Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems·Page 16

Fire compartment definition

A fire compartment is a building or part of a building constructed to prevent fire spread, including one or more rooms, spaces, storeys, and any roof space above the top storey.

Fire compartment – a building or part of a building comprising one or more rooms, spaces or storeys, constructed to prevent the spread of fire to or from another part of the same building, or an adjoining building. A roof space above the top storey of a fire compartment is included in that fire compartment.

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