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    Fire Acts & Regs - 2023 Presentation

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    The document provides guidance on wayfinding signage for firefighters in high-rise residential buildings. It outlines that floor identification signs and flat indicator signs should be installed on every landing and in firefighting lift lobbies. The signs should have at least 50mm tall sans serif text for the floor number and at least 75mm tall numerals. They should be mounted between 1.7-2m high and be easily legible in low light conditions. Another section discusses fire safety requirements for planning applications involving high-rise residential buildings, including submitting a fire statement and designating the Health and Safety Executive as a statutory consultee.

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    The document provides guidance on wayfinding signage for firefighters in high-rise residential buildings. It outlines that floor identification signs and flat indicator signs should be installed on every landing and in firefighting lift lobbies. The signs should have at least 50mm tall sans serif text for the floor number and at least 75mm tall numerals. They should be mounted between 1.7-2m high and be easily legible in low light conditions. Another section discusses fire safety requirements for planning applications involving high-rise residential buildings, including submitting a fire statement and designating the Health and Safety Executive as a statutory consultee.

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    Update on new fire safety requirements UK 2023

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    The document provides guidance on wayfinding signage for firefighters in high-rise residential buildings. It outlines that floor identification signs and flat indicator signs should be installed on every landing and in firefighting lift lobbies. The signs should have at least 50mm tall sans serif text for the floor number and at least 75mm tall numerals. They should be mounted between 1.7-2m high and be easily legible in low light conditions. Another section discusses fire safety requirements for planning applications involving high-rise residential buildings, including submitting a fire statement and designating the Health and Safety Executive as a statutory consultee.

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    Fire Acts & Regs - 2023 Presentation

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    The document provides guidance on wayfinding signage for firefighters in high-rise residential buildings. It outlines that floor identification signs and flat indicator signs should be installed on every landing and in firefighting lift lobbies. The signs should have at least 50mm tall sans serif text for the floor number and at least 75mm tall numerals. They should be mounted between 1.7-2m high and be easily legible in low light conditions. Another section discusses fire safety requirements for planning applications involving high-rise residential buildings, including submitting a fire statement and designating the Health and Safety Executive as a statutory consultee.

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    FIRE SAFETY UK 2023

    Nigel Evans Associates Ltd.


    London
    England
    [email protected]
    Wayfinding signage for the fire service
    To assist the fire service to identify each floor in a block of flats with a top storey more than
    11m above ground level floor identification signs and flat indicator signs should be provided.

    The floor identification signs should meet all of the following conditions.
    • a. The signs should be located on every landing of a protected stairway and every protected
    corridor/lobby (or open access balcony) into which a firefighting lift opens.
    • b. The text should be in sans serif typeface with a letter height of at least 50mm. The height
    of the numeral that designates the floor number should be at least 75mm.
    • c. The signs should be visible from the top step of a firefighting stair and, where possible,
    from inside a firefighting lift when the lift car doors open.
    • d. The signs should be mounted between 1.7m and 2m above floor level and, as far as
    practicable, all the signs should be mounted at the same height.
    • e. The text should be on a contrasting background, easily legible and readable in low level
    lighting conditions or when illuminated with a torch.
    In summary

    Section 10: Resisting fire spread over external walls

    Section 12: Resisting fire spread over roof coverings


    GATEWAY ONE – Planning Law
    Fire safety and high-rise residential buildings (Effective 01-08-2021)

    • Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning


    stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
    • to require the developer to submit a fire statement setting out fire
    safety considerations specific to the development with a relevant
    application for planning permission for development which involves
    one or more relevant buildings, and
    • to establish the Health and Safety Executive as a statutory consultee
    for relevant planning applications
    GATEWAY ONE – Planning Law
    Fire Statement to support consideration on fire safety matters

    • as they relate to land use planning matters (e.g. site layout, water
    supplies for firefighting purposes and access for fire appliances).
    • It is the intention that the information provided within a fire statement
    is focused and concise, specific and relevant to the development, and
    proportionate to the scale, type and complexity of the proposal.
    • A fire statement will evidence that thinking on fire safety matters, as
    they relate to planning, has been incorporated into the planning
    application.
    GATEWAY ONE – Planning Law
    What information must a fire statement contain?

    • the principles, concepts and approach relating to fire safety that have
    been applied to each building in the development
    • the site layout
    • emergency vehicle access and water supplies for firefighting purposes
    • what, if any, consultation has been undertaken on issues relating to the
    fire safety of the development; and what account has been taken of
    this
    • how any policies relating to fire safety in relevant local development
    documents have been taken into account
    CHANGING FIRE DOORS
    London Councils Requirements
    • Application to change Front Entrance or Secondary Means of Escape
    Doors (Fire Rated)
    The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc)
    (England) Regs 2023
    Higher-Risk Buildings
    3.Building assessment certificates
    4.Management of building safety risks: prescribed principles
    5.Safety case reports
    6.Mandatory reporting requirements
    7.Keeping of information and documents
    8.Provision of information to the regulator, residents etc
    9.Provision of information etc on changes in AP
    10.Residents’ engagement strategy
    11.Requests for further information
    12.PAP complaints procedures
    13.Contravention notices
    14.Compliance notices
    15.Appeals against decisions to refuse to remove buildings from the register
    ANY QUESTIONS?

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