BS 9999:2017

BS 9999:2017 gives recommendations and guidance on the design,management and use of buildings to achieve reasonable standards of fire safetyfor all people in and around buildings.This British Standard is not applicable to the following types of building, whichare covered in BS 9991:

• dwellings (single-family dwelling houses, self-contained flats ormaisonettes);
• residential accommodation blocks (e.g. for students or hospital staff), withindividual bedrooms and the provision of kitchen/sanitary facilitiesconstructed within a fire compartment;
• specialized housing.

It is not applicable to houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) or buildings inwhich occupants receive medical care. It might have only limited applicability tocertain specialist buildings and areas of buildings (e.g. areas of lawfuldetention).This British Standard is applicable to the design of new buildings, and tomaterial alterations, extensions and material change of use of an existingbuilding.NOTE Attention is drawn to the Building Regulations 2010 [1] and equivalentnational variations ([3] to [5]) in respect of the definition of material alterations,extensions and material change of use.It also provides recommendations and guidance on the ongoing management offire safety in a building throughout the entire life cycle of the building,including measures for designers to ensure that the overall design of a buildingassists and enhances the management of fire safety. It can be used as a tool forassessing existing buildings, although fundamental change in line with itsrecommendations might be limited or not practicable.The recommendations and guidance given in this British Standard are intendedto safeguard the lives of building occupants and fire-fighters. Whilst some of therecommendations and guidance might also assist in the achievement of otherfire safety objectives - such as protection of property, the environment,communities and business/service viability - additional measures might benecessary which are outside the scope of this British Standard.This British Standard does not cover fire safety design strategies for extremeevents such as terrorist actions.Cross References:BS 476BS 799-5BS 1635BS 3251BS 4533BS 4790BS 5234BS 5266-1BS 5306-0BS 5306-1BS 5306-2 BS 5306-3BS 5306-4BS 5306-8BS 5395-1BS 5395-2BS 5410-1BS 5410-2BS 5499-4BS 5651BS 5655-6BS 5656-1BS 5656-2BS 5656-3BS 5839-1:2013BS 5839-8:2013BS 5839-9:2011BS 5852:2006BS 5867-2:2008BS 5906BS 6180 BS 6262-4BS 6263-2BS 6266BS 6644BS 6798BS 7036-0BS 7157:1989BS 7176BS 7273-4:2015BS 7346-4BS 7346-7BS 7346-8BS 7671BS 8214BS 8300BS 8313BS 8414-1BS 8414-2BS 8486-1BS 8486-2BS 8489-1BS 8519BS 8524BS 9251BS 9990BS 9991BS EN 54-11:2001+A1:2006BS EN 54-23BS EN 81-20BS EN 81-58BS EN 81-70BS EN 81-71BS EN 81-72BS EN 81-73:2016BS EN 115-1 BS EN 378BS EN 671BS EN 1125BS EN 1154BS EN 1363 BS EN 1364BS EN 1365BS EN 1366BS EN 1634BS EN 1838 BS EN 12101BS EN 12416-2BS EN 12845BS EN 13501BS EN 13565-2BS EN 13823BS EN 15650:2010BS EN 16005BS EN ISO 1182BS EN ISO 1716BS EN ISO 12543-2BS EN ISO 14122-4BS ISO 3864-1BS ISO 14520DD CEN/TS 14816BS 2782BS 4422:2005BS 4514BS 5255BS 5438:1989+A2:1994BS 5499-10BS 5516-2 BS 5655-11BS 5655-12BS 5839-3BS 6187BS 6336BS 7974BS 8492BS 8899BS 25999-1BS EN 54-27BS EN 115-2BS EN 179BS EN 1021-1BS EN 1021-2BS EN 1155BS EN 1366-7BS EN 1991-1-2BS EN 1993-1-2BS EN 50272-1BS EN ISO 306BS EN ISO 9000BS EN ISO 13943:2010BS EN ISO 19011CEN/CENELEC Guide 6BS EN ISO/IEC 17021-1PAS 7PAS 79PD 6520PD 7974-1PD 7974-3PD 7974-6PD 7974-7Building Regulations 2010Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004Building RegulatioIncorporates the following:Corrigendum, February 2017