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providing alternative escape routesthe first thing to check is if everyone can turn away from the fire and move safely away from itfor this to be the
principle of means of escapethe means of escape with which a building is provided are simply the ways out of the building that can be safely used in
industrial buildings inspectionsfire safety within industrial buildings falls largely within the scope of more general precautions and
inspecting a sprinkler systemswhen inspecting a building that has sprinklers fitted it is not easy to check that the correct water pressure and flow
smoke control systemwhere smoke control is installed in a building it is usual for there to also be sprinkler protection to the building and its
sprinkler system - fire protection engineeringsprinkler systems may be installed in a building to achieve a number of different objectives very
inspection checklistthe following checklist is a starting point and it may be added to if subsequent inspections and debriefs indicate that this
fire safety log bookthe occupiers fire safety log book should be checked during an inspection to see that the system is being tested regularly and
fire alarm systemsfire alarm systems can be very complex and it is usually not possible for an enforcing officer to check all the cabling the
fire alarm systemsall buildings require a means by which the warning of fire can be given to all occupants in the
principles of fire alarm systemsfire alarm systems usually perform two primary functions firstly they provide a means for warning people
new building completionnew buildings have to be constructed to meet certain fire safety standards it is not acceptable for buildings to be built
susceptibilitysusceptibility to products of combustion which includes metabolism lung capacity pulmonary disease allergies or other physical
basic characteristics of fire safety managementbasic characteristics - sensibility reactivity mobility and susceptibility - comprise a minimum
common faults - fire safety managementcommon faults found are combustible items left in protected routes locked exits fire doors wedged open exits
fire safety management for clubsin clubs and other places where there is music being played or other entertainment it is important that the music or
fire safety management for restaurantsstaff in restaurants must be aware that customers who have been served their food are always reluctant to leave
fire evacuation signalsmembers of the public are known not to respond positively to fire evacuation signals people will often try to ignore the
fire safety management for commercial buildingscommercial buildings where all the occupants are familiar with the building we also need to see
commercial buildings - fire protection engineeringthe term commercial buildings refers to any buildings that are not residential buildings and that
new assembly buildings12111 the requirements of this chapter shall apply to new buildings or portions thereof used as an assembly occupancy12132
principal of assembly buildings- fire protection engineeringas assembly buildings accommodate members of the public they often accommodate people
assembly buildings - fire risk assessmentcommon faults found in assembly buildings are combustible items left in protected routes or bedroom
assembly buildingsassembly buildings are high life risk premises people often very densely occupy such buildings and they do so in large numbers
fire risk assessment processthis is the main part of the fra process here we consider the risk measure it against what we consider