Reference Material

1. Fire (Scotland) Act 2005: Part 3, as amended.

2. Fire legislation website: www.infoscotland.com/firelaw

3. Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association: Code of Practice 7 Storage of Full and Empty LPG Cylinders and Cartridges 2004 : www.lpga.co.uk

4. Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

5. Scottish Building Standards Technical Handbook for Non-Domestic Buildings: www.sbsa.gov.uk/current_standards/th_html_2006/bsthnd-00.htm

6. Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002: www.hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion/dsear.htm

7. Guidance on smoking policies: www.clearingtheairscotland.com

8. Historic Scotland Technical Advice Notes:

• TAN 11: Fire Protection Measures in Scottish Historic Buildings
• TAN 14: The Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Historic Buildings
• TAN 22: Fire Risk Management in Heritage Buildings
• TAN 28: Fire Safety Management in Heritage Buildings

9. Building Research Establishment Report, BR 368, 'Design methodologies for smoke and heat exhaust ventilation' (1999).

10. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Technical Memorandum 19 (1995): www.cibse.org

11. British Standards: British Standards Institution (www.bsi-global.com). The dates quoted below are those at the time of publication.

• British Standard EN 179: Building hardware. Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad. Requirements and test methods.
• British Standard EN 1125: 1997. Building hardware. Panic exit devices operated by a horizontal bar. Requirements and test methods.
• British Standard EN 1154: 1997. Building hardware. Controlled door closing devices. Requirements and test methods.
• British Standard EN 1155: 1997. Building hardware. Electrically powered hold-open devices for swing doors. Requirements and test methods.
• British Standard EN 1634, Part 1: 2000. Fire resistance tests for door and shutter assemblies. Fire doors and shutters.
• British Standard EN 12101-3: 2002. Smoke and heat control systems. Specification for powered smoke and heat exhaust ventilators.
• British Standard EN 12845: 2004. Fire fighting systems; Automatic sprinkler systems: Design, Installation and maintenance.
• British Standard EN 13823: 2002. Reaction to fire tests for building products. Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item.
• British Standard EN ISO 11925-2: 2002. Reaction to fire tests. Ignitability of building products subjected to direct impingement of flame. Single-flame source test.
• British Standard 476-4: 1970. Fire tests on building materials and structures. Non-combustibility test for materials.
• British Standard 476-6: 1989. Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test for fire propagation for products.
• British Standard 476-7: 1997. Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test to determine the classification of the surface spread of flame of products.
• British Standard 476-11: 1982. Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method for assessing the heat emission from building materials.
• British Standard 476-22: 1987. Fire tests on building materials and structures. Methods for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction.
• British Standard 5266: Part 1: 2005. Emergency lighting. Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises.
• British Standard 5266: Part 7: 1999. Lighting applications. Emergency lighting. (BS EN 1838: 1999)
• British Standards 5266: Part 8: 2004. Emergency escape lighting systems. (BS EN 50172: 2004)
• British Standard 5306 part 3: 2003. Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises. Code of practice for the inspection and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers.
• British Standard 5306: part 8: 2000. Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises. Selection and installation of portable fire extinguishers. Code of practice.
• British Standard 5499: Part 4: 2000. Safety signs, including fire safety signs. Code of practice for escape route signing.
• British Standard 5499: Part 5: 2002. Signs with specific safety meanings.
• British Standard 5588 Part 8: 1999. Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings. Code of practice for means of escape for disabled people.
• British Standards 5839 Part 1: 2002. Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for system design, installation, commissioning and maintenance.
• British Standard 5839: Part 3: 1988. Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings. Specification for automatic release mechanisms for certain fire protection equipment.
• British Standard 5839-8: 1998. Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of voice alarm systems.
• British Standard 6387: 1994. Specification for performance requirements for cables required to maintain circuit integrity under fire conditions.
• British Standard 7036: 1996. Code of practice for safety at powered doors for pedestrian use.
• British Standard 7346-1: 1990. Components for smoke and heat control systems. Specification for natural smoke and heat exhaust ventilators.