Focus: community safety
Brogan, Elizabeth
Focus: community safety - 2005 - Fire Engineers' Journal 65(258) 20-41(22) .
Series of articles looking at community safety. Reports on the increased responsibility landlords will have for their tenants under the Housing Act 2004; the law as it applies to houses in multiple occupation; a new statisitical analysis of the cost of fire to the economy; the Chief Fire Officers' Association range of policies, procedures and guidance to help brigades enforce the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order; how UK fire services are working with local communities to increase diversity and improve fire safety; a simplified spill plume calculation including the effects of balconies and downstands; the fire performance of structural steel; new European requirements for fire sealants; and adequate fire protection for recessed downlights to ensure the integrity of ceilings.The "Economic cost of fire: estimates for 2003" is available on the ODPM website, www.odpm.gov.uk.
HOUSING ACT 2004
BUILDING REGULATIONS 2000
REGULATORY REFORM (FIRE SAFETY) ORDER 2005
FIRE PRECAUTIONS ACT 1971
FIRE PRECAUTIONS (WORKPLACE) REGULATIONS 1997
MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK REGULATIONS 1999
BS 8110
BS EN 1182
BS EN ISO 1716
BS EN ISO 11925-2
BS EN 13823
BS EN 13663
BS EN 1364
BS EN 1365
BS EN 1366
BS 476
Focus: community safety - 2005 - Fire Engineers' Journal 65(258) 20-41(22) .
Series of articles looking at community safety. Reports on the increased responsibility landlords will have for their tenants under the Housing Act 2004; the law as it applies to houses in multiple occupation; a new statisitical analysis of the cost of fire to the economy; the Chief Fire Officers' Association range of policies, procedures and guidance to help brigades enforce the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order; how UK fire services are working with local communities to increase diversity and improve fire safety; a simplified spill plume calculation including the effects of balconies and downstands; the fire performance of structural steel; new European requirements for fire sealants; and adequate fire protection for recessed downlights to ensure the integrity of ceilings.The "Economic cost of fire: estimates for 2003" is available on the ODPM website, www.odpm.gov.uk.
HOUSING ACT 2004
BUILDING REGULATIONS 2000
REGULATORY REFORM (FIRE SAFETY) ORDER 2005
FIRE PRECAUTIONS ACT 1971
FIRE PRECAUTIONS (WORKPLACE) REGULATIONS 1997
MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK REGULATIONS 1999
BS 8110
BS EN 1182
BS EN ISO 1716
BS EN ISO 11925-2
BS EN 13823
BS EN 13663
BS EN 1364
BS EN 1365
BS EN 1366
BS 476