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Fire Safety Staff Guidance Note – Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005-

Guidance on Fire Safety Standards

1. Introduction.

1.1. This guidance is prepared with the objective of establishing a common approach andmethodology within the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service on the standards of firesafety required under the provisions of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (theOrder).

1.2. This guidance is required to assist fire safety inspectors and is intended to set out theaims, standards and values that will be applied.

2. National Guidance

2.1. The department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) has published a series of guides, which give advice on fire risk assessment and appropriate measures to control risks.The guides do not set prescriptive standards but provide recommendations and guidancefor use when assessing the adequacy of fire safety.

2.2. The guidance documents are

OFFICES AND SHOPS Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Offices and ShopsDate published 5 June 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 815 0

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Scope - Purpose built or converted office blocks. Individual office or shop units, whichare part of other complexes e.g. shopping, centre.This guide is not applicable for the overall management of multi-use shopping areas,the Large Places of Assembly guide will be more appropriate.

FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Factories and WarehousesDate published: 5 June 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 816 7

Scope - Where the main use of the building or part of the building is a factory or warehouse including Large and small factories, Manufacturing warehouses, Storagewarehouses, and Factories with Warehouses.

SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Sleeping AccommodationDate published: 5 June 2006

ISBN: 978 1 85112 817 4

Scope-The common areas of houses in multiple occupation (HMO).The commonareas of flats and maisonettes. The common areas of sheltered accommodationwhere care is not provided. Holiday chalets, holiday flat complexes, camping, caravanand holiday parks (other than privately owned individual units).Areas in work placeswhere staff ‘sleeping in’ is a condition of the employment or a business requirementas in licensed premises or hotelsThis guide is not intended for domestic premises, hospitals, residential care andnursing homes and prisons and other establishments where people are in lawfulcustody.

RESIDENTIAL CARE PREMISES Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Residential Care PremisesDate published: 26 July 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 818 1

Scope-Premises where the main use of the building or part of the building is toprovide residential care. It is intended for non-domestic residential premises with staff in attendance at all times and where many, most or all of the residents would requirecarer assistance to be safe in the event of a fire i.e. where residents would not beable to make their way to a place of safety unaided. These could include residentialand nursing homes, rehabilitation premises providing residential treatment and carefor addiction care homes and care homes with nursing (as defined by the CareStandards Act).

The guide is not intended for day-care centres without residential clients, shelteredaccommodation where no care is provided, hospitals, out-posted nursing care insingle private dwellings.

EDUCATIONAL PREMISES Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Educational PremisesDate published: 5 June 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 819 8

Scope-Schools including Sunday schools and after school clubs, Universities,Academies, Crèches, Adult education centres, Outdoor education centres and MusicschoolsThis guide does not apply to residential premises such as university halls of

residence, boarding school sleeping accommodation.

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SMALL AND MEDIUM PLACES OF ASSEMBLY Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Small and Medium Places of AssemblyDate published: 5 June 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 820 4

Scope-Small (accommodating up to 60 people) and medium (accommodating up to300 people) places of assembly including, Public houses, Clubs, Village halls andcommunity centres, Churches and other religious centres, and Marquees and tentsThis guide does not apply to sports grounds or common areas of shopping malls.

LARGE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Large Places of AssemblyDate published: 5 June 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 821 1

Scope-Large places of assembly i.e. where more than 300 people could gather

including, Sports stadia, Exhibition and conference centres, large nightclubs,Churches, cathedrals, other places of worship, Community centres and village halls.Common areas of shopping malls, and premises that adjoin other complexes such asshopping centres.This guide does not apply to premises that include sleeping accommodation, theatresand cinemas and or outdoor facilities.

THEATRES AND CINEMAS Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Large Places of AssemblyDate published: 8 June 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 822 8

Scope-Where the main use of the building or part of the building is a theatre, cinema

or multi-screen cinema or a combination of these. This guide also includes buildingsconverted to cinemas or theatres. Examples include, Theatres, Cinemas, andConcert hallsThis guide does not include temporary structures and marquees or tents used astheatres or cinemas.

OUTDOOR EVENTS Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Open Air Events and VenuesDate published: 8 March 2007ISBN: 978 1 85112 823 5

Scope-Open air events, and venues, such as theme parks, zoos, music concerts andfestivals, sporting events, race meetings, fairgrounds, street festivals, religious

festivals, balloon festivals, car-boot sales, county fairs, and other similar events.This guide does not cover sports stadia, permanent buildings or structures, large

temporary structures and air-supported structures.

HEALTHCARE PREMISES Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Healthcare premisesDate published: 25 September 2006ISBN: 978 1 85112 824 2

Scope-Where the main use of the building or part of the building is to providehealthcare including, Hospitals, Medical centres and other healthcare premisesThis guide is not be intended for use in care and nursing homes, rehabilitation

premises, day-care centres with no residential clients, sheltered accommodation, out-posted nursing care in single private dwellings and staff accommodation.

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TRANSPORT PREMISES AND FACILITIES Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Transport Premises and FacilitiesDate published: 12 February 2007ISBN: 978 1 85112 825 9

Scope-Transport premises and facilities including, Train, bus, coach and airporttransportation terminals and exchanges, Rail and road tunnels, Passenger ferry portsand facilities, Taxi stands and facilities, and Shipping ports and terminalsThis guide will not apply to the offices and shops within transport premises andfacilities or the actual modes of transport e.g. cars, buses, and trains.

ANIMAL PREMISES AND STABLES Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Animal Premises and StablesDate published: 23 October 2007ISBN: 978 1 85112 884 6

Scope-Premises where the main use of the building(s) or part of the building is asstables or livery yards, or equine establishments forming part of other occupancypremises, e.g. stables at racecourses. It may also be suitable for individual stableswithin other complexes, such as zoos, large animal sanctuaries or farm parks.MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR DISABLED PERSONS Publication title: Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Means of Escape for Disabled People(Supplementary Guide)Date published: 29 March 2007ISBN: 978 1 85112 873 7

Scope-This guide is a supplement to be read alongside other guides in the series. Itprovides additional information on accessibility and means of escape for disabledpeople.

2.3. It is recognised that methods of fire risk assessment other than those detailed withinthe guidance may be employed. These are are equally valid in order to comply with thelegislation, provided that they identify the fire risks and control measures.

2.4. The recommendations concerning guidance (e.g. technical guidance, fire safetymanagement guidance) detailed within the guides are to be regarded as “benchmark guidance”. There is no obligation to adopt the solutions in the guidance provided that therelevant requirement is met in some other appropriate way . For example in complexbuildings, engineered solutions may be used to meet requirements.

2.5. The guides are not intended for use when designing fire safety in new buildings or for proposed alterations to existing buildings. Such works are subject to Building Regulations.

3. Recently Constructed Buildings

3.1. When a building has been recently constructed (or significantly altered), the structural firesafety, fire alarm and warning arrangements, escape routes and facilities for the fire andrescue service should have been designed, constructed and installed with current BuildingRegulations. In such cases, it is likely that these measures will be satisfactory provided thatthey are being properly maintained and no significant increase in risk has been introduced.

3.2. Fire safety management standards should be identified in the fire risk assessment andsatisfactory control measures employed.

4. Buildings subject to previous Fire Safety Legislation

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4.1. When a fire certificate issued under The Fire Precautions Act or the premises were builtto recent Building Regulations, provided no material alterations have been made and all thephysical fire precautions have been properly maintained, the existing physical fire protectionarrangements may be satisfactory to comply with the Order.

4.2. A fire risk assessment is required to ensure all fire precautions in the premises remaincurrent and adequate. In addition fire safety management standards should be identified andsatisfactory control measures employed to ensure compliance with the wider scope of theOrder

4.3. In building that have previously carried out a fire risk assessment under the FirePrecautions (Workplace) Regulations may be satisfactory provided that it has been revised totake into account the wider scope of the Order.

4.4. In older building fire safety inspectors will need to pay particular attention to fire safetymeasures that do not meet the “benchmark guidance” contained within the guides andhave not been addressed as an outcome of the risk assessment.

5. Premises subject to the Licensing Act

5.1. Premises that are subject to the provisions of a licence or registration (i.e. under TheLicensing Act 2003) are obliged, under the Order, to undertake, and record, a fire riskassessment. The risk assessment should identify the number of people who may be presentat any one time.

5.2. When the premises have been subject to recent building regulations approval the number and width of escape routes will have been addressed at design and construction stage.

5.3. In other premises, the number of persons identified in the risk assessment who maysafely use the premises should be determined using the appropriate Communities and LocalGovernment (CLG) guide detailed in paragraph 2 above.

5.4. In premises were the Order applies fire safety conditions should not be set by a LicensingAuthority.

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Revision 1.0Date of Production : 01.04.09 Name of Author: R. Ashman.

Date of Review : 01.04.12 Job Title : Community Risk Officer

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