FPA Design Guide: the Fire Protection of Buildings

In 2000 the LPC published the most recent edition of Design Guide for the Fire Protection of Buildings. This was a major work of reference for those most closely concerned with the design and construction of industrial and commercial buildings. This single volume work is now being superseded.

The new FPA Design Guide is a series of publications which (a) have been developed from predecessor documents and (b) also cover new ground. The Design Guide informs architects and designers about the business risk management issues which relate to the fire protection of buildings, issues which supplement in very important ways the life safety requirements contained in the principal legislative controls. It will give designers a more complete view about designing fire-safe buildings.

The Design Guide has been recast in three main parts.

• Core documents: a set of publications on fundamental design topics. For further information click here. 
• Premises-specific sector guides: for each type there will be a design guide and a document concerning fire safety management. For further information click here. 
• Design/performance data on building products: the datasheets will shortly be accessible click here. 

It is also proposed to produce a document which concentrates on technical data, definitions of terms and details of sources of reference and information, as commonly used for insurance underwriting purposes, to support the suite of Design Guide publications.

Emphasis is placed on the importance of early consultation among architects, those who manage risks in industry and commerce, and insurers, and on the value of risk assessment to use the Design Guide's recommendations to best effect.    

For reference purposes the Design Guide for the Fire Protection of Buildings 2000 can be downloaded below, however it should be noted that this is now being superseded by the revised Design Guide series.

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