Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 15·0.5
Fire safety guidance for health care buildings
Health care premises should follow the Northern Ireland Firecode HTM 05 suite for means of escape design. HTM 05-02 provides specific guidance for new healthcare premises and major extensions, though residential care in Northern Ireland should use NI Firecode documents instead.
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has produced a set of guidance documents on fire precautions in health care buildings under the general title of the Northern Ireland Firecode. A suitable approach for the design of means of escape in health care premises is given in the relevant publications contained in the Northern Ireland Firecode HTM 05 suite of documents published by the Department of Health (England). (These documents may also be used for non-NHS health care premises.). HTM 05-02 gives specific guidance on fire safety in the design of new healthcare premises and major extensions to existing healthcare premises. Note – For residential care in Northern Ireland the HTM 05 suite does not cover this area and therefore the relevant guidance contained in the NI Firecode documents should be used.
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