Design Engineering Example

Design Engineering Example Design Engineering â€" Assignment Example > FIRE SAFETY REPORTFIRE SAFETY REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED BUILDING OF MR. AND MRS. JONESBACKGROUNDMr. and Mrs. Jones proposed building should have fire safety measures that should provide sustainable level of safety and protect their health and safety for unspecified period of occupancy. The safety measures for the building should conform to regulation 7 of building regulation 2000 (Crown 2007:6). The materials for construction should bear marking CE with respect to Construction Products Directive 89/106/EEC. Electrical products present in the building should comply with Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and amendment 93/68/EEC and EMC directive 89/336/EEC (amended by the CE marking directive 93/68/EEC). The building should conform to Construction (Design and Management) Regulation 2006 and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The fire safety should meet recommended environmental protection under Pollution Prevention Guidelines (PPG18). The fire safety measures should satisfy oth er property protection stakeholders like insurance firms. Means of fire detection and escapeMr and Mrs. Jones building should have fire alarm systems for detecting outbreak of fire. The fire detection apparatus should warn users of fire outbreak in order to start moving towards the protected areas if they are in circulation spaces or other rooms. Stimulation of fire alarms occurs in response to rise in temperature (heat) or presence of detectable smoke particles. Fire detection apparatus provides active fire protection for buildings and should comply with British Standards BS 5839-6:2004 at least Grade D category LD3 standards. Smoke detectors should comply with BS 5446-1:2000 and heat detectors should comply with BS 5446-2:2003 standards. Clause 15 of British Standards BS 5839-6:2004 requires fire detectors to have standby power supply. The standby power supply should be derived from a rechargeable battery, non-rechargeable battery or a capacitor. According to BS 5446-1 standards , the smoke alarms should either be ionization chamber smoke detectors or optical (photo-electric) smoke detectors. Invisible smoke particles in some rooms can trigger false alarms and therefore optical smoke detectors should be installed in rooms like the lounge in ground floor and first floor, kitchen, family/breakfast room, family/study room, dining room and all circulation spaces (appendix 1 and 2). In rooms where they are installed, position of the smoke alarm should comply with BS 5839-6:2004. On the other hand, installation of photo-electric smoke alarms should occur in all circulation spaces linking to bedrooms in the first floor, store, cloak room in ground floor and first floor and all circulation spaces in the ground floor. Smoke alarms inter-distance should be 7.5 meters (Crown 2007:17) (appendix 1 and 2). The building should have inter-linked heat alarms in the kitchen and circulation space serving the kitchen (Crown 2007:17). Smoke alarms that are mounted on the ceilin g should be 300 millimeters from the wall and lighting fitting. This ensures heat from the lighting appliance does not trigger a false alarm. Sensors that are mounted on the ceiling should be positioned 25-600 millimeters below the ceiling and also at distance of between 25-150 millimeters from the heat detectors. Installation of fire detector apparatus should comply with Approved Document P (Electrical safety). The cables used for installation of fire detector apparatus should comply with British Standards BS 5839-6:2004 or BS 5839-1:2002 (Crown 2007:18). After the fire detection system is installed, Mr. and Mrs. Jones should be issued with certificate of fire alarm installation. Mr. and Mrs. Jones should be provided with fire detector manufacturer’s instruction manual on operation and maintenance of the fire alarm system which should satisfy British Standards BS 5838-1 and BS 5839-6 requirements.