Fire Strategy Guides
Plain-English guides to the documents, standards and approvals behind a fire strategy.
Why a fire strategy template will not pass building control
A fire strategy is building-specific, so a template cannot supply the analysis that gets assessed. What a template can honestly give you,…
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PAS 911 has been withdrawn: what governs a fire strategy now
PAS 911:2007 has been withdrawn by BSI. Why it is still quoted in tenders, what actually governs fire strategy documents now, and what to…
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Fire evacuation strategy vs fire strategy
An evacuation strategy says how people leave. A fire strategy says how the building makes that possible. Which you need, who writes each,…
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Fire strategy reports for schools
What a school fire strategy must address: peak occupancy, supervised evacuation, labs and workshops, arson risk and out-of-hours community…
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Hospital fire strategy reports
Why healthcare fire strategies differ: progressive horizontal evacuation, HTM guidance, patient dependency, medical gases and 24-hour live…
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Fire strategy reports for buildings and flats
What a fire strategy covers in a block of flats: stay put, compartmentation, flat entrance doors, external walls, and the higher-risk…
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