Below are listed some of the rules
and regulations we need to consider during the design
and management of our projects:
| BS5839 |
Fire
detection and alarm systems in buildings
Part 1: Code of Practice for installation and
service
Part 2: Specification for manual call points |
| BS5306 |
Fire
extinguishing installation and equipment on
premises
Part 0: Guide for the selection of installed
systems and other fire equipment |
| BS5499 |
Fire
safety signs, notices and graphic symbols
Part 1: Specification for safety signs |
| BS5588 |
Fire
precautions in the design & construction
of buildings
Part 3: Code of practice for office buildings |
| BS6266 |
Code
of practice for fire protection for electronic
equipment |
| BS5266 |
Emergency
Lighting
Part 1: Code of practice for installations of
emergency lighting |
| BS5270 |
Code
of practice for mechanical ventilation and air
conditioning |
| BS5925 |
Code
of practice for design of buildings: ventilation
principles and designing for natural ventilation |
| BS5446 |
Part
1: 1990 Specification of self-contained smoke
alarms and point-type smoke detectors |
| BS5839 |
Part
1: 1988 Code of Practice for System Design,
Installation and Servicing
Part 2: 1988 Specification for manual call points
Part 3: 1988 Specification for automatic release
mechanisms for certain fire protection equipment
Part 4: 1988 Specification for control and indicating
equipment
Part 5: 1988 Specification for optical beam
smoke detectors
Part 6: 1995 Code of practice for the design
and installation of fire detection and alarm
systems in dwellings
Part 7: (Draft for public comment) Specification
for flame detectors for special risks
Part 8: 1997 Code of practice for the design,
installation and servicing of voice alarm systems |
| PD6531 |
1997
Queries and interpretations on BS5839 Parts
1 and 4 |
| BS6266 |
1992
Code of practice for fire protection for electronic
processing installations |
| BS7273 |
Part
1: 1990 Electrical actuation of gaseous total
flooding extinguishing systems
Part 2: 1992 Mechanical actuation of gaseous
total flooding and local application extinguishing
systems |
| BS7807 |
1995
Code of practice for design, installation and
servicing of integrated systems incorporating
fire detection and alarm systems and/or other
security systems for buildings
Other than dwellings |
| EN54 |
Part
1: 1990 Automatic fire detection systems –
introduction
Part 2: (Draft) Control and indicating equipment
Part 3: (Draft) Audible fire alarm devices
Part 4: (Draft) Power supply equipment
Part 5: 1977 Point heat detectors
Part 6: (Draft) Point heat detectors without
fixed temperature element
Part 7: 1984 Point type smoke detectors
Part 8: 1984 High temperature heat detectors
Part 9: 1984 Sensitivity to fire tests
Part 10: (Draft) Flame detectors
Part 11: (Draft) Manual call points
Part 12: (Draft) Optical beam smoke detectors
Part 13: (Draft) Fire detection and fire alarm
system requirements
Part 14: (Draft) Guidelines for planning, design,
installation, commissioning
Part 15: (Draft) Multi-sensor detectors
|
| B5306 |
Part
0: 1986 Guide for the selection of installed
systems and other fire equipment
Part 1: 1976 Hydrant systems, hose reels and
foam inlets
Part 2: 1990 Specification for sprinkler systems
Part 4: 1986 Requirements for carbon dioxide
systems
Part 5.1: 1992 Specification for Halon 1301
total flooding systems
Part 5.2: 1984 Halon 1211 total flooding systems
Part 6.1: 1988 Specification for low expansion
foam systems
Part 6.2: 1989 Specification for medium and
high expansion foam systems
Part 7: 1988 Specification for powder systems |
| BS6535 |
Part
1: 1990 Fire extinguishing media
Part 2.1: 1990 Fire extinguishing media
Part 1: Specification for Halon 1211 and 1301
Part 2.2: 1990 fire extinguishing media
Part 2.2: Code of practice for safe handling
and transfer procedure |
| DD240 |
Part
1: 1997 Guide to the application of fire safety
engineering principles
Part 2: 1997 Commentary on the equations given
in Part 1 |
| BS5306 |
Part
3: 1985 Code of practice for the selection,
installation and maintenance of portable fire
extinguishers |
| BS6165 |
1992
Specification for Small Disposable Fire Extinguishers
of the Aerosol Type |
| BS6575 |
1985
Specification for fire blankets |
| BS6643 |
Part
1: 1985 Recharging fire extinguishers (manufactured
to BS5423 ‘Specification for portable
fire extinguishers’): Specification for
procedure and materials
Part 2: 1985 Specification for powder refill
charges |
| BS7863 |
1996
Recommendations for colour coding to indicate
the extinguishing media contained in portable
fire extinguishers |
| BS7867 |
1997
Specification for portable fire extinguishers
for use in aircraft |
| EN3 |
Part
1: 1996 Portable fire extinguishers –
Description, Duration of Operation and Tests
Part 2: 1996 Portable fire extinguishers –
retention of charges, dielectric, compaction
and special provisions
Part 3: 1994 Portable fire extinguishers –
Construction, resistance to pressure, mechanical
tests
Part 4: 1996 Portable fire extinguishers –
Charges, Minimum Fire Performance
Part 5: 1996 Portable fire extinguishers –
Complementary requirements and tests
Part 6: 1996 Portable fire extinguishers –
Provisions for the attestation of Conformity
to Parts 1-5 |
| EN1866 |
(Draft)
Mobile extinguishers |
| EN1869 |
1997
Fire blankets |
| EN12367 |
(Draft)
Extinguisher maintenance |