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BSI PAS 79-1:2020

BSI PAS 79-1:2020

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Fire risk assessment – Premises other than housing. Code of practice

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BSI 2020 144
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This part of PAS 79 gives recommendations and corresponding examples of documentation for undertaking, and recording the significant findings of, fire risk assessments in non-domestic premises and parts of non-domestic premises for which fire risk assessments are required by legislation.

In the case of mixed-use premises, comprising, for example, shops or offices on lower levels of the building, with flats on the uppermost levels, PAS 79-2 is applicable in relation to the flats.

NOTE 1 In such mixed-use premises there might be a need for fire protection systems that would not normally be applicable in commercial premises, such as evacuation alert systems for use by the fire and rescue service (see PAS 79-2:2020, 3.22).

This part of PAS 79 is applicable to peer-to-peer rented accommodation to the extent that such accommodation falls within the scope of the relevant fire safety legislation (see 3.77) and to premises used solely for short-term letting of flats (with letting periods ranging from one day to six months).

This part of PAS 79 is not applicable to premises during the construction phase2), but is applicable to vacant premises, for which a fire risk assessment is required. It is also applicable to residential care homes.

This part of PAS 79 is not applicable to:

  1. a single-family private dwelling;

  2. a shared house or a house in multiple occupation;

  3. the common parts of blocks of flats or maisonettes, sheltered housing and extra care housing; and

  4. supported housing.

NOTE 2 Recommendations for fire risk assessments for all forms of the housing described above, other than a single-family dwelling, or a shared house in England and Wales, are given in PAS 79-2.

NOTE 3 Attention is drawn to Health Technical Memorandum 05-03 Part K [36], which provides guidance, for complex healthcare premises in England and Wales, on fire risk assessments in areas to which patients have access. In Scotland, equivalent guidance is given in Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 86 [37].

NOTE 4 For residential care premises in Northern Ireland, attention is drawn to Health Technical Memorandum 84 [38], which provides guidance on fire risk assessment in these premises.

The methodology in this PAS provides a structured approach to fire risk assessment for people with knowledge of the principles of fire safety; it is not a guide to fire safety.

The recommended approach to carrying out fire risk assessments is intended to determine the risk-proportionate fire precautions required to protect occupants of non-domestic premises, including employees, contractors, visitors and members of the public, and to protect people in the immediate vicinity of the premises. The fire risk assessment is not necessarily sufficient to address the safety of firefighters in the event of a fire on the premises, as firefighters are not “relevant persons” within the meaning of the relevant fire safety legislation.

The recommended methodology is not intended to address protection of property (the premises and their contents) or the environment, or to address protection of a business, process or activity against interruption. Premises with special hazards, with the potential for high risk to life (e.g. chemical or nuclear hazards), require consideration of additional factors associated with these hazards and their means of control, and are beyond the scope of this PAS. However, in all such cases, this part of PAS 79 might form the basis for development of an appropriate fire risk assessment process and the documentation of the significant findings of the process.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
3 Contents
5 Foreword
8 Introduction
11 1 Scope
12 2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
20 4 The concepts of fire risk and fire hazard
21 5 Principles and scope of fire risk assessments
25 6 Responsibility for adequacy of the fire risk assessment
27 7 Competence of fire risk assessors
29 8 Benchmark standards for assessment of fire precautions
32 9 Assessment of premises design and fire precautions that do not conform to current standards
35 10 Documentation of fire risk assessments
37 11 Nine steps to fire risk assessment
39 12 Information about the premises, the occupants and the processes
42 13 Identification of fire hazards and means for their elimination or control
45 14 Assessment of the likelihood of fire
46 15 Assessment of fire protection measures
59 16 Assessment of fire safety management
64 17 Assessment of likely consequences of fire
66 18 Assessment of fire risk
67 19 Formulation of an action plan
70 20 Periodic review of fire risk assessments
72 Annex A (informative)
Model pro forma for documentation of a fire risk assessment
96 Annex B (informative)
Fire hazard prompt-list
99 Annex C (normative)
Key factors to consider in assessment of means of escape
102 Annex D (informative)
Model pro forma for documentation of a review of an existing fire risk assessment
112 Annex E (informative)
Exemplar of a completed fire risk assessment
138 Bibliography

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