Section 4: Means of escape and human factors Principal author (second edition): John Hopkinson (Faber Maunsell Ltd) Acknowledgements: Section 3: Building designation Principal author (first and second editions): Peter Bressington (Arup Fire) Acknowledgements: Section 2: Legislation, standards and strategy Principal author (first and second editions): Martin Kealy (Chairman) (WSP Fire Engineering, part of WSP Group plc) Principal authors, contributors and acknowledgements Section 1: Introduction Principal author (second edition): Guide E Steering Committee Martin Kealy (Chairman) (WSP Fire Engineering, part of WSP Group plc) John Barnfield (Tenos Fire Safety Engineering Consultants) Peter Bressington (Arup Fire) Mike Dennett (consultant) John Hopkinson (Faber Maunsell Ltd) Margaret Law (consultant) Alan Porter (Warrington Fire Research Ltd) Terry Watson (GEM Consultants) Corinne Williams (FRS, BRE) Ken Butcher (Secretary) (CIBSE) Martin Kealy Chairman, CIBSE Guide E Steering Committee Finally, I should like to extend my thanks to all of the professional fire consultants listed below who have given their valuable time and expertise to this project and worked so hard to make this new edition of Guide E possible. Therefore I would ask that users of this Guide open their minds and explore new techniques not yet covered in this Guide. However, the pace of change is so fast that any published guidance will quickly be out-of-date. This Guide has been updated to take account of recent research and current legislation, and has made reference, where possible, to the latest publications and websites at the time of going to press. More recently, the Association of Fire Consultants has been formed by the major fire consultancies within the UK. In 1998, the Institution of Fire Engineers was certified as a nominating body of the Engineering Council, thereby providing a professional 'home' for chartered fire professionals. The art of fire engineering has evolved and changed since the first edition of Guide E was published in 1997 computers are much more powerful, allowing greater use of analytical techniques such as computational fluid dynamics, and there are now a vast number of websites relating to fire engineering, which means much faster and wider dissemination of ideas. It has two completely new sections dealing with firefighting (section 9) and fire safety management (section 12). Whilst exemption was the case in the past educational buildings are no longer exempted from the Building Regulations.įoreword This edition of CIBSE Guide E: Fire engineering is a fully updated version of the first edition. It is not intended to be exhaustive or definitive and it will be necessary for users of the guidance given to exercise their own professional judgement when deciding whether to abide by or depart from it.ĬIBSE Guide E: Fire engineering -4, section 2.2.5: Exemption for educational buildings This section incorrectly states that the Building Regulations do not apply to educational buildings. Note from the publisher This publication is primarily intended to provide guidance to those responsible for the design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of building services. Typeset by CIBSE Publications Department Printed in Great Britain by Henry Ling Ltd., The Dorset Press, Dorchester DT1 1HD, UK. In adopting these recommendations for use each adopter by doing so agrees to accept full responsibility for any personal injury, death, loss, damage or delay arising out of or in connection with their use by or on behalf of such adopter irrespective of the cause or reason therefore and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, the authors and others involved in their publication from any and all liability arising out of or in connection with such use as aforesaid and irrespective of any negligence on the part of those indemnified. However no responsibility of any kind for any injury, death, loss, damage or delay however caused resulting from the use of these recommendations can be accepted by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, the authors or others involved in its publication. © Second edition September 2003 The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers London Registered charity number 278104 ISBN 1 903287 31 6 This document is based on the best knowledge available at the time of publication. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the Institution. The rights of publication or translation are reserved.
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