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James Brady
  Director
About Innovation Fire Engineering
Prescriptive Care Home Design
Alternative Care Home Design
Advantages of the alternative approach
Examples of actual Care Homes
University of Leeds
West Yorkshire Fire
Service
Fire Engineering
Consultancy
Formation of
Innovation Fire
Engineering
Specialist in fire
engineering
Primary focus is
delivering customer
satisfaction
Delivering excellence
Delivering cost
saving
Delivering Innovation
Prescriptive Care Home Design
Progressive Horizontal Evacuation
Each Storey divided
Each protected area – two exits
Not through ancillary accommodation
Maximum travel distances 9m, 18m and 64m
Maximum 10 beds
Sufficient floor area
L1 Fire Alarm
Bedrooms in FR
Bedrooms one bed
FR –ancillary
accommodation
Laundry, day rooms
etc.
Bedroom – free swing

Circulation Spaces –
hold open
Bedrooms – no self
closers
More than 10
bedrooms allowed
Bedrooms more than
one bed
Management
procedures
Stay put policy
L5 fire alarm system
Smoke control in the
corridors
Dry riser
Suppression
Reduction in cross corridor doors – cost saving
and excellence in the design
Furniture within the corridor – excellence in
the design
Reduction of fire doors & fire resistance – cost
saving
Extended travel distances – excellence in the
design
Reduced staff wage cost
Bedroom as inner
rooms
Utilising lift as means of
escape
Overall design
flexibility
Higher level of fire
safety
Alternative based on
stay put policy
Meeting function
requirement of
Building Regulations
Flexibility in the
design
Provides cost saving
Delivers excellence to
your clients
High level of fire
safety
We provide a fee
initial appraisal of
project
Contact details – James Brady

Tel: 0113 2373028
Mob: 07766554436

Email: james.brady@innovationfireengineering.co.uk
Website: www.innovationfireengineering.co.uk

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Fire Engineering Of Cares Home Presentation 2010

  • 1. James Brady Director
  • 2. About Innovation Fire Engineering Prescriptive Care Home Design Alternative Care Home Design Advantages of the alternative approach Examples of actual Care Homes
  • 3. University of Leeds West Yorkshire Fire Service Fire Engineering Consultancy Formation of Innovation Fire Engineering
  • 4. Specialist in fire engineering Primary focus is delivering customer satisfaction Delivering excellence Delivering cost saving Delivering Innovation
  • 6. Progressive Horizontal Evacuation Each Storey divided Each protected area – two exits Not through ancillary accommodation Maximum travel distances 9m, 18m and 64m Maximum 10 beds Sufficient floor area
  • 7. L1 Fire Alarm Bedrooms in FR Bedrooms one bed FR –ancillary accommodation Laundry, day rooms etc.
  • 8. Bedroom – free swing Circulation Spaces – hold open
  • 9. Bedrooms – no self closers More than 10 bedrooms allowed Bedrooms more than one bed Management procedures
  • 10. Stay put policy L5 fire alarm system Smoke control in the corridors Dry riser Suppression
  • 11. Reduction in cross corridor doors – cost saving and excellence in the design Furniture within the corridor – excellence in the design Reduction of fire doors & fire resistance – cost saving Extended travel distances – excellence in the design
  • 12. Reduced staff wage cost Bedroom as inner rooms Utilising lift as means of escape Overall design flexibility Higher level of fire safety
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15. Alternative based on stay put policy Meeting function requirement of Building Regulations Flexibility in the design Provides cost saving
  • 16. Delivers excellence to your clients High level of fire safety We provide a fee initial appraisal of project
  • 17. Contact details – James Brady Tel: 0113 2373028 Mob: 07766554436 Email: james.brady@innovationfireengineering.co.uk Website: www.innovationfireengineering.co.uk