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Standards that may affect your business

  • BS476: Fire tests on building materials and structures.
    Part 7: Method for classification of the surface spread of flame of products.
    Part 22: Methods for determination of the fire resistance of non-load bearing elements of construction.
  • BS 5266: Emergency Lighting
    Part 1: Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises other than cinemas and certain other specified premises used for entertainment

  • BS 5306: Fire-extinguishing installations and equipment on premises
    Part 1: Hydrant systems, hose reels and foam inlets
    Part 2 : Specification for sprinkler systems
    Part 3: Code of practice for selection, installation and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers
    Part 4: Specification for carbon dioxide systems

  • BS 5423: Portable fire extinguishers

  • BS 5446: Components of automatic fire alarm systems for residential premises.
    Part 1: Specifications for self-contained smoke alarms and point-type smoke detectors

  • BS 5499: Fire safety signs, notices and graphic symbols
    Part 23: Buildings and structures for agriculture: Code of practice for fire precautions

  • BS 5588: Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings.
    Part 2: Code of practice for shops
    Part 4: Code of practice for smoke control in protected escape routes using pressure differentials
    Part 5: Code of practice for fire-fighting stairs and lifts
    Part 6: Code of practice for places of assembly
    Part 7: Code of practice for the incorporation of atria in buildings
    Part 8: Code of practice for means of escape for disabled people
    Part 9: Code of practice for ventilation and air conditioning ductwork
    Part 10: Code of practice for shopping complexes
    Part 11: Code of practice for shops, offices, industrial storage and other similar buildings

  • BS 5655: Lifts and service lifts

  • BS 5725: Emergency exit devices

  • BS 5810: Code of practice for access for the disabled to buildings

  • BS 5839: Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings
    Part 1: Code of practice for the design, installation and servicing of fire detection and alarm systems for buildings
    Part 3: Specification for automatic release mechanisms for certain fire protection equipment
    Part 6: Code of practice for the design, installation and servicing of fire detection and alarm systems in dwellings
    Part 8: Code of practice for the design, installation and servicing of voice alarm systems

  • BS 5908: Code of practice for fire precautions in the chemical and allied industries

  • BS 7671: Requirements for electrical installation: IEE Wiring Regulations

  • BS 7863: Recommendations for colour coding to indicate the extinguishing media contained in portable fire extinguishers

  • BS EN 3: Portable fire extinguishers
    Part 5: Portable fire extinguishers - specifications and supplementary tests

  • BS EN 2: Classification of fires

  • British Standards for Development 240: Fire safety engineering in buildings
    Part 1: Guide to the application of fire safety engineering principles
    Part 2: Commentary on the equations given in Part 1