BS 5588-1:1990

Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings. Code of practice for residential buildings

Status : Confirmed, Current, Project Underway Published : August 1990

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Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings - Part 1: Code of practice for residential buildings

Executive summary

Recommendations for fire precautions in the design, construction and use of residential buildings.

Abstract

This part of BS 5588 provides recommendations and guidance for designers and building construction teams in their task of incorporating into the following buildings measures that should, in the event of fire, safeguard the lives of people residing in, or visiting, such buildings, and that may help to protect the building against the effects of fire:

a) new houses of any height used as single-family dwellings, or alterations to existing houses similarly used;

b) new buildings of any height containing flats, maisonettes or sheltered housing, or alterations to such existing buildings;

c) conversions of existing non-residential premises to form dwellings.

Hostels, houses in multiple occupation, caravans and mobile homes are not covered.

This British Standard includes recommendations on the measures and equipment necessary for preventing the rapid spread of fire and for those required to assist firefighting in buildings with upper storeys beyond the reach of mobile fire appliances operating outside the building. It makes specific recommendations in terms of protection, number and position of exits, provides guidance on design principles for preventing the spread of fire and indicates the fire precautions necessary in these buildings.

This code of practice is not intended to apply to buildings during the course of construction or alteration.

History and related standards

This British Standard is a revision of BS 5588-1.1:1984 and CP 3:Chapter IV-1:1971, which are withdrawn.

Standard Number	BS 5588-1:1990
Title	Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings. Code of practice for residential buildings
Abstract	Guidance to architects and builders on structural fire precautions and provisions for means of escape for houses, flats,, maisonettes and sheltered housing, but not for houses in multiple occupation, caravans and mobile homes. Includes guidance on, ancillary accommodation, engineering services and fire protection facilities, and advice to owners and occupiers.
Status	Confirmed, Current, Project Underway
Publication Date	31 August 1990
Confirm Date	01 November 2007
Cross References	BS 476-4, BS 476-8, BS 476-11, BS 476-20, BS 476-21, BS 476-22, BS 476-23, BS 476-31.1, BS 799-5, BS 3632, BS 4211, BS 4467, BS 5041-1, BS 5041-2, BS 5266-1, BS 5274, BS 5306-0, BS 5306-1, BS 5306-3, BS 5395, BS 5410-1, BS 5410-2, BS 5423, BS 5446-1, BS 5499-1, BS 5588-4, BS 5588-5, BS 5588-8, BS 5588-9, BS 5588-12, BS 5655, BS 5720, BS 5839-1, BS 5839-3, BS 5852, BS 5906, BS 6180, BS 6262, BS 6387, BS 6400, BS 6459-1, BS 6575, BS 6644, BS 6798, BS 6804, BS 6891, BS 7036, BS 8214, BS 8300, BS 8313, PD 6512-1, PD 6512-2, PD 6512-3, PD 6520, IEE Regulations for Electrical Installations
Replaces	BS 5588:Part 1:Section 1.1:1984
Amended By	AMD14988 (TO BS5588-1 : 1990) AMD7840
Supersedes Draft	87/35000 DC
Descriptors	Fire safety in buildings, Fire safety, Buildings, Design, Safety measures, Flats, Residential facilities, Domestic facilities, Structural design, Fire-escape routes, Fire spread prevention, Emergency exits, Firefighting equipment, Ventilation, Fire risks, Fire doors, Fire detectors, Fire alarms, Smoke, Smoke detectors, Fire resistance, Construction systems parts, Doors, Structural fire protection, Stairs, Exits, Housing, Building services, Lighting systems, Smoke control, Single-family dwellings
ICS	13.220.01 (Protection against fire in general) 91.040.30 (Residential buildings)
Title in French	Règles de prévention des incendies dans la conception, la construction et l'usage des bâtiments. Code de bonne pratique, dans les bâtiments résidentiels
Title in German	Brandschutzmassnahmen bei Planung, Errichtung und Gebrauch von Gebaeuden. Wohngebaeude
Committee	FSH/14
ISBN	0 580 18604 0
Format	A4
Delivery	YES
Pages	84
Price	£ 162.00

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