Posted By halesowen Baggie On page 3 of the fire safety risk assessment official guidance for factories & warehouses it quotes. In addition, earlier legislation, including local authority acts may have imposed additional requirements for fire precautions for large storage buildings where more than 7,000 m3 is uesed for storing or depositing goods or materials (e.g. access,compartmentation,monitored automatic fire detection and/or smoke control and/or sprinklers to be maintained). My warehouse is 100,000 m3, what acts are they talking about?

Posted By David Bannister Hi. There was a whole range of Acts, commencing I think with the Hampshire Act that imposed specific measures on operators of large storage premises to enforce the installation of sprinklers, alarms, compartmentation, smoke ventilation etc, following some spectacular and highly destructive warehouse fires. With the RRFSO these were all repealed although it is reasonable to expect Enforcement Officers to refer to their provisions when deciding if fire precautions and control measures are suitable and sufficient. Sorry I cannot remember specific detail.

Posted By Fred Pratley I think (and I stand to be corrected) the point that is being made in the guidance is that the guidance may suggest a lower standard of protection or precautions than was determined under previous standards. Presuming your warehouse has previously been subject to Fire Certificates and brigade or insurers inspections, I expect they would have dictated what precautions need to be in place. If these are higher standards than those suggested in the new guidance, stick with them. Fred