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Wiring, siting and type of detectors etc., BS5839: Part 1 applies, asfor a Category L2 systemLD2 Category Coverage Smoke detectors throughout staircases, hallways, landings, storagecupboards, and common lobbies (if present). Smoke detectors in living rooms, bedrooms and bedsits withoutcooking facilities. Note the advice in the B.S. regarding thepreference for heat detection in the principal habitable room(s), andthe design requirement to avoid false alarms affecting more thanone unit of accommodation. Heat detectors in kitchens and bedsits containing cooking facilities.In such bedsits, in addition to the heat detector there should be anon-interlinked smoke alarm with battery back-up wired to thelighting circuit and to sound only in the room concerned.Grade D System Mains wired smoke alarms (and heat alarms if bedsit containscooking facilities in a separate room) with battery back up Linked within unit of accommodation only so that all sound when anyone alarm is activated May be wired to the local lighting circuit, or alternatively to a singleindependent circuit at the dwelling’s (i.e. room or ‘flat’s) maindistribution board – no other equipment to be connected to thiscircuit other than a circuit monitoring device.LD2 Category Coverage Smoke or heat detectors sited in bedsits, kitchens, bedrooms andliving rooms. Where cooking facilities are provided they shall be heatdetectors. In bedsits/studios, in addition to the Grade A heatdetector, a non-interlinked smoke alarm, with battery backup, wiredto the local lighting circuit and to sound only in the room concernedshall be provided.London Fire Safety Guidance for Houses in Multiple OccupationVersion 2: 06/06
Houses Where There Is A Mixture Of Flats InSingle Occupation And Bedsit OccupationFollow the guidance in the appropriate sections for:Flats in single occupationANDBedsits type HMOs respectivelyGenerally this will result in:One and two storey housesGrade D system of smoke/heat alarms covering• staircase enclosure• lobbies/internal hallways of flats• bedsitsThree or more storey housesGrade A system covering:Plus• staircase enclosure• lobbies/internal hallways of flats• bedsitsGrade D system covering:internal hallways of flatsbedsits/studiosLondon Fire Safety Guidance for Houses in Multiple OccupationVersion 2: 06/06
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Page 3 and 4: Two Storey HMOsRequirement Fire res
Page 5 and 6: Secondary meansof escapeNot require
Page 7 and 8: Three and Four Storey HMOsRequireme
Page 9 and 10: Secondary meansof escapeNot require
Page 11 and 12: Five Storey HMOsRequirement Fire re
Page 13 and 14: Extinguishersfire blankets&Secondar
Page 15 and 16: Five or Six Storey HMOs(Secondary e
Page 17 and 18: CupboardsstoresandWhere in staircas
Page 19 and 20: Fire Detection and Alarm SystemsINT
Page 21 and 22: impaired, standby supplies, manual
Page 23 and 24: Houses Converted to Self-Contained
Page 25: Bedsit -Type Houses in Multiple Occ
Page 29 and 30: Mains wired smoke alarms with batte
Page 31 and 32: BRITISH STANDARDS RELATING TO FIRE
Page 33 and 34: DoorsTECHNICAL POINTS APPLICABLE TO
Page 35 and 36: FramesSize: Should not be less than
Page 37 and 38: identical to those in the door manu
Page 39 and 40: made for independent and protected
Page 41 and 42: Surface FinishesWALLS, PARTITIONS,
Page 43 and 44: Material/ProductA Brickwork, blockw
Page 45 and 46: Staircase LightingNormal staircase
Page 47 and 48: Secondary Means of EscapeINTRODUCTI
Page 49 and 50: Via RoofEscape may be via the roofs
Page 51 and 52: Unacceptable Means of EscapeThe cur
Page 53 and 54: Recommended maximum travel distance
Page 55 and 56: Diagram 1 : Escape in more than one
Page 57 and 58: Initial dead endIn any situation wh
Page 59 and 60: from any point at which that angle
Page 61 and 62: Glossary of Fire Safety TermsAccess
Page 63: Suitably qualified person See Compe

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