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This British Standard gives recommendations and guidance on the design, management and use of the following building types, to achieve reasonable standards of fire safety for all people in and around: dwellings (single-family dwelling houses, self-contained flats or maisonettes); residential accommodation blocks (e.g. for students or hospital staff), with individual bedrooms and the provision of kitchen/sanitary facilities constructed within a fire compartment; specialized housing. NOTE 1 Recommendations for fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings other than residential buildings are given in BS 9999. It is not applicable to hotels, caravans/mobile homes, hospitals, residential care homes, places of lawful detention or hostels. NOTE 2 Requirements for means of escape from caravans and mobile homes are given in BS 3632. This British Standard is applicable to the design of new buildings, and to material alterations, extensions and material change of use of an existing building. NOTE 3 Attention is drawn to the Building Regulations 2010 [1] and equivalent regional variations [3] to [5] in respect of the definition of material alterations, extens

Publisher
BSI Standards Limited
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9784420899673