Posted By John Andrews
Hello All,

I have consulted a range of guidance documents but i am still not 100% clear on the following and would appreciate some advice:

In the common parts of residential flats, are there any definite duties for the landlord to provide:

1) Smoke Detection
2) Fire Extinguishers
3) Emergency Lighting
4) Fire Alarm (Call point and panel) systems
5) Other fire detection/mitigation provisions

OR is it mainly down to the judgement of the risk assessor.

The only thing that i am really certain on is that smoke detectors do not need to be installed within common parts of flats if the building conforms to the current building regs.

Some clear cut advice would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks

John Andrews

Posted By John Andrews
Thank you for your response....

So would i generally be correct in assuming that if there is adequete seperation between the private dwellings and the property conforms fairly closely to the building regulations, that fire detection and fire extinguishers would not be required within the common areas? (should emergency escape lighting still be installed if it is absent?)

Also, when considering a converted mansion over several floors would generally be considered as good practice to install all of the provisions mentioned in my original email (perhaps not the call point system?).

Thanks for any help that anyone may be able to give.