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News Release from: BSI British Standards | Subject: BSI British Standards guides to fire safety
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 November 2007
BSI British Standards guides to fire
safety
BSI British Standards offers a suite of publications to assist businesses to assess and develop their fire safety strategies.
BSI British Standards' publications in this area are essential reference for specifiers, designers and installers, including architects, building professionals, building surveyors, consulting engineers, electrical contractors, fire brigades, local authorities and housing associations PAS 79:2007 Fire risk assessment
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Guidance and a recommended methodology.
A comprehensive Publicly Available Specification (PAS) that provides a structured approach for fire risk assessors in conducting and recording significant findings, including obtaining the relevant information, identifying the hazards, considering the appropriate control measures, reviewing the fire protection measures, assessing fire safety management and much more.
Price GBP99* Member Price GBP99.
BSI order ref PAS 79.
ISBN 978 0 580 50899 8 (hard copy + CD ROM) / 978 0 580 50683 3 (PDF download).
PAS 911:2007 Fire strategies - guidance and framework for their formulation.
Proper and effective precautions must be taken to ensure that the threat of fire is minimized and any incident dealt with.
PAS 911 Fire strategies provides a recommended process that will encompass many of the key considerations and can provide a degree of uniformity in the preparation of fire strategies.
Price GBP99* Member Price GBP99.
BSI order ref PAS 911.
ISBN 978 0 580 59381 9.
F is for fire.
Dictionary of fire terminology.
Containing over 2,000 definitions of current terms covering all aspects of fire safety, F is for fire amalgamates varying industry terms into single, composite definitions.
The terms explained cover the whole spectrum of fire safety in all its applications including: fire resistance and reaction to fire; passive and active fire protection systems and fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings Price GBP25* Member Price GBP25.
BSI order ref BIP 2125.
ISBN 978 0 580 50222 4.
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