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| Final exit
Termination of an escape route from a building, giving direct access to a street, passageway, walkway or open space, and sited to enable the rapid dispersal of persons from the vicinity of a building so that they are no longer in danger from fire and/or smoke. |
| Fire audit
Systematic and, whenever possible, independent examination to determine whether standards of fire safety conform to those required in order to achieve the organization’s fire safety policy and objectives. |
| Fire damper
Continuously manned premises, remote from those in which a fire alarm system is fitted, where the information concerning the state of the fire alarm system is displayed and/or recorded, so that the fire and rescue service can be summoned. |
| Fire/smoke damper
Combined fire and smoke damper.
NOTE: See fire damper (1.26) and smoke damper (1.79). |
| Fire door
Door or shutter provided for the passage of people, air or objects which, together with its frame and furniture as installed in a building, is intended (when closed) to resist the passage of fire and/or gaseous products of combustion, and is capable of meeting specified performance criteria to those ends. |
| Fire drill (evacuation drill)
Rehearsal of the evacuation procedure involving participation of the occupants of a building |
| Fire equipment sign
Safety sign that indicates the location or identification of fire equipment or how it should be used. |
| Fire Exposure
Extent to which people, animals or items are subjected to the conditions created by fire |
| Fire-fighting lift
Lift with fire protection measures, including controls that enable it to be used under the direct control of the fire and rescue service in fighting a fire. |
| Fire hazard
Source, situation or act with potential to result in a fire
NOTE: Examples of fire hazards include ignition sources, accumulation of waste that could be subject to ignition and disposal of a lit cigarette close to combustible materials. |
| Fire hazard identification
Process of recognizing that a fire hazard exists and defining its characteristics. |
| Fire load
Quantity of heat that could be released by the complete combustion of all the combustible materials in a volume, including the facings of all bounding surfaces. |
| Fire precautions
Physical, procedural and managerial measures taken to reduce the likelihood of ignition occurring and/or to mitigate the consequences if ignition does occur. |
| Fire prevention measures
Measures to prevent the outbreak of fire |
| Fire procedure
Pre-planned actions to be taken in the event of fire |
| Fire protection measures
Design features, systems, equipment or structural measures to reduce danger to people and property if fire occurs
NOTE: Examples of such measures include means of detecting, extinguishing or containing fires. |
| Fire resistance
Ability of an item to fulfil for a stated period of time the required load-bearing capacity and/or integrity and/or thermal insulation, and/or other expected duty specified in a standard fire resistance test |
| Fire risk
combination of the likelihood of the occurrence of fire and consequence(s) (number and severity of injuries) likely to be caused by a fire
NOTE: In the context of this PAS, the relevant consequences of a fire are, therefore, those involving injury to people, as opposed to damage to property. |
| Fire risk assessment
Process of identifying fire hazards and evaluating the risks to people arising from them, taking into account the adequacy of existing fire precautions, and deciding whether or not the fire risk is acceptable without further fire precautions
NOTE 1: A fire risk assessment is a legal requirement for virtually all non-domestic premises and for certain multiple-occupancy dwellings and parts of such dwellings.
NOTE 2: Where the fire risk is not acceptable without further fire precautions, a fire risk assessment includes an action plan that sets out reasonably practicable measures to reduce the risk |
| Fire risk assessor
Person who carries out, and documents the significant findings of, a fire risk assessment.
NOTE: It is essential that the fire risk assessor is a competent person (see 1.14), and the fire risk assessor has a duty of care to the Responsible Person on which legislation imposes a requirement for the fire risk assessment. However, the ultimate responsibility for the adequacy of the fire risk assessment rests with the
Responsible Person (which could be an organization – see 1.17 and related notes) rather than with the fire risk assessor |
| Fire safety engineer
Person suitably qualified and experienced in fire safety engineering |
| Fire safety engineering
Application of scientific and engineering principles to the protection of people, property and the environment from fire |
| Fire safety induction training
Formal training, normally given verbally to new employees, as soon as practicable after their employment, with the objective of imparting sufficient information on the relevant fire risks, fire prevention measures, fire protection measures and fire procedures in the building to ensure the safety of employees from fire.
NOTE: Fire safety induction training also assists in preventing employees from inadvertently putting other occupants of the premises at risk from fire. |
| Fire safety management
Task carried out by a defined individual or individuals with appropriate powers and resources to ensure that the fire safety systems, passive, active and procedural, within the building are working properly at all times. |
| Fire safety manager
Person nominated to monitor and control the management of fire safety |
| Fire safety manual
Record of all design, procedural and management issues and events that relate to the fire safety of a building |
| Fire safety objective
Specified (or specifiable) goal intended to be achieved by a fire protection measure(s) |
| Fire safety policy
Documented strategy that sets the standards of fire safety that an organization is committed to maintaining
NOTE: For example, the starting point of a fire safety policy is expected to be that the organization complies with all legislative requirements in respect of fire safety. |
| Fire safety refresher training
Training given to employees periodically to ensure that they remain adequately aware of the fire risks, fire prevention measures, fire protection measures and fire procedures in the building. |
| Fire scenario
Detailed description of conditions, including environmental conditions, of one or more stages from before ignition to after completion of combustion in an actual fire at a specific location. |
| Fire stopping
Sealing or closing an imperfection of fit between elements, components or constructions of a building, or any joint, so as to restrict penetration of smoke and flame through the imperfection or joint. |
| Fire warden
Individual charged with specific responsibilities in the event of fire, normally involving a check to ensure that a particular area of the building has been evacuated. |
| Ignition
Initiation of combustion |
| Ignition source
Source of energy that initiates combustion |
| Inner room
Room from which the only escape route is through another room
NOTE: The room that provides the escape route from an inner room is known as an access room (see 1.1). |
| Integrity
Ability of a separating element, when exposed to fire on one side, to prevent the passage of flames and hot gases or the occurrence of flames on the unexposed side, for a stated period of time in a standard fire resistance test |
