STRUCTURAL FIRE PRECAUTIONS D - South Ayrshire Council

D4.2 – D4.6
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g. laboratories;
h. lift motor rooms;
i. linen stores;
j. bedrooms in a building other than a hospital;
k. bedrooms in a hospital where they are used by -
i. elderly people, or
ii.
iii.
those suffering with mental illness, or
people with learning difficulties;
l. kitchens (other than separate hospital departments);
m. laundry rooms;
n. staff changing and locker rooms;
o. store rooms;
p. X-ray film and record stores; and
q. all rooms within a main laundry in which delivery, sorting, processing packing and storing are
carried out.
D4.3 In a building of purpose sub-group 2A no room containing sleeping accommodation shall be intended
for use by more than 4 people,
except -
HOSPITALS
in a hospital.
D4.4 In a hospital every intensive therapy unit must be divided into at least 2 sub-compartments by subcompartment
walls with a level of fire safety performance (see D1.3) with a short duration.
D4.5 In a hospital every entrance to an intensive therapy unit must be either -
a. from a hospital street (see E8.9); or
b. through a lobby, enclosed with the same level of fire safety performance as that required for a subcompartment.
BUILDINGS OF PURPOSE SUB-GROUP 2B
D4.6 In order to aid evacuation and to limit fire spread, in a building of purpose sub-group 2B, each room
containing sleeping accommodation (including any en-suite sanitary accommodation where provided)
must be enclosed with the same level of fire safety performance as that required for a sub-compartment,
except -
a. for a wall between such rooms. and
b. in the case of a place of lawful detention.
13D Amdt: September 2001