British Standards

BS476: Fire tests on building materials and structures

Part 7: Method for classification of the surface spread of flame of products

Part 22: Methods for determination of the fire-resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction

BS 5266: Emergency lighting

Part 1: Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises other than cinemas and certain other specified premises used for entertainment

BS 5306 Fire-extinguishing installations and equipment on premises

Part 1: Hydrant systems, hose reels and foam inlets

Part 2: Specification for sprinkler systems

Part 3: Code of practice for selection, installation and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers

Part 4: Specification for carbon dioxide systems

BS 5423: Portable fire extinguishers

BS 5446 Components of automatic fire alarm systems for residential premises

Part 1: Specifications for self-contained smoke alarms and point-type smoke detectors

BS 5499: Fire safety signs, notices and graphic symbols

BS 5502: Buildings and structures for agriculture

Part 23: Buildings and structures for agriculture: Code of practice for fire precautions

BS 5588: 1997 Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings

Part 2: Code of practice for shops

Part 4: Code of practice for smoke control in protected escape routes using pressure differential

Part 5: Code of practice for fire-fighting stairs and lifts

Part 6: Code of practice for places of assembly

Part 7: Code of practice for the incorporation of atria in buildings

Part 8: Code of practice for means of escape for disabled people

Part 9: Code of practice for ventilation and air conditioning ductwork

Part 10: Code of practice for shopping complexes

Part 11: Code of practice for shops, offices, industrial storage and other similar buildings

BS 5655: Lifts and service lifts

BS 5725 Emergency exit devices

BS 5810: Code of practice for access for the disabled to buildings

BS 5839: Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings

Part 1: Code of practice for the design, installation and servicing of fire detection and alarm systems for buildings

Part 3: Specification for automatic release mechanisms for certain fire protection equipment

Part 6: Code of practice for the design, installation and servicing of fire detection and alarm systems in dwellings

Part 8: Code of practice for the design, installation and servicing of voice alarm systems

BS 5908: Code of practice for fire precautions in the chemical and allied industries

BS 7671: Requirements for electrical installation: IEE Wiring Regulations

BS 7863: Recommendations for colour coding to indicate the extinguishing media contained in portable fire extinguishers

BS EN 3: Portable fire extinguishers

Part 5: Portable fire extinguishers - specifications and supplementary tests

BS EN 2: Classification of fires

British Standard for Development 240: Fire safety engineering in buildings

Part 1: Guide to the application of fire safety engineering principles

Part 2: Commentary on the equations given in Part 1

HSE publications

A guide to risk assessment requirements INDG218 HSE Books 1996 Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs ISBN 0 7176 1211 2

A guide to the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 L95 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 1234 1  

Assessment of fire hazards from solid materials and the precautions required for their safe storage and use: A guide for manufacturers, suppliers, storekeepers and users HSE Books 1991 ISBN 0 11 885654 5

Buying new machinery INDG271 HSE Books 1998 Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs ISBN 0 7176 1559 6

Chemical warehousing: The storage of packaged dangerous substances HSG71 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1484 0

Dispensing petrol: Assessing and controlling the risk of fire and explosion at sites where petrol is stored and dispensed as a fuel HSG146 1996 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 1048 9

Electricity on the farm Information Sheet AS17 HSE Books 1990

Dust explosions in the food industry Information Sheet FIS2 HSE Books 1993

Fairgrounds and amusement parks: Guidance on safe practice HSG175 HSE Books 1997 ISBN 0 7176 1174 4

Fire safety in construction: Guidance for clients, designers and those managing and carrying out construction work involving significant fire risks HSG168 HSE Books 1997 ISBN 0 7176 1332 1

Fire safety in the paper and board industry HSE Books 1995 ISBN 0 7176 0841 7

Fire safety in the printing industry HSE Books 1992 ISBN 0 11 886375 4

Five steps to risk assessment INDG163 HSE Books 1998 Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs ISBN 0 7176 1565 0

Flame arresters: Preventing the spread of fires and explosions in equipment that contains flammable gases and vapours HSG158 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 1191 4

Lift trucks in potentially flammable atmospheres HSG113 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 0706 2

Maintaining portable and transportable electrical equipment HSG107 HSE Books 1994 ISBN 0 7176 0715 1

Maintaining portable electrical equipment in hotels and tourist accommodation INDG237 HSE Books 1996 Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs ISBN 0 7176 1273 2

Maintaining portable electrical equipment in offices and other low risk environments INDG236 HSE Books 1996 Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs ISBN 0 7176 1272 4

Management of health and safety at work. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992. Approved Code of Practice L21 HSE Books 1992 ISBN 0 7176 0412 8

Manual handling. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. Guidance on Regulations L23 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 2415 3

Memorandum on the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. Guidance on Regulations HSR25 HSE Books 1989 ISBN 0 7176 1602 9

Take care with oxygen: fire and explosion hazards in the use of oxygen HSE8 (rev1) HSE Books 1999

Permit to work systems INDG98 HSE Books 1997 Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs ISBN 07176 1331 3

Petrol filling stations: Construction and operation HSG41 HSE Books 1990 ISBN 0 7176 0461 6

Safe handling of combustible dusts: Precautions against explosions HSG103 HSE Books 1991 ISBN 0 7176 0725 9

Safety in the installation and use of gas systems and appliances. The Gas Safety (Installations and Use) Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance HSE Books1998 ISBN 0 7176 1635 5

Safety signs and signals. Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 Guidance on Regulations L64 HSE Books 1997 ISBN 0 7176 0870 0

Safe use and handling of flammable liquids HSG140 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 0967 7

Safe use and storage of cellular plastics HSG92 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 1115 9

Safe use of work equipment: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance L22 HSE Books 1998 0 7176 1626 6

Safe work in confined spaces. Confined Spaces Regulations 1997. Approved Code of Practice L101 HSE Books 1997 ISBN 0 7176 1405 0

Safe working with flammable substances INDG227 HSE Books 1996 Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs ISBN 0 7176 1154 X

Storing and handling ammonium nitrate INDG230 HSE Books 1996

Storage and handling of industrial nitrocellulose HSG135 HSE Books 1995 ISBN 0 7176 0694 5

Storage and handling of organic peroxides CS21 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 2403 X

Storage and use of sodium chlorate and other similar strong oxidants CS3 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1500 6

The maintenance, examination and testing of local exhaust ventilation HSG54 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1485 9

The safe use of compressed gases in welding, flame cutting and allied processes HSG139 HSE Books 1997 ISBN 0 7176 0680 5

The spraying of flammable liquids HSG178 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1483 2

The storage of flammable liquids in containers HSG51 Revised HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1471 9

The storage of flammable liquids in tanks HSG176 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1470 0

Use of LPG in cylinders Information Sheet CHIS5 HSE Books 1999

Use of LPG in small bulk tanks Information Sheet CHIS4 HSE Books 1999

Stationery Office (previously HMSO) publications

Department of the Environment and Welsh Office The Building Regulations 1991: Approved Document B: Fire Safety HMSO 1992 ISBN 0 11 752313 5

Estate Services Directorate. Northern Ireland Firecode: Fire safety in residential care premises HTM84 HMSO 1995 ISBN 0 337 07998 6

Health and Safety Commission/Home Office/Scottish Office Guide to health, safety and welfare at pop concerts and similar events HMSO 1993 ISBN 0 11 341072 7

Home Office Safer communities: towards effective arson control. The report of the arson scoping study Home Office 1999

Home Office/Scottish Home and Health Department Guide to fire precautions in existing places of entertainment and like premises HMSO 1994 ISBN 0 11 340907 9

Home Office/Scottish Office Fire Precautions Act 1971. Guide to fire precautions in existing places of work that require a fire certificate. Factories, offices, shops and railway premises HMSO 1993 ISBN 0 11 341079 4

Home Office/Scottish Office Fire Precautions Act 1971. Guide to fire precautions in premises used as hotels and boarding houses which require a fire certificate HMSO 1991 ISBN 0 11 341005 0

Home Office/Scottish Office/Fire Protection Association Fire Precautions Act 1971. Fire safety management in hotels and boarding houses HMSO 1991 ISBN 0 11 340980 X

NHS Estates Firecode: Fire risk assessment in hospitals HTM86 HMSO 1994 ISBN 0 11 321734 X

NHS Estates Firecode: Fire safety in health care premises - general fire precautions HTM83 HMSO 1994 ISBN 0 11 321725 0

Technical booklet on the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984. Fire safety HMSO 1984 ISBN 0 337 08 324 X

The Scottish Office Technical Standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 as amended by the Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993, the Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994, the Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 and the Building Standards (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 HMSO 1998 ISBN 0 11 495866 1

Arson Prevention Bureau publications

How to combat arson in schools Arson Prevention Bureau 1993

Prevention and control of arson in industrial and commercial premises Arson Prevention Bureau 1992

Prevention and control of arson in retail premises: A management guide Arson Prevention Bureau 1995

Other useful publications

A guide to good practice for the storage of aerosols in manufacturing, wholesaling warehouses and retail stores British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association 1989

Bulk storage of LPG at fixed installations: LPGA CoP No1, Part 1: Design, installation and operation of vessels located above ground LP Gas Association 1998

CIBSE Fire engineering guide E Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 1997 ISBN 0 900 953 78 0

Design approaches for smoke control in atrium buildings BR258 Building Research Establishment

Design principles for smoke ventilation in enclosed shopping centres BR186 Building Research Establishment

Fire protection measures in Scottish historic buildings Technical Advisory Note 11 Scottish Office ISBN 1 90 016841 3

Fire safety PB2281 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1995

Inspection and testing Institution of Electrical Engineers Guidance Note No 3

Installation of sprinkler systems on historic buildings Technical Advisory Note 14 Scottish Office ISBN 1 90 016863 4

Protection against fire Institution of Electrical Engineers Guidance Note No 4

Safe practice for the storage of gases in transportable cylinders intended for industrial use Guidance Note GN2 British Compressed Gases Association 1988 ISBN 0260 4809

Scottish Education Department A guide to fire safety in schools Educational Building Note 18 Scottish Office 1982

Scottish Home and Health Department Firecode in Scotland: Policy and principles Scottish Office 1994 ISBN 0 7480 0975 2

Storage of full and empty LPG cylinders and cartridges LPGA CoP No 7 (Third edition) LP Gas Association 1998

The United Kingdom Working Party on Fire Safety in Historic Buildings Heritage under fire: A guide to the protection of historic buildings (Second edition) Fire Protection Association 1995 ISBN 0 902167 90 1