BS 9991:2015

BS 9991:2015 gives recommendations and guidance on the design,management and use of the following building types, to achieve reasonablestandards of fire safety for all people in and around:

• dwellings (single-family dwelling houses, self-contained flats ormaisonettes);
• residential accommodation blocks (e.g. for students or hospital staff), withindividual bedrooms and the provision of kitchen/sanitary facilitiesconstructed within a fire compartment;
• specialized housing.

NOTE 1 Recommendations for fire safety in the design, management and use ofbuildings other than residential buildings are given in BS 9999.It is not applicable to hotels, caravans/mobile homes, hospitals, residential carehomes, places of lawful detention or hostels.NOTE 2 Requirements for means of escape from caravans and mobile homes aregiven in BS 3632.This British Standard is applicable to the design of new buildings, and tomaterial alterations, extensions and material change of use of an existingbuilding.NOTE 3 Attention is drawn to the Building Regulations 2010 [1] and equivalentregional variations [3] to [5] in respect of the definition of material alterations,extensions and material change of use.It also provides recommendations and guidance on the ongoing management offire safety in a building throughout the entire life cycle of the building,including measures for designers to ensure that the overall design of a buildingassists and enhances the management of fire safety. It can be used as a tool forassessing existing buildings, although fundamental change in line with itsrecommendations might be limited or not practicable.The recommendations and guidance given in this British Standard are intendedto safeguard the lives of building occupants and fire-fighters. Whilst some of therecommendations and guidance might also assist in the achievement of otherfire safety objectives - such as protection of property, the environment,communities and business/service viability - additional measures might benecessary which are outside the scope of this British Standard.This British Standard does not cover fire safety design strategies for extremeevents such as terrorist actions.Cross References:BS 476BS 799-5BS 3251BS 4514BS 5234BS 5255BS 5266-1BS 5306-0BS 5306-3BS 5306-8BS 5395-1 BS 5410-1BS 5410-2BS 5839BS 5852BS 5867-2:2008 BS 5906BS 6180BS 6262-4BS 6263-2BS 6400BS 6644BS 6798BS 7157:1989BS 7176BS 7273-4BS 7346-7 BS 7346-8BS 7671BS 8214BS 8313BS 8414-1BS 8414-2BS 8519:2010BS 8524BS 9251:2014BS 9990BS 9999BS EN 3BS EN 81BS EN 1154BS EN 1363BS EN 1364 BS EN 1365BS EN 1366BS EN 1634-1BS EN 1634-3:2004BS EN 12101BS EN 12845BS EN 13501BS EN 13823BS EN 60947BS EN ISO 1182BS EN ISO 1716BS ISO 3864-1DD 8458-1BR 135:2013UKLPG Code of practice 1-2:2000HSE Guidance note CS4:1986BS 3632BS 5516-2BS 6891BS 7346BS 7974BS 8300 BS 9266BS 25999BS EN 1155BS EN 1991-1-2BS EN ISO 11925-2BS EN ISO 14122-4DD ENV 1187:2002PD 7974-5PD 7974-6 Building Regulations 2010Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010Construction Products Regulations 2013Housing Act 2004Equality Act 2010 Building Regulations 2000BRE DG 208:1988BR 187:1991BR 274:1994Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014Dangerous Substances and Explosive AtmospheresRegulations 2002Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007HSG 168:2010Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations2010