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A Guide to Fire and SecurityProtection in Multi-Occupied

Residential Properties

Advice or Property Owners,Managers and Contractors

E D I T I ON



Foreword

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in private sector housing comprising o Local Authorities,

the Private Rented Sector, West Midlands Police and WestMidlands Fire Service.

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The objective o this document is to provide owners,

managers, letting agents and contractors with thenecessary inormation which will help them provide their

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Contents

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Introduction 4-7

Chapter 1: Fire precautions 8-12

Chapter 2: A Guide to carrying out a Fire Risk Assessment in Multi-OccupiedResidential Property 13-16

Detailed Fire Precautions Key Symbols 17

Chapter 3: Typical shared house accommodation layouts 18-29

Plan 1: Pre-1919 two storey shared house with stairway o living room 18

Plan 2: Pre-1919 two storey shared house with stairway o living room (alternative) 21

Plan 3: Pre-1919 two storey shared house with stairway o hall 24

Plan 4: Typical three storey shared type Victorian house 27

Chapter 4: Typical bedsit accommodation layouts 30 – 47 Plan 5: Typical pre-1919 two storey bedsit house with stairway o living room 30

Plan 6: Typical pre-1919 two storey bedsit house with stairway o living room

(alternative) 33

Plan 7: Typical two storey bedsit type Victorian house 36

Plan 8: Typical two storey bedsit type Victorian house (alternative) 39

Plan 9: Typical three storey bedsit type Victorian house 42

Plan 10: Typical three storey bedsit type Victorian house

(with cooking acilities in lets) 45Chapter 5: Typical layout o buildings converted into fats 48 – 65

Plan 11: Typical two storey Victorian house divided into two sel-contained fats 48

Plan 12: Typical two storey Victorian house divided into two sel-contained fats

(Travel distance: excessive) 51

Plan 13: Typical two storey Victorian house divided into two sel-contained fats

(Travel distance: excessive) (alternative) 54

Plan 14: Typical three storey Victorian house divided into sel-contained fats 57

Plan 15: Typical three storey Victorian house divided into sel-contained fats

(Travel distance: excessive) 60

Plan 16: Typical three storey Victorian house divided into sel-contained fats

(Travel distance: excessive) (alternative) 63

Chapter 6: Maintenance o re protection 66-67

Chapter 7: Fire prevention 68-69

Appendices 70-101

Appendices give detailed technical inormation and guidance.

Sample orms, or use when recording tests and re risk assessment ndings can be

ound in Appendix 13Useul contacts 102

Notes 105

Homestamp Consortium partners 107



New national guidance on re saety within

residential accommodation was launched by

LACORS on 23rd July 2008.

LACORS (Local Authority Co-ordinators o

Regulatory Service) is an organisation that

advises local authorities on best practice

in enorcing regulations. Although the

LACORS national guidance is not law, its

recommended standards have nevertheless,

been adopted widely by local authorities andre authorities.

The LACORS guidance adopts a risk-based

approach to re saety and compliance with

the guidance normally satises the legal

requirements o both the Housing Act and

the Regulatory Reorm (Fire Saety) Order

2005.

The guidance, entitled “Housing - Fire

Saety (Guidance on re saety provisions

or certain types o existing housing)”

can be reely downloaded at

www.lacors.gov.uk/lacors/upload/19175.pd

The Homestamp “Guide to Fire Saety

and Security Protection in Multi-OccupiedResidential Properties” complements the

LACORS guidance, by enhancing the

practical advice or landlords on how to carry

out re risk assessment and oering re

saety solutions in the orm o detailed plans

and appendices having regard to typical

occupancy, ensuring that vulnerable

occupants are better protected.

The Fire Saety Order places a legal

obligation on landlords to carry out a risk

assessment in the common parts o HMOs

(Houses in Multiple Occupation) and

buildings comprising sel-contained fats, and

to provide any re saety measures that the

risk assessment shows to be necessary.

Common parts include shared kitchens,

bathrooms, living rooms and stairways.

In practice this requires a risk assessment o

the entire building, not just common parts,

because re saety measures or commonand private parts o HMOs and buildings

comprising fats are designed as a whole

integrated ‘package’.

Landlords complying with the LACORS

guidance will be satisying their legal

obligations under the Fire Saety Order.

Note that the Fire Saety Order does not

apply to shared HMOs. These are properties

occupied by tenants on a single group

contract (typically students) who tend to live

together as a single household,

collectively have control o all parts o

the house and normally have their own

bedroom but share the kitchen, bathroom

and living room. This means carrying out arisk assessment is not a legal requirement

but which should be done in any event as

standard good practice.

Voluntary compliance with LACORS

guidance by landlords would mean that it

would be unlikely that urther re saety

measures would be required at compliant

properties, i an inspection was carried out

by a Fire Saety Enorcement Ocer.

Introduction



Introduction

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Houses in MultipleOccupation (HMO)

Denition o HMO:

“House in Multiple Occupation” means

a building, or part o a building (e.g. a fat):

• which is occupied by more than one

household and in which more than

one household shares an amenity

(or the building lacks an amenity) such

as a bathroom, toilet or cooking

acilities; or,

• which is occupied by more than one

household and which is a converted

building which does not entirely

comprise o sel contained fats (whether

or not there is also a sharing or lack o

amenities); or,

• which comprises entirely o converted

sel contained fats and the standard o

conversion does not meet, as a

minimum, that required by the 1991

Building Regulation and at least one

third o the fats are occupied under

short tenancies.

And is “occupied” by more than onehousehold:

• as their only or main residence, or,

• as a reuge by persons escaping

domestic violence, or,

• during term time by students, or,

• or some other purpose that is

prescribed in regulations.

Note: households comprise:

• amilies (including single persons and

co-habiting couples (whether or not o

the opposite sex), or,

• any other relationship that may be

prescribed by regulations, such as

domestic sta or ostering or carerarrangements.

The Government believes that sae and

properly managed HMOs ulll an important

unction in the private rented housing market.

Many people need access to cheap fexible

accommodation and in most areas HMOs

meet this need. HMOs also have a particular

role in providing aordable accommodationin areas o high housing demand where rents

are high.

HMO accommodation has oten been

created by sub division o larger properties

into smaller units and may pose re risks to

occupants as traditional means o escape

may have been compromised in the process

o redevelopment.

HMOs can also be home to vulnerable

tenants and a higher standard o saety is

required in order to ensure the saety o

those tenants and their neighbours.

Thereore this document has been

developed to provide guidance to owners,

managers, letting agents and contractorson best practice in meeting re saety and

security standards in HMOs.



Denition o Shared House

and Bedsit:Throughout this document you will nd

many reerences to accommodation which is

described as “bedsits” or “shared houses”.

Under previous legislation the dierence was

important because a shared house could be

regarded as alling outside the legal deni-

tion o an HMO and thus the laws relating to

HMOs could not be enorced.

With the introduction o the Housing Act

2004 this has changed and now the denition

o an HMO depends on a number o actors.

However, in nearly all cases, i there are

three or more unrelated tenants living in

a house then the house will all within the

denition o a House in Multiple

Occupation.

However LACORS recognises that, despite all

relevant houses being HMOs, there are some

dierences between accommodation termed

as “bedsits” and accommodation described

as a “shared house”. There are aspects o living in a shared house which may reduce

the risk o re and thereore the necessary re

precautions can be reduced to some extent.

What is a shared house?

The working guidance given in LACORS is

that or an HMO to be regarded as a shared

house, it should:

• be rented by an identiable group o

sharers, such as students, work colleagues

or riends, as joint tenants. This means

that they will generally commence theiroccupation at roughly the same time and

be jointly and severally liable or paying

the rent and complying with tenancy

conditions

• each occupant will have a designated

study/bedroom but will share the kitchen,

bathroom, living and dining rooms and

all other parts o the house. Each tenant

will have a right o access to all parts o the

house, including others’ study/bedrooms.

In addition, the ollowing criteria can also be

used to help decide whether the house can

be regarded as shared:

•

there will be a signicant degree o socialinteraction between the tenants

• the tenants will share acilities such as

laundry equipment and television, etc

• there will be arrangements in place or the

tenants to share the cleaning and general

management o the whole house

• bedroom/study doors will not have locks.

Introduction



•The responsibility or nding a new tenant,i one moves out, will rest with the

remaining tenants rather than the landlord

• tenants will decide amongst themselves

who is to occupy each study/bedroom

• the total occupancy o the house will be

relatively small. Shared houses rarely have

more than seven tenants

• the occupancy o the house will be

relatively stable. Frequent changes in

occupier would suggest a bedsit

• there will be a degree o co-operation and

sharing o common tasks such as

shopping, cooking, cleaning etc.

• tenants will normally be aware o who is in

the house at all times.

The listed criteria are important but are not

prescriptive. Some variation is acceptable.

The important thing is that to be regarded

as a shared house, the occupants must live

together in a manner which approximates tosingle amily occupation.

I an HMO is not a shared house then it will

be regarded as bedsits.

In some instances, however, a house will not

all neatly into one classication or the other,

and in such a case will need to be treated

on its merits. As long as the risk assessmenttakes into account the risks associated with

the true manner o occupation, it is likely to

be accepted.

Introduction



Chapter 1: Fire Precautions

The re precautions that the Local Authority

require are mostly about things that can

happen outside the residents’ control. The

law takes the view that someone with overall

control o the house, (i.e. the owner, landlord

or manager) must take steps to protect

everyone living in it. The main reasons or

insisting on re precautions in Houses

in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) is to

provide early warning and stop the smoke

and re spreading to other parts o the

house beore other residents

have the chance to escape.

The advice given in this guidance comes in

two parts. Firstly how to carry out a re saety

risk assessment and secondly, recommended

re saety measures or common property

types. The two parts are used in conjunction.

Users o this guide should amiliarise

themselves with how to carry out a risk

assessment (Chapter 2 on page 13). Then

reer to the property layout plans in Chapters

3, 4 and 5 to decide which best suits

their own property and then adjust the

recommended re saety measures based on

a risk assessment o their own property.

The guidance given in this section is

designed or HMOs as they are commonly

encountered in most areas: that is to say

HMOs o two or three storeys (not including

hostels) housing up to approximately twelve

people. For houses larger than this or where

the layout is unusual or combined with

commercial premises the person with overall

control should contact the Local Authority or

advice as a higher standard o re protection

may be required.

Alternatives to the guidance are acceptable

i they aord at least the same level o

protection.

One example o this would be the

installation o a sprinkler system (see

Appendix 10: Automatic re suppression

systems). It is possible that a designed

commissioned sprinkler system could take

the place o some o the re precautions

listed in this booklet. It would, however, be

up to the landlord to investigate the

practicalities and economics o such schemes;

ollowing the guidance should result in

acceptable re saety. However, where the

property is unusual in design or is used to

house vulnerable groups o people (or

example inrm or drug dependant

people) the Local Authority may well require

higher standards.

I you are proposing to convert or alter a

property, it is important to remember that

you may require Planning Permission and / or

Building Regulation Approval rst.

Additionally, regard should also be had to the

act that there are urther requirements under

Housing Act legislation, or example, space

and amenity standards which also need to bemet.

The next section sets out the general

principles or the re precaution standards

and is ollowed by the recommended

requirements the Local Authority has

adopted. Chapters 3 and 4 illustrate some

typical schemes or houses commonly

used or multiple occupancy in most areas.

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General principles

The ollowing diagram illustrates the general principles o re precautions in a representative

house.

The stairwell, landing and hallare kept clear so that peoplecan get out without tripping

over obstacles

The emergency lightingilluminates the way outin the event o power

ailure

The re doorslows down the spread

o smoke and re sopeople can get past it

and out (please reer toAppendix 6: Guidance on

re doors and rames)

People can escape through theront door without having to use

the key (please reer toAppendix 7: Door security)

Escape windows mayprovide a secondary

means o escape (pleasereer to Appendix 5:

Window security)

The smoke detectordetects smoke in the

event o re andtriggers the alarm

The detectors are linked sothat everyone in the house is

alerted when the alarm sounds

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7

6

5




Notes:

1) There is a mains operated detector/

alarm where necessary. This ensuresthat res are detected at the earliest

opportunity and that a warning is

sounded.

2) Whilst the re precautions should help

everyone escape rom the house, the

main objective o the scheme is to

alert people in other rooms that there

is a re, as well as the occupier o theroom where the re starts.

3) I the electricity supply is interrupted

the emergency lighting illuminates the

escape route to show people the

way out where necessary.

4) There is a clear way out through a route

ree o re risks and obstructions. No onehas to pass through a room o signicantly

higher re risk in order to escape.

5) All rooms which pose a signicant risk

o re have 30 minute re resisting

doors with smoke seals and sel-closing

devices. Fire doors are provided to

protect the means o escape and should

never be wedged open. Sel-closingdevices should normally be tted to

re doors and always to entrance doors

to bedsits and fats. However, this may be

relaxed or re doors inside singly

occupied fats and low risk shared HMOs.

Doors to rooms within larger multiply

occupied fats and larger shared HMOs

may require sel closers within the context

o an overall risk assessment (please reer

to Appendix 6: Guidance on re doors and

rames).

6) Escape routes must have doors that

cannot be locked or astened in such a

way that prevents them rom being

easily and immediately opened, in the

event o a emergency by persons on

their way out, without the use o a key

(please reer to Appendix 7: Door security).

7) Escape windows can be used as a

secondary means o escape at ground or

rst foor level, only where the

ground below is fat and ree rom

haards (low walls, railings etc) (please

reer to Appendix 5: Window security).




Fireghting equipment

The provision o re blankets and

extinguishers can be useul i all residents

are properly instructed on how to use them.

They must know how to hold and use a re

blanket and be instructed in how to discharge

any re extinguisher provided, what type o

re it is sae to be used on, how to tackle a

re saely with an extinguisher and when to

give up and get out.

Landlords should consider the ollowing

points where extinguishers are to be

provided:

• the extinguishers must comply with

BS 5423 (or equivalent), which includes the

specication or portable extinguishers

• where extinguishers are provided they

should be mounted on brackets xed to

the wall with the carrying handle no

more than one metre high in the escape

route at each foor level

• all extinguishers should be maintained

in accordance with BS 5306 (or equivalent)

• the installation o extinguishers can

lead to ongoing management problems

where equipment is discharged through

malice or horseplay

• in the event o a re, residents should

be under the instruction to evacuate

the building. However, extinguishers

may provide a means o tackling smallres i it is considered sae to do so.

Certainly re blankets and extinguishers can

be helpul in tackling small res and stopping

them rom becoming out o control.

However, there are a number o injuries every

year because people do not know how to use

re extinguishers and blankets properly, or

do not appreciate the limitations o these

devices. Unless a re is very small, it is best

on balance to encourage people simply to

get out o the building quickly.




Travel distances

Travel distances within HMOs are an

important matter. In the event o re,

occupiers need to be reasonably sure that

they can reach a place o saety within

reasonable time. The layout o the premises

needs to be such that occupiers can quickly

nd their way across the room they are in and

then through any protected route to the nal

exit. This must be achieved despite possibleheat, fames and most importantly smoke.

Smoke is oten toxic but can also reduce

visibility both by ogging and by causing

irritation to the eyes. Occupiers need to be

able to get through the escape route with a

minimum o exposure to these haards

particularly by inhalation.

Like most elements o re saety, judging theadequacy o travel distances is a matter o

risk assessment and needs to be considered

along with all other risks.

As a guideline however:

The distance between any point on the

premises and a place o saety should

ideally be a maximum o 9 metres. A placeo relative saety would, or example, be a

protected route within the building.

In HMOs without a protected route (or

example in smaller two storey shared houses)

the travel distance will generally need to be

calculated rom the urthest corner o the

most distant bedroom to the ront door. The

distance will oten exceed 9m.

Where 9m travel distance is exceeded,

landlords should consider this as an item o

additional risk. Some examples o the ways

that excessive travel distances can be oset

are:

• alternative escape measures (e.g. an

escape window) or routes;

• better smoke detection or coverage;

• additional emergency lighting.

Premises converted ater 1991 with ull

Building Regulation Approval should already

comply with travel distance requirements.


Place o relative saety or protected route



Chapter 2: A Guide to carrying out a Fire RiskAssessment in Multi-Occupied Residential Property

A practical step-by-step guide

As explained below you need to assess the

re risk in your HMO to decide i you need

to increase or reduce the re precautions

recommended by LACORS and Homestamp.

Keep records o everything you have done

to show you meet your legal requirement to

carry out a ull re risk assessment (sample

orms can be ound at Appendix 13).

To do this, start by assessing how

vulnerable to risk your tenants are.

Consider the most vulnerable that you are

likely to house i.e. worst-case scenario.

Record your assessments. Remember you

need to reassess the vulnerability o any new

tenants i there is a signicant dierence in

their ability to escape rom re e.g. i they

have less mobility.

Next, look or anything in your property

that could start a re or burn – advice on

this is given later. Record your ndings.

You now need to reduce the overall re risk

by simply removing or reducing the numbers

o sources o re and fammable materials

wherever it is possible to do so. Record what

you have done. Also check that appliances

provided by you are being used and

maintained as per the manuacturer’s advice.

Always keep a record o your re saety

checks and any works carried out as this

may reduce your legal liability i there is

a re. You may be asked to produce this

as evidence that you have met your legal

requirements to carry out a re risk

assessment.

Having reduced the sources o ignition and

fammable materials, consider next, any

other risks remaining in your property.

Record your ndings. The things that you

need to consider are listed later.

Now decide what precautions are needed

to reduce these remaining risks should a re

start. These are normally early warning (re

detection) system, a sae escape route and

reghting equipment. The LACORS

and Homestamp recommendations will

help you make these decisions. Record your

decisions.

Firstly, decide what grade o re warningsystem is suitable and which parts o the

property it needs to cover. The warning

system then needs to be tted in accordance

with the manuacturers instructions and you

should record ull details o this work.

You also need to assess whether the escape

route would give tenants sucient time toget out o the building saely in the event o

a re (consider the eects o smoke and hot

gases in addition to fames). You may need

to upgrade the re resistance o the escape

route by providing re doors and

over-boarding some ceilings, walls and under

stairs. Record your ndings.

I the escape route is long, complex and

without borrowed light you may need to t



(and maintain) emergency lighting. Record

your ndings.

Having provided re saety measures in

accordance with your risk assessment you

now need to provide your tenants with

written inormation on how to prevent, and

what to do in case o re, including

displaying a notice in the building saying

where, outside the building, occupiers should

meet so that everyone can be accounted or.

You should also provide the re saety

inormation to anyone employed to work on

your property. Record what you have done.

Fire alarm and emergency lighting systems,

re extinguishers and re doors need to be

regularly tested, checked and maintained.So your re risk assessment needs to include

deciding on and setting up a re saety

management routine. Record your planned

maintenance.

Finally you will need to periodically review

the adequacy o your re precautions,

particularly on a change o tenancy, andtaking account o age and wear and tear, and

change, upgrade or replace as necessary.

Record it every time you do this.

Typical fammable materials

For example, things that will burn relatively

easily, and in large enough quantity to

provide uel or a re or cause it to spread to

another uel source. Make a complete

record o everything present in the

building.

These include:• urniture, urnishings, textiles, bedding,

clothing and curtains, laundry;

• accumulations o unwanted mail, waste

paper, cardboard, newspapers and

magaines (including that waiting recycling

collection);

• waste storage and reuse containers;

• fammable liquid-based products suchas paint, varnish, thinners, adhesives, white

spirit, methylated spirit and cooking oils;

• liqueed petroleum gas (LPG), paran,

heating oils and petrol;

• paper products, packaging materials,

stationery, advertising materials and books

• decorations or seasonal and religious

occasions;

• Plastics and rubber such as video tapes

polyurethane oam-lled urniture and

polystyrene-based display materials;

• wall, foor and ceiling coverings and

surace nishes.

Chapter 2: A Guide to carrying out a Fire Risk Assessment in

Multi-Occupied Residential Property



Typical sources o ignition

For example, sources o heat that could get

hot enough to ignite any materials around

them. Make a complete record o

everything present in the building.

These include:

• naked fames, e.g. candles and night

lights;• electric, gas or oil-red heaters (xed or

portable);

• heating boilers;

• cookers, toasters and other kitchen

equipment (especially when shared);

• aulty or misused electrical equipment;

• electrical blankets, computers, TVs,

washing machines and dryers;• lighting equipment (xed and movable)

e.g. halogen lamps and table lamps;

• the electrical installation;

• the gas installation;

• arson attack;

• in larger or mixed use properties, any plant

room e.g. lit motor rooms;

• smoker’s materials e.g. cigarettes,

matches and lighters.

Matters aecting re risk

As part o your risk assessment you should

consider the ollowing items because they

can contribute to an increased re risk.

Inspect your property and make a note o

anything on this list that would increase or

decrease re risk. These need to be

considered when you are making a

judgement as to your property being low,medium or high re risk.

I your property is medium risk the

Homestamp and LACORS guidance will

normally apply.

I your property is high risk, then additional

re precautions to these recommended by

the guides may be necessary.

I your property is low some o the

recommendations may be relaxed.

Make a complete record o everything in

your building and the level o risk you have

decided on.

• Escape route

Is there an escape route capable o

enabling tenants to evacuate the property

saely in the event o re?

• Habitable basement

Are there habitable rooms in the basement

in which people could become trapped?

• Unoccupied basements / cellars

Do these contain rubbish and other

fammable materials?





• Inner rooms

Does a tenant have to go rom one room

through another in order to get to the

escape route and thereby risk becoming

trapped?

• Escape windows

Does the window have the minimum o

0.33msq opening area and is no

higher than 1.1 metres rom the foor?

Is the room containing the window no

higher than the rst foor?

• Protected routes, stairs

Does the escape route and stairs allow

the occupiers sucient time to get out

o the building without injury rom re or

smoke?

• Exit doors

Where locks are tted to doors that orm

part o the escape route, are they able to

be opened rom the inside without the useo a key?

• External stairways

Is there a well-maintained external

staircase?

• Fire separation / compartmentation

Does the construction between units o

accommodation have at least 30 minutes

re resistance?

• Fire doorsDo re doors have a minimum rating o 30

minutes?

• Automatic re detection and warning

systems

Is there a hard-wired interlinked smoke /

heat detection system in place?

• Lighting o escape routes

Would the escape route have sucient

lighting to enable escape in the event o

re?

• Emergency escape lighting

Is the escape route long and complex and

does it have borrowed lighting?

• Fireghting equipment (portable)

Are there suitable re extinguishers and /

or re blankets in appropriate places?

• Automatic water suppression systems

Is a sprinkler system provided?

• Fire saety signage

Is the escape route long and complicated,

and i so, are there signs to guide tenants

out?

• Surace nishes

Are there any fammable materials on the

walls and ceilings?

• Escape route foor coverings

Does the foor comply with BS 4790 – the

standard or materials having low re

spread?

•

Management and maintenance o resaety

Have you got records showing that both

essential service (gas / electricity) and re

saety equipment and systems are being

properly maintained?

• Special provisions relating to back-to-back

houses

I you are letting a house o this type seek

guidance rom your Local Authority.• Mixed commercial and residential use

I you are letting a building o this type

seek guidance rom your Local Authority /

Fire and Rescue Service.

Keep a complete record o all your

ndings, alterations, additions and any

guidance you have used.

Fire risk assessment documentation can be

ound at Appendix 13: Sample orms.





The ollowing pages include some typical examples o house layouts and the work needed to

make them comply with re saety requirements. Please reer to Introduction (pages 6 and 7)

or Shared House / Bedsit denitions.

Remember that these are suggested ways o complying with the basic principles. There may

be other options and the Local Authority is always open to discussion.

Key Symbols used in the ollowing layout plans

Mains powered with battery

back up, interlinked, combinedsmoke detector and sounder

Mains powered with battery

back up, interlinked, combined

heat detector and sounder

Smoke detector linked to

control panel

Heat detector linked to control

panel

Mains powered single point

smoke detector and sounder

with battery back up

Manual call point

(Break Glass)

Control panel

Area to be covered by

emergency lighting

30 minute re resisting door

incorporating intumescent strip

(FD30)

30 minute re resisting

door incorporating

intumescent and cold

smoke seals (FD30S)

30 minute re resisting wall/

partition

Escape window

Fire Blanket

You should note that where you see symbols on a plan it doesn’t mean that it has

to be positioned at exactly that point in the actual room. You should reer to themanuacturer’s directions and British Standards guidance.

For an explanation o the terms ‘intumescent’ and ‘cold smoke seals’ see Appendix 6.

Detailed Fire Precautions Key Symbols



PLAN 1

PLAN 1

House Type:Typical pre-1919 two

storey shared house with

stairway o living room

Cooking: Shared

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The most likely room in the house or a re to occur is the kitchen. A re in the kitchen means

smoke could quickly spread to the living room.

A properly constructed partition (see Appendix 3) in the shared living room will allow the

occupants to vacate the premises saely in the event o a re.

By providing a detector/ sounder in the communal areas, anyone upstairs or indeed anywhere

in the house will quickly be alerted i there is a re and should be able to get down the stairs

quickly to saety through the ront door.

Chapter 3:Typical shared house accommodation layouts

PLAN 1



SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 1: Typical pre-1919 two storey shared house with

stairway o living room and shared cooking acilities

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Escape Route

A system o mains powered automatic smoke detectors with

battery back up, to achieve a Grade D system in accordance with

the current BS 5839 Part 6 (or equivalent), must be installed.

In kitchens a heat detector, rather than a smoke detector, must be

installed.

All detectors must be interlinked, so that i one detector

is triggered the alarm sounds in each and every alarm location.

There are two types o smoke detector, ‘ionisation’ and ‘optical’.

Optical detectors are better in most situations, because they are

less likely to give alse alarms. See Appendix 1: Automatic

re detection and alarm systems, or urther details.

Not required

Subject to a re risk assessment emergency lighting should not be

necessary, provided that the escape route is not long or

complex and there is eective articial or borrowed lighting.

Where emergency lighting is considered to be necessary, it

should be provided in accordance with the current BS 5266 Part 1

(or equivalent) to cover the protected escape route.

The location o light ttings is to be determined by the design /installing engineer. See Appendix 2: Emergency lighting

or urther inormation.

The escape route is to allow or residents rom all parts o the

building to reach the outside without passing through a higher

re risk area. The escape route MUST be kept clear o

obstructions and combustible materials. The walls and ceilings o

all parts o the escape route MUST be ree o highly fammable

materials i.e. polystyrene tiles or heavy fock wallpaper.

Chapter 3: Typical shared house accommodation layoutsPLAN 1




stairway o living room and shared cooking acilities

Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations

For urther guidance see page 11.

Fire Doors The tting o re doors is not required.

Solid timber and panelled interior doors are acceptable as long as

they are well tted and o sound and solid construction.

A re blanket to BS 6575 (or equivalent) is to be provided in the

kitchen. The blanket must be mounted on the wall 1.5m high

adjacent to an exit door away rom the cooking acility.

Polystyrene ceiling tiles should not be used within the premises.

Heaters – portable heaters using gas cylinders or fammable

liquids should not be used or stored in the premises.

Locks on nal exit doors and any bedrooms must be capable o

being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. In

addition, to improve the overall security o the property and to

comply with advice rom the Association o British Insurers, it is

recommended that BS8621 mortice locks tted with thumb turns

are used on the exit doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes

called a sashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621

tted with a 6 pin cylinder thumb turn.

The nal exit doors should also be solid and at least 44mm

(13/4”) thick and certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o

Enhanced Security’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice

thumb turn locks and PAS 24-1 doors please reer to the relevant

section in Appendix 7: Door security.

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PLAN 2

PLAN 2



stairway o living room

Cooking: Shared

(Alternative scheme to Plan 1)

Alternatively, to the preerred option o Plan 1, means o escape can be achieved by

providing a detector/sounder in the communal areas and providing escape window openings

rom the rst foor habitable rooms to provide a secondary means o escape in the event that

the primary escape route is compromised.

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SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 2: Typical pre-1919 two storey shared house with stairway

o living room and shared cooking acilities (Alternative scheme to Plan 1)

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Escape Route





installed.

All detectors must be interlinked, so that i one detector is

triggered the alarm sounds in each and every alarm location.



less likely to give alse alarms. See Appendix 1 or urther details.

Not required

Subject to a re risk assessment emergency lighting should not benecessary, provided that the escape route is not long or





The location o light ttings is to be determined by the design /

installing engineer. See Appendix 2: Emergency lighting, orurther inormation.

Not applicable due to means o escape arrangements via suitable

escape window openings. See Appendices 4 and 5 reerring to

escape windows and window security respectively.







SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 2: Typical pre-1919 two storey shared house with stairway

o living room and shared cooking acilities (Alternative scheme to Plan 1)

Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations








Locks on nal exit doors and any bedrooms must be capable

o being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. In


comply with advice rom the Association o British Insurers, it

is recommended that BS8621 mortice locks tted with thumb

turns are used on the exit doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes











PLAN 3

PLAN 3



stairway o hall

Cooking: Shared

The layout o this type o house can be saer than the one where the exit route is through the

living room.

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stairway o hall and shared cooking acilities

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Escape Route





installed.

All detectors must be interlinked, so that i one detector is

triggered the alarm sounds in each and every alarm location.



less likely to give alse alarms. See Appendix 1: Automatic re

detection and alarm systems or urther details.

Not required








installing engineer. See Appendix 2: Emergency lighting

or urther inormation.







SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 3: Typical pre-1919 two shared storey house with

stairway o hall and shared cooking acilities

Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations











Locks on nal exit doors and any bedrooms must be capable o













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PLAN 4

PLAN 4

House Type:Typical three storey

shared Victorian house

Cooking: Shared

The above plan shows the ideal situation, however in low risk properties (please reer to

Chapter 2) existing doors opening onto the escape route are acceptable providing that they

are o sound and solid construction, and are close tting and sel closing.

It may also be possible to accept existing walls and partitions i 20 minutes re resistance can

be achieved.

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SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 4: Typical three storey shared Victorian house

with shared cooking acilities

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route





installed.







Not required


necessary, provided that the escape route is not long orcomplex and there is eective articial or borrowed lighting.





installing engineer. See Appendix 2 or urther inormation.

The protected escape route is designed to allow or tenants rom

all parts o the building to reach the outside without passing

through a higher re risk area. The protected route MUST be kept

clear o obstructions and combustible materials. The walls and

ceilings o all parts o the protected route MUST be ree o highly

fammable materials i.e. polystyrene tiles or heavy fock wallpaper.

Subject to the ndings o a re risk assessment, electric meters

within the protected route may need to be housed within are-resisting cupboard. Where gas meters are contained within

the protected route see Appendix 9.




SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 4: Typical three storey shared Victorian house


Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Fire Separation

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations


A re blanket to BS 6575 (or equivalent) is to be provided in each



Floor/ ceiling construction including the under-stairs store and

cellars must achieve a nominal 30 minute re resistance. See

Appendix 8 on how to achieve this.









are used on these doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes called

a sashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621 tted with

a 6 pin cylinder thumb turn.


(1

3

/4

”) thick and certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o Enhanced Security’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice



Fire Doors A re door (FD30) must be installed in each doorway leading onto

the protected escape route except bathrooms/ WCs containing

no re risk. See Appendix 6 on re doors.

See Appendix 3 or urther inormation regarding re resisting

construction o walls/partitions.

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Protected Route

(continued)




PLAN 5

PLAN 5

House Type:Typical pre-1919 two storey

bedsit house with stairway

o living room

Cooking: Shared

The above plan show precautions required or bedsit accommodation with shared cooking

acilities.

By providing a protected escape route rom all habitable rooms and putting a detector/

sounder in every room, anyone upstairs or indeed anywhere in the house will quickly be

alerted i there is a re and should be able to get down the stairs quickly to saety throughthe ront door.

The escape route needs to be protected by hal hour re resisting partitions and re doors.

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Chapter 4: Typical bedsit accommodation layoutsPLAN 5



SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 5: Typical pre-1919 two storey bedsit house

with stairway o living room

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route




Detectors must be sited in all areas containing a re risk.


installed.







Not required















within the protected route may need to be housed within are-resisting cupboard. Where gas meters are contained within





SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 5: Typical pre-1919 three storey bedsit house

with stairway o living room

Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Fire Separation

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations




















(1

3

/4

”) thick and certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o Enhanced Security’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice



Fire Doors A re door (FD30S) must be installed in each doorway leading

onto the protected escape route except bathrooms/ WCs contain-

ing no re risk. See Appendix 6 on re doors.



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Protected Route

(continued)




PLAN 6

PLAN 6

House Type:Typical pre-1919 two storey

bedsit house with stairway

o living room

Cooking: Shared


Alternatively, to the preerred option o Plan 5, means o escape can be achieved by

separating the kitchen with a sel closing re door and putting a detector / sounder in every

room.

In this scheme, escape window openings must be provided rom the rst foor habitable

rooms, to provide a secondary means o escape in the event that the primary escape route

is compromised.

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with stairway o living room (Alternative scheme to Plan 5)

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route




Detectors must be sited in all areas containing a re risk.


installed.

All detectors must be interlinked, so that i one detectoris triggered the alarm sounds in each and every alarm location.





Not required












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Fire Doors A re door (FD30S) must be installed to the doorway between the

shared living room and kitchen. See Appendix 6 on re doors.




with stairway o living room (Alternative scheme to Plan 5)Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Fire Separation

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations





The wall between the kitchen and shared living room must

provide 30 minutes re resistance. See Appendix 3: Fireresistance o walls and partitions.




















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PLAN 7

PLAN 7

House Type:Typical two storey bedsit

type Victorian house

Cooking: In Lets

As soon as cooking in individual lets is introduced the re precautions involved become

greater. The escape route needs to be protected by hal-hour re resisting partitions and re

doors together with a mixed re detection and warning system.

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SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 7: Typical two storey bedsit type Victorian house

with cooking acilities in lets

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

EmergencyLighting

Protected Route

A mains powered re detection and warning system must beprovided. The main system shall provide heat detectors inindividual lets and smoke detectors in common areas and anystorerooms/cellars (interlinked system).

To provide an early warning to occupiers o a re occurring withintheir rooms, single point smoke alarms are also required. Thesedetectors are not interlinked between rooms.

Both systems to conorm to the current Grade D o BS 5839 Part 6(or equivalent).

There are two types o smoke detector, ‘ionisation’ and ‘optical’.Optical detectors are better in most situations, because they areless likely to give alse alarms. See Appendix 1: Automatic redetection and alarm systems, or urther details.

Not required

Subject to a re risk assessment emergency lighting should not benecessary, provided that the escape route is not long orcomplex and there is eective articial or borrowed lighting.

Where emergency lighting is considered to be necessary, itshould be provided in accordance with the current BS 5266 Part 1(or equivalent) to cover the protected escape route.

The location o light ttings is to be determined by the design/ installing engineer. See Appendix 2: Emergency lighting, or

urther inormation.








within the protected route may need to be housed within a

re-resisting cupboard. Where gas meters are contained within







Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Fire Separation

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations



let. The blanket must be mounted on the wall 1.5m high adjacent

to an exit door away rom the cooking acility.







Locks on individual bedsit and nal exit doors must be capable

o being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. Inaddition, to improve the overall security o the property and to







(13/4”) thick and certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o Enhanced Security’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice




onto the protected escape route except bathrooms / WCs

containing no re risk. See Appendix 6 on re doors.



Protected Route

(continued)




PLAN 8

House Type:Typical two storey bedsit


Cooking: In Lets


Alternatively, to the preerred option o Plan 7, means o escape can be achieved by puttingin a mixed re detection and warning system and providing escape window openings rom all

bedsit rooms to provide a secondary means o escape, in the event that the primary escape

route is compromised.

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PLAN 8





with cooking acilities in lets (Alternative scheme to Plan 7)

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Escape Route

A mains powered re detection and warning system must be

provided. The main system shall provide heat detectors in

individual lets and smoke detectors in common areas and any

storerooms/cellars (interlinked system).

To provide an early warning to occupiers o a re occurring within

their rooms, single point smoke alarms are also required. These

detectors are not interlinked between rooms.

Both systems to conorm to the current Grade D o BS 5839 Part 6

(or equivalent).




detection and alarm systems, or urther details.

Not required









The escape route is designed to allow or tenants rom all parts

o the building to reach the outside without passing through a

higher re risk area. The escape route MUST be kept clear o


all parts o the protected route MUST be ree o highly fammable






with cooking acilities in lets (Alternative scheme to Plan 7)

Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Fire Windows

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations






let. The blanket must be mounted on the wall 1.5m high


Escape windows should be designed, constructed and installed in

accordance with the standards detailed in Appendices 4 and 5.




Locks on individual bedsit and nal exit doors must be capable o
















PLAN 9

House Type:Typical three storey bedsit


Cooking: Shared

In three storey bedsit type properties, a re control panel is required as part o the redetection / warning system.

PLAN 9


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SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 9: Typical three storey bedsit type Victorian house


Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations


Fire Doors A re door (FS30S) must be installed in each doorway leading

onto the protected escape route except bathrooms / WCs

containing no re risk. See Appendix 6 on re doors.

A re blanket to BS 6575 (or equivalent) is to be provided in eachkitchen. The blanket must be mounted on the wall 1.5m high





Locks on individual bedsit and nal exit doors must be capable o

being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. Inaddition, to improve the overall security o the property and to







(13/4”) thick and certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o Enhanced Security’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice






Protected Route

(continued)

Fire Separation Floor/ ceiling construction including the under-stairs store and





PLAN 10

PLAN 10

House Type:Typical three storey bedsit


Cooking: In Lets

In three storey bedsit type accomodation with cooking in lets, additional re protection will

be required.




SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 10 Typical three storey bedsit type Victorian house


Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route

A mixed re detection and warning system conorming

to the current BS 5839 Part 6 (or equivalent) must be provided,

comprising o GRADE A (main system) and GRADE D (Single

point smoke alarms). The main system must provide LD2

coverage.

The single point smoke alarms are to be sited in each let.

These detectors are not interlinked between rooms.




detection and alarm systems, or urther details.

To be sited close to the normal entrance to the dwelling.









The protected route is designed to allow or tenants rom all partso the building to reach the outside without passing through a

higher re risk area. The protected route MUST be kept clear o






re-resisting cupboard. Where gas meters are contained withinthe protected route see Appendix 9.




SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 10 Typical three storey bedsit type Victorian house


Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Fire Separation

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations



onto the protected escape route except bathrooms/wc containing

no re risk. See Appendix 6 on re doors.

A re blanket to BS 6575 (or equivalent) is to be provided in eachlet. The blanket must be mounted on the wall 1.5m high


Floor/ceiling construction including the under-stairs store and

cellars must achieve 30 minutes re resistance. See Appendix 8

on how to achieve this.




Locks on individual besits and nal exit doors must be capable o









(13

/4”) thick and certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o Enhanced Security’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice





Protected Route

(continued)




PLAN 11

PLAN 11

House Type:Typical two storey Victorian

house divided into two

sel-contained fats

This scheme is designed in particular to ensure that persons living in the rst foor fat are

given early warning o any re on the ground foor.

The communal entrance hall must be made a protected route and the underside o the stairs

must have 30 minutes re protection.

PLAN 11

Chapter 5: Typical layouts o buildingsconverted into ats



SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 11: Typical two storey Victorian house

divided into two sel-contained fats

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route

A mixed re detection and warning system conorming to currentBS 5839, Part 6 (or equivalent) must be provided. This consists o a GRADE D system giving a LD2 level o coverage, which includessmoke detectors in the communal areas and a heat detector inthe lobby / hall or room to each fat.

The main system is supplemented by a GRADE D system givinga LD3 level o coverage consisting o one or more single pointsmoke detector positioned in the lobby / hall or room o each

fat, but these are not interlinked between each unit o accommodation.

There are two types o smoke detector, ‘ionisation’ and ‘optical’.Optical detectors are better in most situations, because they areless likely to give alse alarms. See Appendix 1 or urther details.

Not required




The location o light ttings is to be determined by the design /installing engineer. See Appendix 2 or urther inormation.

The protected escape route consists o the ground foorcommunal entrance hall only. This allows residents rom all partso the building to reach the outside without passing through ahigher re risk area. The protected route must be kept clear o obstructions and combustible materials. The walls and ceilings o all parts o the protected route MUST be ree o highly fammablematerials i.e. polystyrene tiles or heavy fock wallpaper.

Electric meters within the protected route must be housed withina re-resisting cupboard. Where gas meters are contained within


See Appendix 3 or urther inormation regarding re resistingconstruction o walls/partitions.

Chapter 5: Typical layouts o buildings converted into atsPLAN 11




divided into two sel-contained fats

Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations



onto the protected escape route. See Appendix 6 on re doors.







Locks on individual fat and nal exit doors must be capable o





are used on the exit doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimescalled a sashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621


The doors should also be solid and at least 44mm (13/4”) thick and

certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o Enhanced

Security’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice thumb

turn locks and PAS 24-1 doors please reer to the relevant section

in Appendix 7: Door security.


cellars must achieve 30 minutes re resistance. See Appendix 8

on how to achieve this.




PLAN 12

PLAN 12



sel-contained fats

Travel Distance: Excessive

In large houses, the distance a person has to travel rom the urthest point o any habitable

room at rst foor level to the nearest point o relative saety may be excessive (please reer to

page 12 Travel Distances).

I this is the case then the rst foor landing must be made into a protected route by

tting re doors to all rooms leading on to the landing (excluding bathrooms and WCscontaining no re risk). These re doors must be sel closing but must not have cold smoke

seals tted. The protected route itsel must not be excessive in length.





divided into two sel-contained fats (Travel distance: excessive)

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route





Not required




The protected escape route consists o the rst foor

landing, the staircase and the ground foor communal entrance

hall. This allows residents rom all parts o the building to reach

the outside without passing through a higher re risk area.

The protected route must be kept clear o obstructions and

combustible materials. The walls and ceilings o all parts o the

protected route MUST be ree o highly fammable materials i.e.

polystyrene tiles or heavy fock wallpaper.



re-resisting cupboard. Where gas meters are contained within







Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations


Fire Doors A re door must be installed in each doorway leading onto the

protected escape route except bathrooms / WCs containing no

re risk. See Appendix 6 on re doors.

See Appendix 3 or urther inormation regarding re resistingconstruction o walls/partitions.

A re blanket to BS 6575 (or equivalent) is to be provided in eachkitchen. The blanket must be mounted on the wall 1.5m high





Locks on individual fat and nal exit doors must be capable o

being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. Inaddition, to improve the overall security o the property and to



are used on these doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes called a

sashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621 tted with a

6 pin cylinder thumb turn.

The doors should also be solid and at least 44mm (13/4”) thick

and certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o EnhancedSecurity’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice thumb

turn locks and PAS 24-1 doors please reer to the relevant section

in Appendix 7: Door security.


cellars (i any) must achieve 30 minutes re resistance.

See Appendix 8 on how to achieve this.

Protected Route

(continued)




PLAN 13

PLAN 13



sel-contained fats



The layout here is similar to the preerred means o escape option described or Plan 12.

It is, however, an alternative to provide emergency escape windows rom the habitable rooms

at rst foor level rather than making the landing a protected route by the tting o re doors.






(Alternative scheme to Plan 12)Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route





Not required




The protected escape route consists o the ground foor

communal entrance hall only. This allows residents rom all partso the building to reach the outside without passing through a

higher re risk area. The protected route must be kept clear o




In addition to the protected route, secondary means o escape

arrangements should be made rom the rst foor via suitable

escape window openings. See Appendices 4 and 5 reerring toescape windows and window security respectively.




Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations


Fire Doors A re door (FD30S) must be installed in each doorway leadingonto the protected escape route. See Appendix 6 on re doors.

A re blanket to BS 6575 (or equivalent) is to be provided in eachkitchen. The blanket must be mounted on the wall 1.5m highadjacent to an exit door away rom the cooking acility.


Heaters – portable heaters using gas cylinders or fammableliquids should not be used or stored in the premises.

Locks on individual fat and nal exit doors must be capableo being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. Inaddition, to improve the overall security o the property and tocomply with advice rom the Association o British Insurers, it isrecommended that BS8621 mortice locks tted with thumb turnsare used on these doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes called asashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621 tted with a


The doors should also be solid and at least 44mm (13/4”) thickand certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o EnhancedSecurity’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice thumbturn locks and PAS 24-1 doors please reer to the relevant sectionin Appendix 7: Door security.

Fire Separation Floor/ ceiling construction including the under-stairs store andcellars (i any) must achieve 30 minutes re resistance.See Appendix 8 on how to achieve this.




Protected Route

(continued)

Subject to the ndings o a re risk assessment, electric meterswithin the protected route may need to be housed within are-resisting cupboard. Where gas meters are contained withinthe protected route see Appendix 9.

See Appendix 3 or urther inormation regarding re-resistingconstruction o walls/partitions.




PLAN 14

PLAN 14

House Type:Typical three storey Victorian

house divided into

sel-contained fats

The communal escape route is given 30 minutes re protection by tting re doors to the

entrance o each fat (and to the cellar or any other identied re risk rooms).

All occupiers are given early warning o a re in any particular fat beore it becomes serious

enough to break out into the communal escape route.

The occupier(s) o any individual fat is given additional early warning o a re in that fat by

having a mains powered single point smoke alarm tted which is not connected to the other

fats in the house.




SCHEDULE TO PLAN No. 14: Typical three storey Victorian house

divided into sel-contained fats

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route

A mixed re detection and warning system conorming to current

BS 5839, part 6, (or equivalent) must be provided.

This consists o a Grade A main system giving an LD2 level

o coverage, which includes smoke detectors at each foor level

in the communal areas and cellar head, and heat detectors in

the adjoining lobby/hall or room to each fat. The main system

is supplemented by one or more single point Grade D smoke

alarms also in lobby/hall or room to each fat, but these are notinterlinked between each unit o accommodation.




To be sited close to the normal main entrance to the dwelling.




The protected escape route comprises the communal entrancehall, stairs and landings, and is designed to allow or residents

rom all parts o the building to reach the outside without passing

through a higher re risk area.

Within each fat the residents must be able to reach the entrance

door to the fat rom the bedrooms without passing through

another risk room.

The protected route must be kept clear o obstruction and




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Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations


Fire Doors A re door (FD30S) must be installed in each doorway leadingonto the protected escape route. See Appendix 6 on re doors.




Locks on individual fat and nal exit doors must be capable o being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. Inaddition, to improve the overall security o the property and tocomply with advice rom the Association o British Insurers, it isrecommended that BS8621 mortice locks tted with thumb turnsare used on these doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes called asashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621 tted with a


The doors should also be solid and at least 44mm (13/4”) thickand certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o EnhancedSecurity’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice thumbturn locks and PAS 24-1 doors please reer to the relevantsection in Appendix 7 Door Security.

Fire Separation Floor/ceiling construction including the under-stairs store and

cellars (i any) must achieve 30 minutes re resistance.See Appendix 8 on how to achieve this.

Protected Route

(continued)




divided into sel-contained fats

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PLAN 15

House Type:Typical three storey

Victorian house divided into

sel-contained fats


In larger houses, the travel distance rom the urthest point o any habitable room within anyparticular fat to the entrance door o that fat may be excessive.

In such cases it is necessary, thereore, to give the occupier(s) o that fat additional time toget out beore a re occurs within the fat blocking their escape route.

This is achieved by creating a protected lobby or corridor (not to exceed 9 metres in length)within the fat by tting re doors to all doorways (excluding bathrooms and WCs containingno re risk) leading onto the lobby or corridor. The re doors within the fat need not be ttedwith cold smoke seals but must incorporate intumescent strips. The re alarm system wouldbe unchanged rom that shown or Plan 14.

PLAN 15





divided into sel-contained fats (travel distance: excessive)

Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route


BS 5839, part 6; (or equivalent) must be provided.

This consists o a Grade A main system giving an LD2 level o

coverage, which includes smoke detectors at each foor level

in the communal areas and cellar head, and heat detectors in

the adjoining lobby/hall or room to each fat. The main system

is supplemented by one or more single point Grade D smoke

alarms also in lobby/hall or room to each fat, but these are notinterlinked between each unit o accommodation.








The protected escape route comprises the communal entrancehall, stairs, landings and also a protected lobby/corridor within

the fats. It is designed to allow residents rom all parts o the

building to reach the outside without passing through a higher

re risk area. Within each fat the residents must be able to reach

the entrance door to the fat rom the bedrooms without passing

through another risk room.








Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Other

recommendations


Fire Doors A re door must be installed in each doorway leading onto the

protected escape route. See Appendix 6 on re doors.




Locks on individual fat and nal exit doors must be capable o being opened rom the inside without the use o keys. Inaddition, to improve the overall security o the property and tocomply with advice rom the Association o British Insurers, it isrecommended that BS8621 mortice locks tted with thumb turnsare used on these doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes called asashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621 tted with a6 pin cylinder thumb turn.

The doors should also be solid and at least 44mm (13/4”) thickand certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o EnhancedSecurity’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice thumbturn locks and PAS 24-1 doors please reer to the relevant sectionin Appendix 7: Door Security.

Fire Separation Floor/ceiling construction including the under-stairs store andcellars (i any) must achieve 30 minutes re resistance.See Appendix 8 on how to achieve this.

Protected Route

(continued)




divided into sel contained fats (travel distance: excessive)





divided into sel contained fats (Travel distance: excessive)


Detection/Warning

Control Panel

Emergency

Lighting

Protected Route


BS 5839, part 6; (or equivalent) must be provided.

This consists o a Grade A main system giving an LD2 level o

coverage, which includes smoke detectors at each foor level in

the communal areas and cellar head, and heat detectors in the

adjoining lobby/hall or room to each fat. The main system is

supplemented by one or more single point Grade D smoke

alarms also in lobby or hall to each fat, but these are notinterlinked between each unit o accommodation.









The protected escape route comprises the communal entrancehall, stairs and landings, and is designed to allow or residents

rom all parts o the building to reach the outside without passing

through a higher re risk area. Within each fat the residents must

be able to reach the entrance door to the fat rom the bedrooms

without passing through another risk room.



protected route MUST be ree o highly fammable materials i.e.polystyrene tiles or heavy fock wallpaper.




Security o Doors

Fire Blankets

Extinguishers

Otherrecommendations


Fire Doors Fire doors must be installed in each doorway leading onto theprotected escape route and all risk area rooms to the secondfoor. See Appendix 6 on re doors.




Locks on individual fat and nal exit doors must be capable o being opened rom the inside without the use o keys.In addition, to improve the overall security o the property and tocomply with advice rom the Association o British Insurers, it isrecommended that BS8621 mortice locks tted with thumb turns

are used on these doors; this is a mortice lock (sometimes called asashlock) which conorms to British Standard BS8621 tted with a6 pin cylinder thumb turn.

The doors should also be solid and at least 44mm (13/4”) thickand certied to British Standard PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o EnhancedSecurity’. For more inormation about BS8621 mortice thumb turnlocks and PAS 24-1 doors please reer to the relevant section inAppendix 7: Door security.

Fire Separation Floor/ceiling construction including the under-stairs store andcellars (i any) must achieve 30 minutes re resistance.See Appendix 8 on how to achieve this.


divided into sel contained fats (Travel distance: excessive)


Protected Route

(continued)

In addition to the protected route, secondary means o escapearrangements should be made rom the ground and rst foor viasuitable escape window openings. See Appendices 4 and 5reerring to escape windows and window security respectively.





Chapter 6: Maintenance o fre protection

66

Once the re precautions have been

installed, the owner and the residents both

have responsibility or their maintenance.

Owner’s Responsibility

The owner must make sure the structural re

precautions, the re alarm system and other

equipment are maintained in good condition

and proper working order.

The Fire Alarm System

As an owner or manager you must be amiliar

with how the re alarm system operates and

know how to recognise aults and get them

put right. Your alarm installer will have let

you with an operator’s manual and a contact

telephone number. It is very important to

report aults as soon as you are aware o

them.

A BS 5839 Part 6 Grade A (or equivalent)

system with a control panel must be

checked and serviced regularly by a

qualied electrician or alarm engineer. This

British Standard also calls or weekly and

quarterly tests o dierent call points. Keep

a record o the checks carried out or

uture reerence, in the book provided by the

installer.

As the owner or manager, you can check a

BS 5839 Part 6 Grade D (or equivalent)

system without a control panel by carrying

out the ollowing actions:-

• the alarm system should be tested, by

checking that all alarms activate

simultaneously and air intake grills should

be cleared o dust, insects and cobwebs

• back-up batteries should be replaced

when necessary, in line with the

manuacturer’s recommendations.

Do this monthly and keep a written record.

The detector should be replaced ater ten

years.

Emergency Lighting

You should test this monthly and keep

records o the checks. Some systems need

the electrical supply to be switched o or

three hours, so that the internal batteries can

be completely discharged (this helps

to prolong the lie o the batteries).

Fire Doors

These should be checked regularly to ensure

that the doors and rames are

undamaged and that sel-closing deviceswork properly. The smoke seals to the doors

must be undamaged and orm a good seal

between the door and rame.

Fire Blankets and Extinguishers

I provided, these should be checked to

make sure they are in place and available or

use. Extinguishers must be tested on an

annual basis, and in accordance with themanuacturer’s instructions.

Escape Routes

Check routes regularly to make sure they

are clear rom obstruction and ree rom

combustible materials.

Inorming Residents about Fire Protection

You should tell existing residents about

the re protection system as soon as it

is installed, and remember to tell new



residents as soon as they move in. You should

make sure that all residents know:

• what the re alarm is or and how to

recognise the sound

• what the escape route is (a practice re

drill is a good idea or all new residents)

• the importance o not propping open

re doors or interering with the alarm

system.

Residents’ Responsibility

Residents must allow the owner reasonable

access to the accommodation to carry out

checks on re precautions. Residents must

not interere with the re protection system

and equipment, or example, by:

• removing saety equipment

• propping re doors open

• covering or removing smoke detectors

• blocking escape routes with urniture,

bicycles or rubbish etc.



Chapter 7: Fire prevention

68

The advice given in this booklet has mainly

been concerned with methods o giving

residents enough warning once a re has

started, and with precautions to control the

spread o re and smoke.

However, even the most thorough re

protection measures can never guarantee

absolute saety or residents, or prevent

extensive property damage. It is more

important to look at ways o preventing a re

rom starting.

The most important steps that you, as an

owner or manager, can take to minimise the

risk o a re are:

1. Make sure that the electrical circuits,

ttings and equipment throughout the

house are in good condition. Have theelectrical installation checked regularly

by a competent electrician (NICEIC or

ECA approved) and act quickly on any

recommendations that are made.

The electrician’s report will tell you the

date on which the installation should be

checked again.

Modern electrical wiring has circuitbreakers rather than rewireable uses.

These respond much more quickly to a

short circuit or overload and will shut o

the electricity supply beore a re has a

chance to develop.

Ensure that there are enough electrical

sockets or the appliances your residents

are likely to use.

I you buy new electrical equipment,

make sure that it bears the CE mark,

either on the equipment itsel, or on the

box, to show that it complies with legal

standards. The purchase o second hand

electrical goods is not recommended.

2. Have the gas installation (i.e. the gas

pipework, meters, gas res, cookers,

boilers, water heaters and fues) checked

and serviced at least once a year by a

registered gas tter. This is a legal

requirement under the Gas Saety

(Installation and Use) Regulations.

You must give a copy o the saety

certicate to each resident within 28

days, and give a copy to new residents

beore they move in.

3. Make sure that heaters are xed in a

position where they will not set re

to curtains, bedding or urnishings.

4. Make sure that all upholstered urniture

that you, as the landlord, provide (such

as settees, armchairs, bed bases and

mattresses) has sewn-in labels showing

that it has re-resistant lling and covers.

This is a legal requirement under the

Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Saety)

Regulations 1988 and the Furniture and

Furnishings (Fire) (Saety) (Amendment)

Regulations 1993.

5. Prohibiting the use o portable gas or

paran heaters in the house.



6. Do not store highly fammable materials

in the house (such as paint, thinners,

LPG cylinders, paran or petrol).

7. Do not store large quantities o

combustible materials such as cardboard

boxes or newspapers, in understairs

cupboards, cellars, or in the lot.

8. Make sure that your residents understand

the dangers o:

• smoking in bed or when drowsy

• careless use o candles or joss sticks

• overloading electrical sockets

• having trailing cables

• leaving a chip pan or rying pan

unattended, or over-ull o oil or at

• placing clothes to dry over or near

heaters;

and the importance o a bedtime re

saety routine:

• turning o the cooker

• unplugging electrical appliances

(except those designed to stay on

all the time)

• making sure that no cigarettes or

candles are let burning• closing all doors.

You should advise residents that in the

event o a re:-

• Do not attempt to ght res that have

already taken hold: evacuate

yoursel and your amily rom the

house. I you share the house with other

people sound the alarm as you make

your escape

• Do not try to rescue belongings or

pets. Your lie and the lives o your

amily are too precious to risk

• Telephone the Fire Service on 999

immediately rom a place o saety.

Speak slowly and try to be calm

answering the questions you are

asked. I you think there may be

someone let in the building inormthe 999 operator.

I in doubt: get out!

69



AppendicesAppendix 1: Automatic re detection and alarm systems

70

1. Fire Alarm System to comply with

Current British Standard 5839

Part 6: Grade A (or equivalent)

This comprises a system o electrically

operated smoke and/or heat detectors,

which are linked to a control panel to

give inormation on the location o the

re or any ault, which may develop.

The control panel must conorm to

current British Standard 5839 Part 4(or equivalent).

In general the system must incorporate

manual call points, which should be

located on each foor level and at nal

points o exit.

The alarm signal must achieve soundlevels o:-

• Not less than 65dB (A) in all accessible

parts o the building

• Not less than 75dB (A) at all bed

heads, to rouse sleeping persons

when all doors are shut.

It is up to the installation contractor to

speciy the appropriate number and

location o alarm sounders to achieve

these sound levels.

2. Fire Alarm System to comply with

Current British Standard 5839

Part 6: Grade D (or equivalent)

This comprises a system o one or more

interlinked mains powered smoke and/

or heat detectors each with an integral

stand by battery and built in alarm.

A control panel is not required with this

system, nor is the provision o manual

call points.

3. Mixed grade systems

Installations where more than one alarm

system is installed to serve the whole

building are termed ‘mixed systems.’

These systems are installed to meet

diering lie saety objectives and may be

two diering grades, having regard or theneed to avoid alse alarms rom one

dwelling unit aecting all occupiers.

Table 1 o BS 5839 Part 6 recommends

a mixed system or HMOs o three storeys

and above (grade A or communal areas

and grade D within individual dwelling

units). However, or shared house HMOso normal risk on the basis o risk

assessment, this guidance does not

recommend a mixed system, as detection

is not normally recommended within

bedrooms in this type o accommodation.

4. Levels o coverage o automatic re

detection and warning systems as

specied in BS 5839 Part 6 (2004)

• LD1 coverage: a system installed

throughout the dwelling incorporating

detectors in all circulation spaces that orm

part o the escape routes rom the

dwelling, and in all rooms and areas in

which re might start i.e. risk rooms

• LD2 coverage: a system incorporating

detectors in all circulation spaces that orm




dwelling and in all rooms or areas that

present a high risk o re to occupants i.e.

risk rooms

• LD3 coverage: a system incorporating

detectors in circulation spaces that orm


dwelling only.

General requirements common to allsystems

(i) Mounting position

Smoke/heat detectors should preerably

be mounted on ceilings and should be

located at least 300mm horiontally

rom any wall/beam or light tting.

(ii) Obstructions

I the passage o smoke or hot gases toa detector is likely to be disturbed by a

ceiling obstruction (such as a beam)

having a depth greater than 150mm,

then detectors should be provided

on each side o the obstruction.

(iii) Power supply

The power supply to the re detection

system must be taken rom the landlord’s

supply.

(iv) Mixed use buildings

Where there is a mixture o residential

and commercial use within the same

building, the re alarm system may be

required to be installed in accordance

with the current British Standard 5839

Part 1 (or equivalent). Contact the Local

Authority or urther advice in these

circumstances.

(v) Certication

Fire alarm systems must be installed by

a suitably qualied electrical contractor.

Upon completion, the contractor must

provide an installation, commissioning

and test certicate (see model

certicate Appendix 1A).

Appendix 1: Automatic re detection and alarm systems



Appendix 1A: Model installation, commissioning and test certicate

Certicate of installation and commissioning

of the re detection and alarm system

at:

Address

Postcode

It is certied that the re detection and alarm system at the above address conforms to

the recommendations of BS 5839: Part 6 for

a type

grade system,

other than in respect of the following deviations.

The entire system has been tested for satisfactory operation.

Instructions in accordance with the recommendations of clause 22 of BS 5839:

Part 6 have been supplied to:

Signed Dated

For and on behalf of

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Appendix 2: Emergency lighting

73

Provision o an Emergency Lighting System

to comply with Current British Standard

5266 Part 1 (or equivalent).

This is a system o battery-powered lights,where the battery is continuously tricklecharged rom the mains supply.

The lights are to be located on the reescape route and are designed to operate i the local primary lighting sub-circuit ails, viaa relay switch.

The wiring should be carried out in twin andearth cable and power must be taken directlyrom the landlord’s supply.

The installation must be carried out by aqualied electrical contractor.

Upon completion, the contractor mustprovide an appropriate certicate

(see model certicate Appendix 2A).



Appendix 2A: Model completion certicate

Emergency Lighting

Completion Certicate for New Installation or Alterations

Occupier/Owner

Address of premises

Postcode Telephone No

I/We hereby certify that the emergency lighting, or part thereof, at the above

premises has been installed and designed by me/us, and to the best of my/our

knowledge and belief, the system complies with the appropriate recommendations

given in BS EN 1838 and BS 5266 ‘Emergency Lighting’ Part 1: 2005.

Code of Practice for the emergency lighting of premises other than cinemas and

certain other specied premises used for entertainment published by BSI for acategory NM/1 minimum installation, except as stated below.

Installer’s Name

Installer’s Address

Postcode Telephone No:

Signature of person responsible for design and installation of the system:

Date



Appendix 3: Fire resistance o walls and partitions

75

A. New walls and partitions

Hal hour re resistance can be achieved

by any o the ollowing methods o

construction:

• Solid walls

(i) Masonry blockwork/brickwork

100mm thick (load bearing)

(ii) Masonry blockwork/brickwork

75mm thick (non-load bearing)

• Stud partitions

The constructions given below apply to

both aces o the wall or partitioning.

They are also suitable or inlling

spandrels to staircases providing

adequate studding has been incorporated

into the wall.

Partition walls to consist o a timberrame 75mm x 50mm minimum

(non-load bearing) with head and

sole plates, studs at 600mm centres

and acing each side o:-

(i) 12.5mm plasterboard nished with

plaster skim

(ii) 12.5mm re rated plasterboard,

unplastered

(iii)Proprietary re resisting insulationboard installed in accordance with

manuacturers specications (see

Diagram 1)

• Manuactured partitions

Proprietary cellular core partition

e.g. paramount board or equivalent

installed in accordance with

manuacturer’s specications.

Note:

In all cases, where partition walls are to be

let unplastered, the joints must be taped

and lled using joint compound as

recommended by the board manuacturer.

Any gaps between the wall and surrounding

structure should be lled fush using suitable

re-resisting jointing compound.

Diagram 1: Example o re resisting

partitions (hal hour re resistance)

The studding ramework should be 75mm x

50mm and should be securely xed where it

joins foor, adjacent walls and true ceilings.

HEADPLATE

SOLEPLATE

VERTICAL TIMBERSUPPORTS AT

600mm CENTRES

HORIzONTAL TIMBERSUPPORTS AT 900mmCENTRES

PLASTER BOARDOR FIRE RESISTINGINSULATION BOARDPANELS

MIN 75mm



B. Upgrading existing lath and plaster

partitions to achieve hal hour re

resistance

The condition o the lath and plaster

partition must be examined in detail.

Retention o the partition suraces must

only be considered i in good condition

and there is no loose or ailing plaster.

In the event o minor damage or

inconclusive investigation o the

partition construction, the partition must

be upgraded on the risk side (room side)

by replacing the lath and plaster or by

overboarding it with 12.5mm gypsum

wallboard or reline board xed with

galvanised clout/plasterboard nails.

These should have sucient length to

penetrate the lath and plaster and

provide a rm xing in the timberramework. The partition should be

nished by scrimming and skimming

with plaster.

C. Fire resisting glazing in walls and

partitions

For the purpose o this document

glaing can be used to give periods o

re resistance o up to one hour,the actual re resistance is determined

by the nature and dimensions o the

glass, the type o rame and method

o securing the glass.

The limitations on the use o uninsulated

re resisting glaing or Building

Regulation purposes are described

below and it should be noted in this

case that uninsulated re resisting

glaing is not permitted between

residential/sleeping accommodation

and a protected corridor or lobby.

Wired glass should not be used in panes

exceeding 1.2msq in area and should be

6mm thick or hal hour re resistance.

The design data or wired glaing in

dierent rames is set out below and is

applicable to glaed areas in walls and

partitions.

The timber rame members and dividing

bars should not be less than 56 mm deep

and 44 mm wide with the rebate worked

rom the solid material. For the protection

o timber beading intumescent paints have

proved satisactory.

See diagram 2 or methods o xing.




Diagram 2: Method o xing or glazing in walls and partitions

(i) Three dimensional view o glazed panel/window

(ii) Cross section o glazed panel with glazing positioned centrally

6mm GEORGIAN WIRED GLASS

INTUMESCENT FIRE CHANNEL/TRACK

50mm x No.8 WOODSCREW

BEADING MIN. 15mmCROSS SECTION

MIN. 44mm

MIN. 56mm


FRAME MIN. 56mm x 44mm

INTUMESCENT FIRE CHANNEL/TRACK

BEADS SCREWED WITH 50mm No.8WOODSCREWS BEADS 20mmCROSS SECTION




(iii) Cross section o glazed panel/window with glazing o-set to one side.


50mm x No.8

WOODSCREW

INTUMESCENT PUTTY

DOORS AND SIDE PANELS WINDOWS

FLOOR LEVEL800mm800mm

800mm

1500mm

300mm300mm

1 2 3

45

8

9 10

11

6 7

BEADING MIN 15mmCROSS SECTION

Note:

This guidance is or providing re resisting glaing in partitions only. It does not relate to

glaing in re doors. A re door has to be designed specically to accommodate glaing.

I glaing is required in a re door then purpose made doors should be obtained.

Saety Glazing

Glaing in critical locations (i.e. where there is a danger o alling through or o lacerations)

may need to meet both re resistance and saety standards i.e the use o re resisting

saety glaing complying with current British Standard 6206: 1981 (or equivalent).

Diagram 3: Critical locations o glazing in internal and external walls.

MIN. 56mm

MIN. 25mm




Appendix 4: The design o escape windows

Where window openings are proposed

to be used or means o escape purposes

the ollowing guidance must be reerred

to.

The window must have an unobstructed

openable window area that is at least

0.33msq with at least the width and height

dimension being a minimum o 450mm. Side

hung opening lights are recommended. Care

must be taken when considering the design

(particularly with uPVC windows and their

various hinge designs) to ensure the

necessary openable area required is

provided.

The bottom o the openable area (window sill

level) must be not more than 1100mm, and

not less than 800mm above foor level.

Windows are suitable or means o escape

where the drop rom the window to ground

level is one storey only (not exceeding 4.5m

rom rst foor level to outside ground level).

Note: The ground below the windows must

be fat and ree rom hazards (low walls,

railings etc).

Where security is provided on windows,

means o opening must be readily available

within the room.

Examples o acceptable escape window minimum dimensions.

Measurements in metres

All o these windows have opening areas o 0.33 square metres.

0.45

0.73

0.57

0.57

0.66

0.5

0.73

0.45



Appendix 5: Window security

1. Windows are a popular point o entry or

burglars through breaking glass or just

being let open. Windows certied to

British Standard BS7950 Windows o

Enhanced Security should be installed

and laminated glass should be

considered in ground foor and accessible

windows such as those above a fat roo.

2. Locks should be used particularly on

ground foor opening windows and easy

to reach windows such as above a fat

roo or near a drainpipe. I these locks are

tted with keys, these must be readily

available to everyone in the property

in the event o escape rom re.

3. Advice rom the manuacturer must be

taken when tting locks to uPVC

windows or it could aect your warranty;

on wider transom windows the locks

should be tted to both sides o the

window, and on larger casement windows

they should be tted to the top and

bottom o the window.

4. Window rames need to be checked or

signs o damp, wear or rot (wooden

rames) or corrosion (metal rames) as this

will reduce their security.

For urther advice about window security

please see www.securedbydesign.com



Appendix 6: Guidance on re doors and rames

Frames

(i) Where new rames are provided the

gap between the rame and wall should

be inlled with suitable material to

achieve 30 minutes re resistance.

The provision o architrave to cover

gaps in this location will not provide

the necessary re resistance.

Doors

(i) Failure o re resisting doors is very otendue to burn through at the gap between

door lea and door rame. The t o the

door to rame is thereore extremely

important and the gap should be as small

as practical allowing the door to close

reely. In the case o FD30 doors the gap

should be 1 to 2mm. Where smoke seals

are requested to be tted (FD30S doors)the gap should not exceed that stated

by the seal manuacturer usually 3 to

4 mm maximum.

(ii) Doors should be hung on 11/2 pairs

(3 no) o 100mm steel butt hinges.

(iii)Doors reerred to as FD30S are re

doors required to be tted with both

intumescent re and fexible edge cold

smoke seals along both vertical and

top edges o the door.

Intumescent materials are materials which

expand on exposure to high temperatures.

In a re an intumescent strip swells to orm

a close seal between the door and rame.

This slows down the spread o re.

The cold smoke seal (perhaps more

accurately described as a

room-temperature seal) is designed to

resist smoke penetration between the

door and rame in the early stages o a

re only.

The positions or tting seals in door

leas are shown in the diagrams on the

opposite page.

Seals can be tted in the rame and i

so they should align with the centre o

the door lea. Manuacturers’ instructions

should be adhered to when tting seals.

(iv)Smoke seals must NOT be painted

over as this reduces their fexibility and

eectiveness.

(v) Seals are not required to be tted

across the bottom o doors, but the

threshold gap should not exceed 8mm.

Ironmongery

(i) Voids around the locking mechanism must

be kept to a minimum and lled with

intumescent paste or be encapsulated

with a proprietary intumescent product.

(ii) All doors required or means o escape

must be capable o being opened rom

the inside without the use o a key

(see Appendix 7 or door security).

(iii) The door stop o the rame should not

be cut away to acilitate any lock or latch.



(iv) The door must be tted with a sel-

closing device capable o closing the

door into the rame rom any angle.

Hydraulic overhead closers conorming to

current BSEN 1154 Fire Grade 1

(or equivalent) are preerable as they are

more ecient and reliable.

Note: Some overhead closers are not

suitable or use on re doors so it is

always best to check with the supplier or manuacturer beore purchasing.

Where concealed closers are allowed

on re doors it is recommended that

these should be o the double chain

hydraulically powered type.

Diagram 1: Guidance on the tting o

combined re and smoke seals

(i) Cross section o combined re and

smoke seal

INTUMESCENT

STRIP

COLD SMOKE

SEAL

COMBINED

SEAL TO BE

LOCATED IN

CENTRE OF

DOOR LEAF

GAP 3mm - 4mm

ALL AROUND

COMBINED SEAL

TO BE LOCATED

IN FRAME TO

MEET CENTRE

OF DOOR LEAF

GAP 3mm - 4mm

ALL AROUND

Appendix 6: Guidance on re doors and rames

(ii) Position o seals tted in door lea (in

both vertical edges and top edge o the

door).

(iii) Position o seals tted in rame (in both

vertical edges and top edge o the

rame).



I your ront and back doors are not secure,

neither is your home: two thirds o burglars

gain entry through a door. Remember,quality locks and bolts are only as strong as

the door and the rame to which they are

tted.

General Advice or all Doors

1. Wooden doors should be solid and at

least 44mm (13/4“) thick. Check that

the rame is well xed, and i weak or

rotten replace it.

2. Laminated glass is recommended

or glass panels in or around doors as

these are especially vulnerable.

3. Remember to t all security devices

with strong screws or bolts.

4. Doors that open outwards are generally

more secure than those that open

inwards due to the method that would

need to be used to orce entry, but may

not always be practical to t e.g. i the

door opens directly out onto the

pavement. However, hinges are tted

on the side that the doors open, i.e. i

your door opens outwards the hinges

will be on the outside o the property

and, thereore, potentially at risk rombeing removed and entry gained.

In these cases, hinge bolts or security

hinges should be used to reinorce the

security o the door.

5. Beore tting locks to PVC or metal

doors, check with the installer to

make sure that this will not aect

your warranty.

6. Patio doors should be tted with an

anti-lit device.

Entrance/Exit Doors

These should be tted to British Standard

PAS 24-1 ‘Doors o Enhanced Security’.

Bought as a complete kit, this shows that

the door, rame, locks and ttings have been

attack tested. PAS 24-1 doors will be tted

with a 5-lever mortice lock certied to either

BS 3621 or BS 8621 standards. Very simply

the BS 3621 is a deadlock that requires a key

to open it rom the inside, and the

BS 8621 is tted with a cylinder lock

that incorporates a thumb turn release.

To ensure escape rom re is not

compromised it is recommended by both

West Midlands Police and West Midlands Fire

Service that BS 8621 mortice locks are

tted, but please note that security rom

burglary is rendered useless i installed onto

doors which have unprotected glass in ornext to them, or i the thumb turn can be

reached by putting a hand through the

letterbox.

BS3621 and BS8621 have been developed

rom EN122209 which is the European

standard or single point locking devices.

The British Standards refect the elements

o EN12209 that are considered to be theminimum level required or insurance cover

within the UK. The only dierence between

BS3621 and BS8621 is the level o security

oered rom the internal ace o the door

– BS8621 allowing the use o a non-key

operated release (e.g. thumb turn).

NB PAS 24-1 doors will also be tted with

a rim latch lock (also called a night latch);

these can generally be opened rom the

inside without a key and thereore do not

Appendix 7: Door security



impede escape rom re. Where other locks

are tted that require a key, please ensure

that these are not let in or near to the

door or security reasons. Ensure that they

are easily accessible to everyone in the

property in the event o the need to escape

rom re. For more inormation about door

security and locks, please see

www.securedbydesign.com/guides/index.

aspx (go to SBD New Homes Section 2

Physical Security).

Individual bed-sit/fat doors

These doors are, in act, your own ront door

and should have the same security saety

standards. In addition it is recommended that

they have no apertures or glaing.

Appendix 7: Door security



Appendix 8: The upgrading o foors and ceilings

85

The foor and ceiling construction between

foor levels in any house in multiple

occupation must be able to resist the spreado smoke and fame rom any re.

For most two storey houses it will be

sucient to achieve a nominal thirty minutes

re resistance whereas three or more storey

properties will need to achieve a ull thirty

minutes re resistance.

1. To achieve a nominal thirty minutes

re resistance

The condition o any lath and plaster

ceiling should be examined in detail.

I there is any doubt regarding the

condition o the lath and plaster then

this should be replaced or underdrawn

with 12.5mm plasterboard or reline

board.

Where the existing ceiling is in an

acceptable condition, the foor above can

be overboarded to achieve a nominal

thirty minutes re resistance, as ollows:-

(i) I the timber foorboards are square

edged or poorly tted tongue and

groove boards, then the foor should

be overlaid with 3.2mm oil tempered

hardboard or 4mm plywood.

(ii) Hardboard sheets should be conditioned

beore laying to prevent warping. The

rough side (mesh side) should be

sprayed or brushed with water and the

wetted boards stacked rough side to

rough side and let in the room where

they are to be xed, or a period o

48 hours beore nal xing.

(iii) Dependant upon the type o foor

covering to be provided and the

manuacturers’ instructions, the board

may be laid rough or smooth side up.

(iv)The boards should be xed in place

using 19mm hardboard nails or staples

at 150mm centres around the perimeter

o the boards and across the surace.

Boards should be xed in a staggered

ashion as in brick bonding. Joints should

coincide with joist positions.

2. Method o under-drawing a lath and

plaster ceiling to achieve a ull thirty

minutes re resistance

(i) A layer o chicken wire should be rst

nailed below the existing ceiling directly

into the foor joists or alternatively

timber batterns should be xed beneath

the ceiling at right angles to the joists

(counter battens) by means o screw

xings through the existing ceiling

directly into the foor joists.

(ii) When a new plasterboard ceiling is to be

xed, allowance in the nail length should

be made or penetrating the existing

ceiling and chicken wire. Galvanised

clout/plasterboard nails should be used

and xed at 150mm centres.

(iii)Joints in the plasterboard should be

scrimmed and a 3mm skim coat applied tothe boards / trowelled to a smooth nish.

Further inormation is available in

Building Research Establishment Digest

208, “Increasing the Fire Resistance o

Existing Timber Floors.”

Other specications are available and

reerence can be made to manuacturers’detailed specications, i supported by

detailed re test documentation.



Appendix 10: Automatic re suppression systems

Appendix 9: Gas meters within a protected escape route

86

Where gas meters are situated within the

enclosure o a single protected escape route

(staircase/entrance hall) the ollowing

conditions should be met.

1. Lead pipes are unsatisactory and the

gas supply pipes should be o high

melting point metal.

The meters should be checked by a

competent person to ensure that the

installation complies with the current Gas

Saety (Installations and Use) Regulations.

2. Where security o gas meters is an issue

then, to prevent unauthorised intererence,

the meters should be housed in a secure

cupboard. The cupboard enclosure is not

required to be a re resisting cupboard.

The cupboard should be provided with

ventilation grills at high and low levels.

All residents should be issued with a key

to give access to meters 24 hours a day.

The gas provider should be consulted

to ensure they are satised with the

arrangements as they will require access

to read meters.

Since the late 1980s, there has been agrowing acknowledgement that re

sprinklers, once ound only in industrial

and commercial premises, can signicantly

improve re saety in residential type

properties.

General description

A water system is designed to cover a

pre-determined foor area. Fire suppression

system supply pipes are permanently

charged with water, ed rom the domestic

water main or storage tanks. Fire suppression

heads are tted to the system o supply

pipes, and each is an independent unit and

operates only i a re causes it to do so.

Suppression heads are tted with small

thermal elements that are activated solely by

heat. The thermal element is set to operate

at a xed temperature, not less than 30oC

above ambient temperature, which makes ithighly unlikely to operate other than in a re

condition. The exception is malicious

operation and i the re risk assessment

indicates that this is likely, a water

suppression system may not be appropriate.

In the majority o re just one suppression

head is operated, which is oten sucient to

deal with the re.

Potential uses

There is potential or water suppression

systems to be tted in all types o existing

residential accommodation. The decision to

do so will be based on:

• cost / benets analysis o the overall

benet gained rom the provision against

the cost o installation and maintenance;

• the practicability o their installation;

• the extent o design reedoms available in

terms o reduced compensatory provision



o other re saety measures; and

• their potential or ullling a need where

traditional re saety measures cannot be

provided to the ull recommended

standard, or example, where extended

travel distances cannot be reduced to the

recommended maximum or where re

protecting lobbies cannot be installed.

When considering a water suppression

system, regard must be paid to the

adequacy o the water supply and mains

water pressure. I interruptions to supplies

are possible or the water pressure is low or

fuctuates, the additional measures such as

pumping or water storage may be required

or indeed the installation may not be

easible.

Potential design reedomsWater suppression systems are not a re

saety solution in themselves. In isolation,

they cannot provide an acceptable level o

re saety in residential accommodation to

meet the requirements o current legislation.

However, as part o a comprehensive overall

re risk assessment they can be a key

component in the overall solution and can

contribute to a sae building. In particularthe provision o a suitable water suppression

system can, allow or relaxed position on

certain re saety measures (but not all).

Some examples o design reedoms which

have been applied include reduced re

separation / compartmentation, an

alternative to a secondary means o escape

where impracticable, extended travel

distances and relaxed requirements or inner

rooms. However, the provision o automatic

re detection and warning systems cannot

be relaxed. These must still be provided, as

adequate early warning o a re is always

essential.

These trade-os or ‘design reedoms’ are

not prescribed in any statutory guidance and

must be agreed with the relevant housing

authority, building control authority and re

and rescue authority or each individual case.

Each case will have dierent actors and must

be considered on its own merits. A blanket

approach to the allowance o design

reedoms should not be applied.

Standards or water suppression systems

Where a water suppression system is agreed

upon, its design, installation and maintenance

should be in accordance with BS 9251:2005

or another equivalent standard by the

enorcing authority. Approval o the type o system and its design should be sought rom

the enorcing authority prior to installation.

Installation should be carried out only by

experienced sprinkler contractors who are

suitably qualied and registered with an

appropriate sprinkler association or third

party accreditation scheme such as LPS 1048

scheme requirements or certied sprinklerinstallers, supervising bodies and supervised

installers. The installer must provide

inormation to the landlord as detailed in

clause 6.3.2. o BS 9251:2005.

More detailed guidance on water

suppression systems can be ound in

“A guide to automatic water suppression

systems (AWSS) and their practical

application” (Chie Fire Ocers Association).

Appendix 10: Automatic re suppression systems



Appendix 11: Perimeter security

88

It is important to secure the space around

your property.

Front

Where possible the ront o the property

would benet rom a small wall or gate to

dene the property’s boundaries, but make

sure that passers-by can still see the ront o

your home so that a burglar can’t work

without being seen. Front rooms benet rom

net curtains or blinds so that no one can see

what it is actually in the room.

Side/side alley-gates

A large percentage o HMOs, particularly

student houses, are in terraced housing

where access can be gained to the rear

by means o a side alley between two

properties in a group o, or example, 4-6

houses. As most burglaries are committedonce access has been gained to the

rear oten through these side alleys, it is

important that these are securely gated.

These gates should be lockable and ideally

steel railed (in order that a potential

oender can still be seen rom the road),

and preerably installed in line with the

ront o the property.

Wherever possible exiting through these

alley gates onto the streets should not

require a key (or example a keypad or push

button system that cannot be reached rom

the other side o the gate), however this

is oten not cost eective or practical.

West Midlands Fire Service advises that

escape rom premises to a back garden or

yard is considered to be a place o only

relative saety. It must then be possible or

persons escaping to move to a point well

away rom the building, where they will not

be aected by heat or smoke rom any re.

Only then will they be considered to be in

a place o ultimate saety. This position must

be achievable without the assistance o the

Fire Service. Where keys are required to

open these gates it is important that they

are managed and held by all that need

them (e.g. occupants, and landlords/letting

agents).

Rear garden/yard

1. The rear o the property would benet

rom being over-looked by neighbours.

2. Identiy this private space with ences,

gates, walls or planting. A thorny/prickly

hedge along the boundary o your

property can put thieves o. Fencing or

walls should be at least 2m high, andtrellis topping also makes climbing

dicult.

3. Consider putting gravel down as this

creates noise to walk on.

4. Security lighting should make oenders

eel vulnerable and observed, should

illuminate high risk areas and allowoccupiers to see persons approaching

(but it should not cause light pollution,

annoy neighbours or blind occupiers

rom identiying callers).



Appendix 12: Basements

Basement rooms are a special consideration.

This is because:

• in any basement re, hot noxious gases

and smoke rom combustion will travel

upwards due to convection and may

prejudice the escape route and occupants

on the ground foor;

• a re in the basement may weaken the

structure o the foor above it and

endanger occupants and any re ocer

entering the building to search and rescue;• escape routes rom basement rooms may

be limited as signicant proportions o the

walls are underground.

The ollowing is guidance on the provisions

required in a “normal” risk situation. All

these requirements are subject to your risk

assessment.

Bedsit-type HMOs:

There should be ull 30 minute re-resisting

construction separating the basement rom

the ground foor. This will include the

basement ceiling, doors between the

basement and ground foors and the walls

surrounding the stairwell.

In particular, the sloping ceiling and

the triangular partition oten orming the

surrounding walls to the basement stairwell

should be 30 minutes re-resisting.

Appendices 3, 6 and 8 provide details on

how this can be achieved.

Within the basement, walls, ceilings and

doors should be o the same standard as

required in the rest o the house.

Fire detection and alarm equipment should

also be o the same standard as in the rest o

the house.

Ideally, there should be a separate means

o escape rom the basement to an ultimate

place o saety. I this is not practicable, then

escape windows should be provided to all

habitable rooms. See Appendix 4 or

details o escape window design.

As habitable rooms in basements must, inany case, be provided with adequate

natural lighting, it is usually possible to

provide escape windows by adaptation,

replacement or conversion.

Where a proper escape exit or escape

windows cannot be provided, it may be

possible to rely on the stairwell escape route

to ground foor level. This would be subject

to the ndings o your risk assessment and

discussions with your local Council’s Fire

Saety Enorcement Ocer.

Shared houses:

Most o the requirements are the same as or

bedsit type HMOs. However, i the house is a

shared house (see page 7) and has no morethan two storeys above the basement, then

where re separation is concerned, it will

usually be possible to accept existing

construction providing it is robust and has

sound plastered walls and ceilings and

well-tted solid doors.

Unoccupied basements:

There must be re detection in the basement

linked in with the system serving the foors

above.

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Appendix 12: Basements

There is no requirement or a separate means

o escape in unoccupied basements.

However, or bedsit type properties, although

unoccupied, it is still a requirement that the

basement be separated rom the foors above

with 30 minute re-resisting construction.

The ceiling and stairwell enclosure (including

the door) MUST be 30 minute re resisting.

Again, there is a relaxation or shared houses

with no more than two foors above the

basement. Existing sound traditional

construction is acceptable provided the

basement is well managed. It must be kept

tidy, with a minimum o stored combustible

material.

Fireghting

equipment

Summary o basement re precaution requirements

30 minutere-resisting

walls / ceilingsseparating

upper foors

30 minutere-resisting

doorsseparating

upper foors

Firedetection

linkedto rest o

house

Escapewindow

Fireghtingequipment

Basement

bedsits Required Required RequiredRequired

i no separatebasement

re exit

Requiredi cookingequipment

in basementBasement

shared

houses with

maximum

two foors

above

Not requiredi sound

traditionalconstruction

Not requiredi sound

traditionalconstruction

RequiredRequired

i no separatebasementre exit

Requiredi cooking

equipment inbasement

Unoccupied

basements

with bedsits

above

Required Required Required Not required Not required

Unoccupied

basements:

shared

houses with

maximum

two foors

above

Not requiredi basement

tidy andwell managed

Not requiredi basement

tidy andwell managed

Required Required Not required

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Appendix 13: Sample orms

91

Property details(Homestamp orm H1)

Attached are samples o orms which should be used or recording ndings in support o

your re risk assessment. These orms are available to download rom the Homestamp

website (www.homestamp.com) in both PDF and MS Word ormats.



Recording o Signicant Findings rom the Fire Risk Assessment(Homestamp orm H2)




Fire alarm system: Record o test(Homestamp orm H3)




Fire alarm system: Record o alse alarms(Homestamp orm H4)

94




Fire doors and structural means o escape: Record o test(Homestamp orm H5)

95




Emergency lighting: Record o test(Homestamp orm H6)

96




Fireghting equipment: Record o test(Homestamp orm H7)

97




Events other than alse alarms or maintenance work(Homestamp orm H8)

98




Gas installation and appliances: Record o test

(Homestamp orm H9)

99




Electrical appliances: Record o test(Homestamp orm H10)

100




Electrical installation: Record o examination, alteration etc.(Homestamp orm H11)

101




Useul contacts

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A ull list o Homestamp Consortium partners can be ound on page 107,

with details o their websites, which provide urther inormation and advice.

Please note: Homestamp is not responsible or the quality, accuracy or content o external websites.

West Midlands Police

Force Crime Reduction TeamTactical Support & Interventions Unit,Crime Support,The GEE Business Centre,First foor, Technology Block,Holborn Hill,Birmingham B7 5JR

Non-Emergency Number: 0845 113 5000Emergency Number: 999Web: www.west-midlands.police.uk

Fire Saety advice

Inormation on how to stay sae rom re inyour home can be ound on the ollowingwebsite: www.direct.gov.uk/rekills

Free Home Fire Saety Checks are available

rom your local re and rescue service.To nd your local service go to:www.re.gov.uk

Crimestoppers

To report a crime or to give inormationabout a crime anonymously: 0800 555 111or use anonymously online atwww.crimestoppers-uk.org

General Crime Reduction advice websitesWest Midlands Police:www.west-midlands.police.uk/

Home Oce:www.crimereduction.gov.uk

Student Crime Reduction advice websites

West Midlands Police:www.saerstudents.co.uk

Security Testing StandardsSecured by Designwww.securedbydesign.comThis website lists approved companies and

products. ‘Secured by Design’ (SBD) is a Police

initiative to encourage the building industry to

adopt crime prevention measures in development

design to assist in reducing the opportunity or

crime and the ear o crime, creating a saer andmore secure environment.

It is intended to achieve a better quality o lie

by addressing crime prevention at the earliest

opportunity in the design, layout and construction o

homes and commercial premises.

“In doing so ‘Secured by Design’ supports one o

the Government’s key planning objectives – that is

the creation o secure, quality places where people

wish to live and work.”

Secured by Design’ is supported and managed by

the Association o Chie Police Ocers (ACPO) and

has the backing o the Home Oce. It has been

drawn up in consultation with the Department o the

Environment, Transport and the Regions as well as

trade, industry and standards bodies. The Scheme

is also endorsed by the Suy Lamplugh Trust, the

Association o British Insurers (ABI) and a host o

regulatory bodies.

The ‘Secured by Design’ Scheme unctions on two

levels:

• An award to developers who build

developments to ‘Secured by Design’ standards.

• A licensing scheme or products which meet

Police preerred specications.

‘Secured by Design’ applies to owner occupied and

private rented houses as much as businesses.

British Standards

For a current list o standards relating to doors,

windows, etc. please go to:

www.securedbydesign.com/standards



Sold Secure

www.soldsecure.com

The Sold Secure company independently tests

a wide range o products to enhance vehicle

security, secure leisure equipment, secure homes or

businesses and to protect valuables. Items tested

are rated gold, silver or brone depending on how

long it takes an oender to break through them.

Thatcham

www.thatcham.org

Thatcham work with manuacturers to improve and

test security and saety designs.

Saer Parking Awards

www.britishparking.co.uk

www.saerparking.com

This is an initiative o the Association o Chie Police

Ocers aimed at reducing crime and the ear o

crime in parking areas; certain parking acilitiesthat have received the Saer Parking Awards, called

Park Mark®, have seen a drop in vehicle related

crime o over 80% (gures rom Home Oce Study

266, ‘Between the Lines” is an evaluation o the

secured car park award). The Park Mark® Saer

Parking award is granted to parking areas that have

achieved the requirements o a risk assessment as

conducted by the Police. These requirements mean

the parking operator has put in place measuresthat help to deter criminal activity and anti-social

behaviour, thereby doing everything they can to

prevent crime and reduce the ear o crime in their

parking area.

For urther inormation and a list o car parks that

have the award, please reer to websites, above.

Immobilise Property Register

To register your property on the national

property database, go to:

www.immobilise.com.

To nd your local Council and other

government organisations and easy

access to public services and advice

and inormation: www.direct.gov.uk

Department o Communities and

Local Government

www.communities.gov.uk

Department o Work and Pensions

www.dwp.gov.uk

The Rent Service

www.therentservice.gov.uk

Citiens Advice Bureau

www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Neighbourhood Watchwww.neighbourhoodwatch.org

UK Water companies

www.water-guide.org.uk

Gas Sae Register

(Registered gas engineers)

www.gassaeregister.co.uk

Trading Standards

www.tradingstandards.gov.uk

Health and Saety Executive

Gas Saety Advice

www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic

Royal Institution o Chartered Surveyors

(RICS)

www.rics.org

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The Association o Residential Letting Agents

(ARLA)

www.arla.co.uk

National Association o Estate Agents

(NAEA)

www.naea.co.uk

The Deposit Protection Service

www.depositprotection.com

Tenancy Deposit Solutions Ltd

www.mydeposit.co.uk

The Dispute Service

www.thedisputeservice.co.uk

Midland Landlord Accreditation Scheme

(MLAS)www.mlas-online.co.uk

North Staordshire Landlord Accreditation

Scheme

www.landlordaccreditation.co.uk

The National Approved Letting Scheme

(NALS)

www.nalscheme.co.uk

Coventry Accredited Property Scheme

(CAPS)

www.CAPS.coventry.gov.uk

Shelter

www.england.shelter.org.uk



Notes

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Notes




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Partners signed up to the Homestamp Consortium include the ollowing list.

Organisations continue to join us, so look on our website or the latest list o partners.


c/o Gary Conroy,

Oldbury Fire Saety Centre,

Old Park Lane, Oldbury, West Midlands B69 4PU.

Telephone: 0121 544 7209

Email: [email protected]

Birmingham City Council

www.birmingham.gov.uk

Birmingham City University

www.bcu.ac.uk

Borough o Telord and Wrekin

www.telord.gov.uk

Coventry City Council

www.coventry.gov.ukDudley Metropolitan Borough Council

www.dudley.gov.uk

EAGA Partnership

www.eaga.com

Jim Haliburton (private landlord)

Licheld County Council

www.licheld.gov.uk

National Landlords Association

www.landlords.org.uk

North Staordshire Landlords Association

www.nsla.co.uk

Redditch Borough Council

www.redditchbc.gov.uk

Residential Landlords Association

www.rla.org.uk

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

www.sandwell.gov.uk

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

www.solihull.gov.uk

Staord Borough Council

www.staordbc.gov.uk

Stratord-on-Avon District Council

www.stratord.gov.uk

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

www.stoke.gov.ukUniversity o Birmingham

www.bham.ac.uk

University o Wolverhampton

www.wlv.ac.uk

Walsall Council

www.walsall.gov.uk

West Midlands Arson Task Force

www.wmarsontaskorce.gov.uk

West Midlands Fire Service

www.wms.net

West Midlands Police

www.west-midlands.police.uk

Wolverhampton City Council

www.wolverhampton.gov.uk

www.homestamp.com

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