This course will cover the issues that fire poses in a heritage building. It will look at various options on how to comply with the principles of fire risk assessment in a building which does not comply with current fire regulations. The areas covered include;
- Introduction
- What is a heritage building
- Heritage protection
- Listed buildings
- procedure for listing
- Categories of listing
- Altering a listed building
- Case studies
- Riga castle
- Windsor castle fire
- What are the risks that they pose?
- Are changes appropriate?
- Means of escape
- Early warning
- Internal fire spread (linings)
- Internal fire spread (structure)
- Compartmentation
- Party floors
- Ceiling protection
- Timber floor protection
- External fire spread
- Access and facilities for the Fire Service
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