Building control or planning often ask for one before a project can go ahead.
It suits new builds and houses turned into flats or larger HMOs. It also suits a change of use, such as a town centre shop becoming homes. We work from your drawings and a site visit, then set out the fire safety design in plain terms.
What Is a Fire Strategy Report?
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.
When You Need One
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.
What the Report Covers
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.
How We Work
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.
What You Get
- Written to Building Regulations Part B
- Escape routes and compartments set out
- Fire alarm and detection covered
- Fire service access checked
- Based on your drawings and a site visit
- Ready to send to building control
- Clear price before work is booked
Areas We Cover
We cover every part of Luton, including Bury Park, High Town, Leagrave, Stopsley, Farley Hill, Marsh Farm, Limbury, Wigmore, Lewsey Farm, Sundon Park, plus these nearby towns.
- Dunstable
- Houghton Regis
- Harpenden
- St Albans
- Hemel Hempstead
- Leighton Buzzard
- Bedford
- Milton Keynes
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