Fire Certificates Regulations

It will be permissible to apply the CE mark to sheets of High Pressure Laminate in accordance with the regulations contained in the European Construction Products Directive however, until European fire test methods and specifications are harmonized fire certification by individual countries still will be necessary. 

An application for a fire certificate should be made by the responsible person (that is, the person having control of the premises who may or may not be the occupier). The particulars to be included in an application are listed in schedule 2 of the Regulations. Such matters as address and description of premises, nature of processes carried on, nature and quantities of explosives or highly flammable substances and maximum number of persons likely to be in any building are to be included. If required the applicant must furnish plans, not only of the premises to be covered by the certificate but also of adjoining premises. 

A fire certificate is not required for any berth to which The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 apply. 

A number of Orders were made under the FPA which rationalised the requirements of section 6, contents of a fire certificate. Three of these were the Fire Precautions (Factories, Offices, Shops and Railway Premises) Order 1976 which applied to medium and large factories, offices and shops, the Fire Precautions (Hotels and Boarding Houses) Order 1972 ° and the Fire Precautions (Non-certificated Factory, Office, Shop and Railway Premises) Order 1976 which removed the requirement for a fire certificate from smaller industrial premises/offices. In a Regulation made under the HSW Act, the Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976 , the responsibility for the issue of a fire certificate for certain high risk premises was transferred from the fire authority to the HSE. 

Health and Safety Executive, Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976, HMSO, London (1976)... 

Fire Safety Main provisions of the Fire Precautions Act 1971. Responsibilities of Fire Authorities. Fire Certificates. Responsibilities concerning fire hazards which remain with HSE (Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976). Fire prevention legislation. (See also Module D, Safety Technology Fire)... 

The Fire Certificate (Special Premises) Regulations 1976, The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 and amendment Regulations 1999 are all revoked. 

Where a building has been built or altered in accordance with the Buildings Regulations a Statutory Bar applies to the Fire Authority which prevents them from requiring additional structural or other work relating to means of escape prior to issuing a fire certificate. 

Guide to general fire precautions in explosives factories and magazines. Fire Certificate (Special Premises) Regulations (1976 revised 1990)... 

Fire Certificate (Special Premises) Regulations 1976 690 Fire Precautions Act 1971 58,199, 690 Fire Precautions (Loans) Act 1973 690 Fire Precautions (Special Premises) Regulations 1996 690 Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 (as amended) 690... 

Most of the certification tests are performed when the burner is packaged with the corresponding commercial boiler. Those tests intend to evaluate the maximum temperature that can be reached by the system components while regulating a firing capacity within the test burner turndown ratio, as well as operational limits of the burner when air inlet or vent outlet are partially or completely blocked, and other carefully specified evaluations in the corresponding standard literature [12,13]. 

Since all fire alarm installations must comply with the relevant statutory regulations, good practice recommends that contact be made with the local fire prevention officer at the design stage in order to identify any particular local regulations and obtain the necessary certification. 

Certificates issued under the Fire Precautions and other Acts will remain valid pending applications for the special certificates required under these Regulations. 

Development and evolution of safety critical software such as fire detection systems or ship controlling systems must comply with extensive safety standards and regulations in order to be approved for use. This also means that changes and extensions of such systems must undergo an assessment to update the certificate. For a system with an established SIL, planned changes to code and architecture are evaluated to see if... 

The fuel used for testing fuel permeability according to ECE-R 34 (ECE Regulation 34 Certification of Vehicles with respect to Fire Prevention) is either a test fuel or a commercial high-octane fuel. Before the actual test begins, the fuel tank is filled to 50% of its nominal content and pre-stored with full pressure compensation to ambient pressure at 40°C until it reaches a constant weight loss, but no longer than four weeks. This time is the minimum required for the plastic wall to swell with fuel [515]. 

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