Fire safety and heritage buildings

摘要

Under the requirements of thernRegulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment (FRA) is required for all premises other than private dwellings. For historic buildings, it is of paramount importance that a well-structured and properly implemented fire safety management plan accompanies the FRA. In fact, it is recognised in Approved Document B (ADB) that the most appropriate means of ensuring life safety in an historic building with respect to fire, is to take into account a range of fire safety features and set these against an assessment of the hazard and risk peculiar to the particular case.rnThe essential components of a FRA and fire safety plan for an historic building can be broken down into four steps: preparation, prevention, protection and management. There is no standardised format for recording or presenting the findings of a risk assessment or safety plan, but in every case the goal should be to produce clear and comprehensive documentation that is regularly reviewed.