BS 9999:2017

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BS 9999:2017 gives recommendations and guidance on the design,management and use of buildings to achieve reasonable standards of fire safetyfor all people in and around buildings.

This British Standard is not applicable to the following types of building, whichare covered in BS 9991:

• 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.

It is not applicable to houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) or buildings inwhich occupants receive medical care. It might have only limited applicability tocertain specialist buildings and areas of buildings (e.g. areas of lawfuldetention).

This British Standard is applicable to the design of new buildings, and tomaterial alterations, extensions and material change of use of an existingbuilding.

NOTE Attention is drawn to the Building Regulations 2010 [1] and equivalentnational 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 476
BS 799-5
BS 1635
BS 3251
BS 4533
BS 4790
BS 5234
BS 5266-1
BS 5306-0
BS 5306-1
BS 5306-2
BS 5306-3
BS 5306-4
BS 5306-8
BS 5395-1
BS 5395-2
BS 5410-1
BS 5410-2
BS 5499-4
BS 5651
BS 5655-6
BS 5656-1
BS 5656-2
BS 5656-3
BS 5839-1:2013
BS 5839-8:2013
BS 5839-9:2011
BS 5852:2006
BS 5867-2:2008
BS 5906
BS 6180
BS 6262-4
BS 6263-2
BS 6266
BS 6644
BS 6798
BS 7036-0
BS 7157:1989
BS 7176
BS 7273-4:2015
BS 7346-4
BS 7346-7
BS 7346-8
BS 7671
BS 8214
BS 8300
BS 8313
BS 8414-1
BS 8414-2
BS 8486-1
BS 8486-2
BS 8489-1
BS 8519
BS 8524
BS 9251
BS 9990
BS 9991
BS EN 54-11:2001+A1:2006
BS EN 54-23
BS EN 81-20
BS EN 81-58
BS EN 81-70
BS EN 81-71
BS EN 81-72
BS EN 81-73:2016
BS EN 115-1
BS EN 378
BS EN 671
BS EN 1125
BS EN 1154
BS EN 1363
BS EN 1364
BS EN 1365
BS EN 1366
BS EN 1634
BS EN 1838
BS EN 12101
BS EN 12416-2
BS EN 12845
BS EN 13501
BS EN 13565-2
BS EN 13823
BS EN 15650:2010
BS EN 16005
BS EN ISO 1182
BS EN ISO 1716
BS EN ISO 12543-2
BS EN ISO 14122-4
BS ISO 3864-1
BS ISO 14520
DD CEN/TS 14816
BS 2782
BS 4422:2005
BS 4514
BS 5255
BS 5438:1989+A2:1994
BS 5499-10
BS 5516-2
BS 5655-11
BS 5655-12
BS 5839-3
BS 6187
BS 6336
BS 7974
BS 8492
BS 8899
BS 25999-1
BS EN 54-27
BS EN 115-2
BS EN 179
BS EN 1021-1
BS EN 1021-2
BS EN 1155
BS EN 1366-7
BS EN 1991-1-2
BS EN 1993-1-2
BS EN 50272-1
BS EN ISO 306
BS EN ISO 9000
BS EN ISO 13943:2010
BS EN ISO 19011
CEN/CENELEC Guide 6
BS EN ISO/IEC 17021-1
PAS 7
PAS 79
PD 6520
PD 7974-1
PD 7974-3
PD 7974-6
PD 7974-7
Building Regulations 2010
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014
Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004
Building Regulatio

Incorporates the following:
Corrigendum, February 2017

Product Details

Published:

01/31/2017

ISBN(s):

9780580977169

Number of Pages:

418

File Size:

1 file , 5.7 MB

Product Code(s):

30357099, 30357099, 30357099

Note:

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