Under the BS 9792 Fire risk assessment – Housing – Code of practice, the British Standard gives recommendations and corresponding examples of documentation for undertaking, and recording the findings of, fire risk assessments (FRAs) in housing premises and parts of housing premises. This British Standard is applicable to:
a) houses in multiple occupation;
b) blocks of flats or maisonettes (both purpose-built blocks and houses converted to flats); and
c) specialized housing.
This British Standard is not applicable to a private dwelling. Neither is it applicable to premises during the construction phase, before the building is used as housing, but it is applicable to vacant premises.
This British Standard is not applicable to premises used solely for short-term letting (e.g. of flats) (see 3.1.71) or peer-to-peer rented accommodation (see 3.1.59), nor to non‑domestic premises or residential care homes.
NOTE These types of premises are covered in PAS 79‑1.
The methodology in this British Standard is intended to determine the risk-proportionate fire precautions required to protect occupants of housing premises and people in the immediate vicinity of the premises. It is not necessarily sufficient to address the safety of firefighters in the event of a fire on the premises. It is not intended to address protection of property (the premises and their contents) or the environment, or protection of a business against interruption.
Source – BSI
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