Building regulations and fire safety compliance

Building regulations and fire safety compliance Performance-based and prescriptive fire safety provisions 

Performance-based fire safety provisions look at the outcomes of a successful system for fire minimization and control in a workplace or organization, without describing 

On the other hand, an example of prescriptive requirements is that for penetration of a floor, wall or ceiling by a cable or cluster of wires. This requires penetrations to have a specified maximum cross-sectioa Refer also to Alternative methods further on in this ehapter for a note on the issue of performance versus prescription. 

Specific reference to fire safety is not generally included in the actual OHS act, but there will be referenee to fire safety in most of the accompaitying regulations. The regulations vary in adequacy. 

Building regulations and minimum standards of fire safety 

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