Fire Strategy Report in Luton

A fire strategy explains how a building is designed to deal with a fire. It shows how people get out and how fire and smoke are held back. It also shows how a fire is detected and how firefighters get in.

It is written against Building Regulations Part B, which covers fire safety. It is not the same as a fire risk assessment, which looks at a building already in use.

Building control often asks for one on new builds, flat conversions, larger HMOs and blocks of flats. A change of use, such as offices or a shop becoming homes, often needs one too.

Planning may ask for fire information on some schemes. Getting the strategy done early avoids changes to the drawings later.

The report sets out escape routes, travel distances and protected stairs. It shows the compartments and fire doors that slow fire and smoke. It also sets out the fire alarm and emergency lighting needed.

It also covers fire service access, such as how close a fire engine can get. It looks at how the outside walls limit fire spreading to the buildings next door.

We start with your drawings and visit the site to see the building and its access. We then write the strategy and list anything in the design that needs to change.

You get a clear report to send to building control. When the building is finished, the fire safety information should be passed to whoever will run it.