Fire Prevention

I need to provide a 60 min fire protection between my public house and living accomodation above. The floor between consists of 225 x 60 timber floor joists at 400 mm centers, timber tongue and groove floor boards, Lath and plaster ceiling which has at some time had timber battons and 12.5 plasterboard fixed to it . I proposed to overboard the ceiling with 12mm fireline board , coverstrips to joins and emulsion the fire board. ( would this give me 60 min protection ?? )

Hi, i was just looking for a second opinion as i thought these should be fixed to the bison slab and not the battens holding up the plasterboard? https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pmqm_PIuScUmxJTnhtZUZnNWVJVWxIblNKUkRWSmRhb0dR https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pmqm_PIuScalhZaFFHWkxidkp4a1hEcEZJbXdFQy11S0F3

Hi there, Is there anywhere specified in the legislation that if a particular area in a building is used for healthcare (e.g. 60% of that building) and 20% is used for private flats and the other 20% of the building is used for shops, the whole building will be considered as a Healthcare building and therefore, the Health Technical Memorandum 05-02: Firecode will apply for the entire premise? For example: "in a multi-functional building (e.g.: 7 storey building: 5 floors healthcare, 1 floor flats, 1 floor shops - what guidance will be applied for this multi-functional building? Thank you!

Can you tell me how cushion pad manufacturers make synthetic cushion pads and fire safe. If the filling is polyester is the material pre treated before being made up into the cushion or is it treated after being made up. If I wash cushion pads , will the fire retardant effect be lost?

It would be useful to know whether wall art - especially canvas prints - is excluded from fire safety regulations. It would be useful for this to be explicitly stated one way or the other. I for one need to know and would much appreciate your feedback! Thanks, Jon

Hi All We are looking at going into Fire Suppression Systems. Can anyone give me any advice please on courses, accreditation, BC sign offs and suppliers please? Thanks all

Dear Helpful Person 1. How can a 'fridge catch fire? Isn't the insulation sealed in by metal? 2. Would a fire blanket be the best option for a 'fridge fire in a very small kitchen? 3. There's a window opposite. If it were open would it 'feed' such a fire? I'm sure you'll have thousands of queries after the horrendous disaster at Grenfell Tower. Rosemary

We have just built an outdoor kitchen with a gas BBQ in an enclosed area in close vicinity to the main house. I would like advice that this is safe to operate

Could you please advise me as to the safe storage of large domestic gas bottles. Our neighbour has 9 or 10 of the 6 feet tall ones outside his property. Two appear to be connected via rubber pipes into the property, but none are housed in any way. I'm guessing that the others are empties, but must still pose a Fire/Explosion risk?? I am happy to speak with him, but need the advice first, please. Thank you

Hello, I wondered if you could advise me. We would like to place a small 3 litre fridge in an under the counter cupboard. The cupboard will have to remain closed but it has a ventilation panel fitted into the door. Please could I check whether this abides by the UK fire regulations? All the best, Vanessa

I work as a sole trader and now as a contractor, in London, for the past nearly 6 years. Along time I have met many clients who wanted fire doors removed, walls removed (between the kitchen and the fire exit route). On the first jobs I didn't know that it is not right to do that. Now, I'm always asking them for a surveyor's or a building control report to state that it is allowed to do that. In most of the cases I loose the whole job on the argument that they won't do the job for the time being. I know that they are just going to get someone else who accepts without questions. Having said this, I have the following questions: 1. Am I being wrong in doing this. If …

My daughter has just moved into rented accommodation being a 2 storey 3 bed house. The house has an internal garage above which is my grand daughters bedroom , where, before she had new carpets laid you could see through the floorboards into the garage. Should there be a fire resistant ceiling in the garage as I would assume this to be an area of greater fire risk?

Hi, I am a fire risk assessor that has always been of the opinion that an interlinked fire alarm system (between flats and commercial units) is not necessary in a mixed use property that has been constructed to current or post 1991 building regs - if no escape routes are shared. However recently I have come across two new build blocks that have commercial units on the ground floor, and flats on upper floors - sharing an escape route ( the commercial units are in a protected ground floor area, exiting via the protected stairwell at ground floor level. The route to the apartments (on the upper four floors) is protected from the stairwell by a 60 minute fire door in on…

My son has just brought a flat above a coffee shop. He is having works done which require them to be signed off by building regs, which we are happy with. However, we have lifted the floor boards to find that all we can see is the shops flasterboard ceiling below and the tops of spot lights that have been installed by the current shop tenants. We are now being told we cannot get our flat works signed off because their is no fire prevention between us and the shop. Who is responsible for the cost and putting the fire protection in - us, the shop tennant or the freeholder/shop landlord.

Hello, I am looking into setting up an upholstery and furniture making business (buying second hand furniture and upscaling/reupholstering) but have hit a dip in the road during my research. In short I am looking to clear up my responsabilities in terms of fire risk and although I have read through the "Fire safety of furniture and furnishings in the home" FIRA guide and have concluded the following I would be very grateful if someone could confirm and comment on my conclusions. (Fira are very slow at getting back to my request for help) Although the scale of my business would be small and mainly based online and at fairs I am classed as a first retailer. …

I wondered if you might be able to help (and please forgive me if I’m asking the wrong person!) - I am looking to find a solution to ensure our residential loft conversion complies with Approved Document B and have been advised a fire engineered approach might be an option. As designed and built the loft is ‘open’ (i.e. the stairwell is not protected) and we would like to leave it as such but appreciate we need to install alternative fire measures for safety. Might this be something you could advise on, or if not you perhaps you could point me in direction of the right person? With best,

what are the regs about seperation distance from an external factory wall to possible flammable stored goods i.e palletised stock in cardboard boxes. I seem to have 5m in my head and 6m for skips can you confirm please

Is it necessary for the management company to provide & maintain a class A fire extinguisher in a block of flats? the block comprises 25 self contained flats built in 2002. There is 1 exit/entrance door. There is a lift as well as stairs but no service rooms. I have read the fire safety order 2005 and it doesn't make it clear whether this is s legal requirement.

Ive just visited a care home and found the owners have screwed in a wooden kick board on both sides of all the fire doors along the corridor, this is a protected route, , they have used brass screws with washers but have they damaged the door by dong this?

Hi, I have bought a mattress which is extremely poor quality and I'm in the process of returning. However, I also noticed there appears to be no fire safety tag on it anywhere. I was wondering what the regulations are regarding this- ie are they selling illegal mattresses? Initial research seems to suggest tags aren't needed but then how can an end consumer know if they're buying a fire retardant mattress? Thanks!

Hi, Just wandering if I have the necessary experience and qualifications to be deemed competent to run an in-house fire warden course. I have completed the NEBOSH fire safety and risk management course, I have completed the stcw 95 fire prevention and firefighting course, having worked at sea and I have had fire fighting training with Tyne and Wear fire brigade - having covered various strikes. I have also completed various teaching qualifications in the the Army. I feel that I am competent and confident in my abilities. Just after some advice. Thank you

Could someone advise me please, I have visited a premise which has a server installation for the computer systems etc, about the same size as a single wardrobe. It has a secure door etc but it is in a store room with various items such as boxes, foldable chairs etc. There is no air-conditioning in the room either. Is this a problem?

Hi! Hopefully someone here will be able to shed some light for me...... I'm getting a growing number of enquiries from existing clients as to whether I can hold fire safety training for them. This is not something I currently offer however it now seems I am turning away a lot of business. Can anyone advise which, if any certification / qualifications are required to deliver such training including perhaps a live fire simulator. I've trawled and trawled to no avail. I have over 20 years experience as an industrial fire leader, so I have the knowledge and experience, however is this sufficient to make me 'competent' to train others? Thanks in advance!…

Hello. I help manage a charity shop which also has accommodation above it. The flat above the shop has its own entrance and cannot be accessed from he shop at all. We had a fire on our road recently and it worried me as If we ever had a fire in our shop, how would the people above know? We have a fire alarm system in the shop, but should we link this in to the apartment above also? Any help or advice would be most welcomed

In a block of flats residents have a locked storage cupboard that the residents have keys for are these cupboards classed as fire risks/hazards they are built into the property and do not block or obstruct communal walk ways or fire exits,any help on this issue would be really appreciated