Fire protection regulations

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A regulation for the behavior of people within a building or company in the event of a fire and for the measures to prevent fires is referred to as the fire protection regulation . Such a regulation has the status of house rules or general terms and conditions .

In fact, the creation of fire protection regulations is not required for every building nationwide. Fire protection regulations are not fundamentally required in occupational health and safety regulations. For workplaces in Germany , suitable and sufficient information must generally be passed on to the employees of the company. Some legal provisions of the federal states require specific fire protection regulations for companies, which are usually publicly accessible, drawn up in agreement with the competent authority. These fire protection regulations are therefore aimed at company employees and external persons.

A structure and design of a fire protection regulation recognized as suitable and sufficient is specified by DIN 14096.

According to point 5.5 DIN 14096: 2014, fire protection regulations must always be kept up to date and must be checked by a competent person at least every two years.

According to DGUV regulation 1 (previously: BGV A1) § 24 paragraph 5 and DGUV Information 205-001 (previously: BGI 560), the entrepreneur is obliged to post information about first aid and rescue facilities. Other legal bases are, for example, the Model Accommodation Ordinance (MBeVO) for commercial operations, Section 3 of the Ordinance on Workplaces (ArbStättV) or the (Risk Assessment) and Sections 1, 3 and 4 of the DGUV Regulation 2 -General Regulations- for Example in North Rhine-Westphalia, §§ 42 (places of assembly), 56 (accommodation), 83 (sales outlets) and 113 (high-rise buildings) of the ordinance on the construction and operation of special buildings (SBauVO) and point 5.12.4 of the directive on structural fire protection in industrial buildings (IndBauRL), GF> 2,000 m².

In addition, due to further legal provisions, official requirements and / or civil law agreements (insurance contracts / certifications), you may be obliged to draw up fire protection regulations for your building, such as point 9.2 VdS 2226 (hospitals, nursing homes and similar facilities).

Important information on this can usually be found in the relevant fire protection concept or building permit .

In special cases, multilingual versions of the fire protection regulations must be drawn up. However, these must be hung up separately from the German version.

Structure according to DIN 14096

A fire protection regulation is divided into three parts:

Part A (formerly DIN 14096-1) is aimed at all people who are in the company's building. As a rule, this part does not cover more than one A4 page, is displayed in several places where it is clearly visible and contains the most important rules of conduct in the event of fire .

Part B (formerly DIN 14096-2) is aimed at all people who stay in the building for a long time or regularly. It contains important rules for preventing the spread of fire and smoke, for keeping escape and rescue routes clear, and other rules that concern behavior in the event of a fire. Part B is given to all employees in writing.

Part C (formerly DIN 14096-3) is aimed at employees of the company who are entrusted with specific fire protection tasks ( firemen , evacuation helpers , safety officer , fire warden , fire safety engineer , etc.). This part describes all preventive and defensive measures for this group of people with special fire protection tasks. The process of an evacuation (in practice also called an evacuation concept) is also part of part C and is described under point d).

Austria

schools

The following guidelines apply in Austrian schools:

  • All school buildings must have at least building class 3.
  • In every school there must be at least two escape routes; in smaller schools where the most distant place does not exceed a walkway length of 40 meters, the second one can be dispensed with.
  • Fireplaces in schools must be in locked rooms.
  • For schools and the like up to 3200 m² gross, escape route orientation lighting is declared sufficient, from 3200 m² safety lighting must be available.
  • Smoke alarms are compulsory in kindergartens.