Description

A Comprehensive Guide to Fire Safety was previously published as Fire Precautions: A guide for management, this book has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate explanations and guidance relating to the Regulatory Reform Fire Service Order (RRFSO) and related legislation in Scotland and Northern Ireland. For clarity of use, A Comprehensive Guide to Fire Safety divides the subject of fire safety into a number of discrete components, for example, fire prevention; means of escape; emergency lighting; fire safety signs; and fire detection and alarm systems as well as chapters on human behaviour and staff training. Intended for the non-specialist, A Comprehensive Guide to Fire Safety provides an in-depth overview of all aspects of fire safety. It is a valuable reference to provide operational managers with a framework by which they can implement an effective fire safety strategy to meet both their own business needs, and those of the government’s new requirements, in a planned and sustained fashion. About the Author Colin S Todd is a leading specialist in fire detection and fire alarm systems and has been a significant player in the development of British Standards and other associated technical specifications and codes of practice for many years.

Other standards in the BS 5839 series are available via the TRADA Bookshop, plus various helpful guides to specific parts of the standard have been published: BS 5839-1:2002+A2:2008 and its guide BIP 2109:2008; BS 5839-3:1988; BS 5839-6:2004; BS 5839-8:2008 and its guide BIP 2124:2009; BS 5839-9:2003 and the main guide BIP 2111:2008 Comprehensive guide to fire safety.