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What is BS-5839-6-2019 Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems about?
In the United Kingdom, around 80% of all fire deaths and injuries occur in domestic premises, over 300 deaths and around 9 000 injuries per annum. Many of those who die are the most vulnerable in the community, namely elderly and socially deprived people. The installation of a fire detection and fire alarm system in premises can substantially reduce the risk of death or serious injury from fire. Indeed, the overall downward trend in annual fire deaths in domestic premises since smoke alarms in domestic premises were first given recognition in BS 5839-1 in 1988 is almost certainly attributable in part to the increasing use of smoke alarms. The level of deaths and injuries remains, however, above a level that society regards as acceptable. It has been estimated that, in premises without smoke detectors, a substantial proportion of the fatalities from fire could be avoided if smoke detectors were installed. The fatality rate in fires in premises in which there is no working smoke detector is between two and three times the fatality rate in fires in premises in which a smoke detector is present and functions correctly. The installation of automatic fire detectors is required in new hou
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Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- BSI
- Publisher
- BSI
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Category
- reference
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