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Reference Guide                                                         Fire Strategy



               Floors that separate ground and first floor levels should achieve not less than 30/30/30 fire

               resistance where detection is provided throughout the first floor. Where this level of coverage
               is not achieved, this requirement should be increased to achieve not less than 60/60/60 REI.

                   1.4.17  Fire Doors


               Fire doors should satisfy the following requirements, as specified in Approved Document B:


                                      Position of Door             Required Door Installation
                                   Protected Stair Enclosure              FD30s
                             Forming part of an enclosure to a place of
                                      special fire hazard                  FD30
                              Compartment wall separating purpose          FD60
                                          groups



                   1.4.18  Areas of Special Fire Risk


               Areas of special fire hazard are required to be provided with fire resisting construction
               achieving not less than 30/30/30 construction. ADB defines an area of special fire hazard as
               follows:


               “Oil-filled transformer and switch gear rooms, boiler rooms, storage spaces for fuel or other
               highly flammable substances and rooms housing a fixed internal combustion engine”.


               It is noted that no areas of the model co-op store design are considered areas of special fire
               hazard under ADB and thereby no additional fire resistance is required. However, for the
               purposes of property protection it has been confirmed that, where provided, Bakery and Hot

               Food Preparation areas are to be considered areas of increased fire risk and provided with
               30-minute fire resistance and an FD30 doorset.

                   1.4.19  Back-of-House/Storage Areas


               Approved Document B states that different buildings, or parts of buildings, that are classified

               as different Purpose Groups must be separated by fire resisting construction.

               Where storage is provided in a building designated as Shop and Commercial use, the
               storage area should be separated from the retail space by 60-minute fire resisting

               construction only where the following apply:

                   •   The building or compartment is greater than 280m2, and


                   •   The storage amounts to more than 1.3rd of the total floor area of the building or
                       compartment.


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