Covering the requirements
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the building owner or manager is responsible for ensuring the smoke ventilation system is compliant.
If you are responsible for fire safety, it can sometimes be difficult to stay up to date with all the regulatory information available to you. Marlowe Smoke Control can work with you to help clarify your obligations and advise on how to provide appropriate fire life safety systems.
- Unit 1, Bons Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, RM4 1RP
- hello@marlowesmokecontrol.co.uk
- 01708 687 511
Covering the requirements
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the building owner or manager is responsible for ensuring the smoke ventilation system is compliant.
If you are responsible for fire safety, it can sometimes be difficult to stay up to date with all the regulatory information available to you. Marlowe Smoke Control can work with you to help clarify your obligations and advise on how to provide appropriate fire life safety systems.
- Unit 1, Bons Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, RM4 1RP
- hello@marlowesmokecontrol.co.uk
- 01708 687 511
Below are some key guidance and regulations to look out for:
BS7346-8 Code of Practice
BS7346-8 summarises the entire process from design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of the system
Fire Safety โ Approved Document B
Approved Document B (ADB) covers building regulation in England covering fire safety matters within and around buildings. Requirement B1 addresses fire safety precautions which must be adhered to, to ensure the safety of occupants, firefighters and those close to the building in the event of a fire
B1: Means of warning and escape
The building shall be designed and constructed so that there are appropriate provisions for the early warning of fire, and appropriate means of escape in case of fire from the building to a place of safety outside the building capable of being safely and effectively used at all material times.
In the Secretary of Stateโs view, requirement B1 is met by achieving all of the following:
- a. There are sufficient means for giving early warning of fire to people in the building.
- b. All people can escape to a place of safety without external assistance.
- c. Escape routes are suitably located, sufficient in number and of adequate capacity.
- d. Where necessary, escape routes are sufficiently protected from the effects of fire and smoke.
- e. Escape routes are adequately lit and exits are suitably signed.
- f. There are appropriate provisions to limit the ingress of smoke to the escape routes, or to restrict the spread of fire and remove smoke.
- g. For buildings containing flats, there are appropriate provisions to support a stay put evacuation strategy.
These standards cover fire safety in the design, management and use of non-residential and residential buildings respectively.
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Contact Marlowe Smoke Control for all AOV Systems and Smoke Vents. Our team are here to help you with any questions you may have.
- Unit 1, Bons Farm, Stapleford Road, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, RM4 1RP
- hello@marlowesmokecontrol.co.uk
- 01708 687 511
