SMOKE & RISK
For a thorough fire risk assessment or for calculations in a
fire safety engineering solution, the effect of smoke upon building
occupants needs to be considered.
Historically, the UK Government has not legislated to minimise
smoke emissions from construction products, preferring to focus
on the spread of smoke. Arguably this position had been taken
to minimise the cost to industry by avoiding extra test requirements.
However, the test procedures leading to the new EU Euroclass
classifications for reaction to fire inherently provide comparative
information on smoke production rates, at no extra cost to
industry. NB - The information is a required input of modern
fire safety engineering procedures.
Data on the causes of deaths in fire 1999, is provided by
official Fire Statistics, United Kingdom 2000, published February
2002 by DTLR, now Office of the Deputy Prime Minister [1999
being the most recent year for which data on cause of death
has been officially specified].
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