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Transforming the approach to achieving fire safety in the UK

Neil Gibbins

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This paper, will describe the evolution of the approach to achieving fire safety in occupied buildings in the UK, highlighting significant changes. The emphasis on prevention has increased, performance standards have replaced prescription, and the regulatory approach has been amended to focus on testing for compliance by the employer, along with other significant changes to the arrangements for fire and rescue services, as part of an integrated risk management framework. Keywords: fire safety, prevention.Historians often credit the Roman invasion in the year 64 as the starting point for an organised response to fires to the UK, along with several other welcome innovations such as central heating and sewage disposal. Building control measures to protect people from fire have broad and deep roots. Thatch was banned from use in the City of London in 1212, the Great Fire of London, 1666, destroyed 80% of the buildings and lead to the King's proclamation to require that new buildings in the City were to be constructed from brick or stone, with wider streets than had been the norm before. The origins of "fire prevention", in the way that we apply the term today, cannot be easily dated. UK fire law that is applicable to the management of buildings has been transformed over the last ten years. Fire Brigades became involved in "enforcement" during the 1960’s, following major incidents in shops and factories. The requirement to obtain a "fire certificate" was part of a centralised approach, applied to some factories, offices, shops and railway premises. The process of "certification" included application on a prescribed form, interimmeasures prior to inspection, an inspection by the regulator that could lead to a notice of works, and finally the issue of a document, setting out the "relevant measures". This was a highly prescriptive process, as was the norm[...]

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