Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Part A, stability of buildings, 357
Part B, fi re safety requirements for all 
buildings, 175, 357
see also
Building Regulations 
Approved Document B
Part C, site preparation, 357
require buildings to assist fi re fi ghters 
and have reasonable access for 
a fi re appliance, 231
Building Regulations approval, 17
Building Regulations Approved 
Document B, 123, 330
assistance in calculating numbers of 
persons present, 192, 193
guidance on appropriate aspects 
of means of escape based on 
purpose groups, 191, 238
guidance to designers on fl ow of 
persons through exits, 247
internal linings:
BS 476 classifi cations used for 
lining material, 186, 187
classifi es performance of, 125
minimum requirements, surface 
spread of fl ame of lining 
materials, 185–7
limits openings in compartment 
fl oors and walls, 182
Building Regulations (Scotland) 2003, 
173, 174
functional requirements, 174–5
Buildings:
categories of use, 125–6
confi rmation of ‘clear’ status, 261–2
division into fi re alarm zones, 229
fi re loading within, 126
fi re protection in, 172–239
fi re protection (preventive and 
protective measures), 173
large, role of smoke control and 
ventilation, 210–11
legislative requirements, 173–5
means of escape, 188–236
Buildings provision, 54–5
Construction Phase Plan, 55
health and safety fi le, 55, 56
initial plan, 55
duties of designers, 54–5
effect of CDM and subsequent 
changes, 54
formal arrangements for all aspects 
of safety, 54
sources related to safety od 
buildings, 54
Buildings and structures, convection 
causing of fi re spread, 122
Buildings/sites at risk, 145
accountability for keys and their 
issue, 145
basic measures preventing access to 
roofs, 145
CCTV systems, 145
isolated/less used parts, access 
restricted/monitored, 145
prevention of access, 145
Bunds, 318
for containment on-site of fi re fi ghting 
agents, 321
Business continuity, in the aftermath of 
fi re, 303
disaster management plan, 303
Business operations and activities, 
targeted by arsonists, 147
Carbon monoxide (CO), 313
Case studies:
arson attack, school on North West 
England, 166
child trapped by machinery of 
automatic roller shutter door, 97
failure of supervision in a safe system 
of work (SSOW), 114–15
fi re at Bradford City Football Club 
(1985), 245–6, 262–3
fi re in a pharmaceutical production 
site, 303–4
fi re risk assessment showing areas 
needing improvement, 34–5
Flixborough disaster (1974), 134–5
Herald of Free Enterprise
(car ferry), 
81
injury, failure of chemical plant 
owners to comply with section 
31 of HSWA, 55–6
prosecution by Kent and Medway Fire 
and Rescue Authority and the 
Heath and Safety Executive, 28–9
shopping mall, increased insurance 
premiums, 280
fi re safety issues addressed, 
increase in premiums and 
excess minimised, 281
Summerland leisure complex, Isle of 
Man, 236, 245–6
Cavity insulation, 357
CCTV systems, 145
CDM (Construction (Design and 
Management) Regulations) 
(2007), 16, 42, 54, 156, 165, 
362–7
emergency procedures, 366
emergency routes and exits, 366
fi re detection and fi re fi ghting, 366
and fi re prevention, 159–61, 366
fi re safety coordinator, 41
CFOA (Chief Fire Offi cers Association), 
on equipment and false alarms, 
295

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Index
405
CGE (confi ned gas explosion), 127, 130
Chemicals, substituting less reactive for 
reactive, 151
Chernobyl (1986), absence of a safety 
culture, 59
Child employment, and MHSW 
regulations, 11
CHIP (Chemicals (Hazard Information 
and Packaging for Supply) 
Regulations 2002), 17, 120, 126, 
150, 358–60
classifi cations of dangerous 
substances, 139
labelling, 359–60
labelling and classifi cation of 
substances supplied, 52, 58
Material Safety Data Sheet, 17, 53
retention of data, 360
terminology, 358–9