BS 5588-2(1985) : 1985

Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Use of this code
Section two. Analysis of the problem
4 Planning in relation to fire
5 Escape from fire
Section three. Planning of escape from public areas
6 General
7 Escape routes within, and exits from, a storey
8 Stairways and final exits
9 Small shops
Section four. Construction and fire safety signs and
               notices
10 Construction
11 Fire safety signs and notices
Section five. Engineering services (other than fire
               protection facilities) and ancillary
               accommodation
12 General
13 Electrical services
14 Lighting
15 Heating and fuel storage
16 Mechanical ventilation, air conditioning and
    pressurization
17 Lifts
18 Waste storage and treatment, and incinerators
19 Main storage areas (including receiving and dispatch
    areas) and covered loading bays
20 Car parks
21 Repair or maintenance workshops
22 Kitchens, staff restaurants and canteens
23 Data processing areas
Section six. Fire protection facilities
24 General
25 Fire alarms and fire detection and alarm systems
26 Automatic fire extinguishing systems and special
    risk protection
27 Manual fire-fighting equipment
28 Water supplies for fire-fighting
29 Firemens' emergency switches for discharge lighting
    installations
30 Access for fire-fighting
31 Smoke control provisions other than for firefighting
    shafts
32 Plans for fire brigade use
Appendix
A Advice to management and procedure in case of fire
Tables
1 Maximum permitted distances of travel in a storey
2 Floor space factors
3 Capacities of escape routes within a storey and of
    any exit leading therefrom
4 Capacity of a stairway
5 Table deleted
6 Maximum permitted distances of travel in small shops
7 Limitations on glazed elements that are fire
    resistant in terms of stability and integrity only,
    when installed in stairways, lobbies and corridors
8 Maximum permitted part of travel distance in certain
    areas of ancillary accommodation
9 Structural fire protection of areas of ancillary
    accommodation
Figures
1 Travel distance and direct distance
2 Direct distance
3 Direct distance in association with a dead end
4 Direct distance in open storey (horizontal) planning
    sales areas at ground level
5 Small two- or three-storey shop with a single
    protected stairway to each storey
6 Small two-storey shop with a single open stairway
7 Small three-storey shop with a single stairway to
    each storey
8 Subdivision of dead end corridors
9 Figure deleted
10 Figure deleted
11 Figure deleted

Advises designers on incorporating into new or existing shops of all sizes and heights measures that should in the case of fire safeguard lives of the public and staff and help protect the building and its contents against fire. Covers premises classed as shops in the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963. Banks and estate agents etc are considered as offices. Includes sections on problem analysis, planning escape routes, construction and fire safety signs, engineering services and ancillary accommodation, fire protection facilities and advice and procedures in case of fire. Does not apply to buildings during the course of construction or alteration.