learned our skills from, only to find that the particular phrase or words you have used for years don't exist anywhere in print.

Fire safety is a dynamic subject, forever changing with trends, legislation, fire situations and new building materials & design & fire engineering techniques, I find that bouncing issues off your peers in a forum such as this extremely useful....long may it continue, (PS is it safe to throw out my Yellow Blue & Pink Guides now!)

[kurnal]

No- I reckon you should keep them keep em along with the red brown an lilac ones, cp3 and your post war building studies. Its really interesting to trace the development of standards and as evidence to show those following us that sometimes standards are changed for no good reason at all. Take the calculation of exit capacity and then try and apply current guidance to situations that you encounter such as  a 600mm restriction on an exit route. Or the 13m long dead end in an old hotel bedroom corridor. At least the old guides help you make sense of it and apply perspective.

[Clevelandfire]

No- I reckon you should keep them keep em along with the red brown an lilac ones, cp3 and your post war building studies. Its really interesting to trace the development of standards and as evidence to show those following us that sometimes standards are changed for no good reason at all. Take the calculation of exit capacity and then try and apply current guidance to situations that you encounter such as  a 600mm restriction on an exit route. Or the 13m long dead end in an old hotel bedroom corridor. At least the old guides help you make sense of it and apply perspective.

I agree whole heartedly with that statement. Whilst some of the requirements contained in the old guidance documents was over prescriptive and unrealistic, other parts of it was good honest common sense stuff which can be carried forward to the modern day.

The debate and opinions that people have given on this website has helped me no end and in some cases has transfomed my own outlook about safety and the way I approach things. And this is coming from someone who has done thrity years in the fire service , ten of which have been in fire safety. Who says leopards can't change their spots, or you can't teach old dogs new tricks.