Approved Document B – (Fire Safety)
This guidance applies to all non-domestic buildings over 15m high and, irrespective of height, buildings such as hospitals, schools, warehouses, factories and shopping centres
Key Points
- Intended for the purposes of life safety and includes guidance on the appropriate use of building materials with differing levels of fire performance
- Provides the definitions for non combustibility and limited combustibility products, through the use of the European and National Reaction to Fire classification systems
- Contains the relevant requirements of Building Act Regulations and guidance on ways of demonstrating compliance
