UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BUILDING FIRE … (MPEB) University College London Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Occupying Department(s) / School(s) / Institute(s): Dept Mechanical Engineering,

Fire Strategy for: Malet Place Engineering Building (Bldg: 350) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date Last Amended: Feb 12 1 of 23. Issued by: Fire Officer, UCL Estates, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT / [email protected] / Tel: 020 - 7679 - 1240

UCL ESTATES Fire Safety

Name & Address of Building:

MALET PLACE ENGINEERING BUILDING (MPEB)

University College London Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Occupying Department(s) / School(s) / Institute(s):

Dept Mechanical Engineering, Dept of Computer Sciences & Dept of Medical Physics

General Building

Information:

(NB: Height to top floor level & all measurements

approx)

Basement Ground 1st Floor

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

4th Floor

5th Floor

6th Floor

7th Floor

8th Floor

Roof Plant

Building Construction: Class B*

Fire Brigade Reference Number:

02 / 017648

Purpose Group(s) Guidance:

Educational (PG 5) Evacuation Time: 2½ Minutes*

Building Height: ≈ 35 m

Approximate Floor Areas:

Gross: ≈ 10,000 m2 Basement: ≈ 1100 m2

All Floors: ≈ 850 m2

Previous Significant Fire Incidents: None

Occupants: UCL Staff / Students / Visitors

General Building

Occupancy

Building Ownership: A UCL Property Sleeping

Accommodation: None

Property Tenants: UCL Departments Occupant Numbers:

Approx: ≈ 1000 Variable depending on

Lectures etc

BS 9999 - Risk Profile(s): [Para 6.4]

Risk profile Level: A2

BS 9999 - Management Level: [Para 8.3. (Clause 2-10)]

Management Level: 2

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

BUILDING FIRE STRATEGY Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, BS 9999: 2008 (Annex H) & BS

PAS 911



CONTENTS 1.0. Record of Fire Brigade Equipment & Facilities .......................................................................... 3

2.0. General Building Information ..................................................................................................... 4

3.0. Legislative Requirements .......................................................................................................... 4

4.0. Risk Profile Level (BS 9999-2008) ............................................................................................ 5

5.0. Construction and Compartmentation ......................................................................................... 5

6.0. Means of Escape (MoE) .......................................................................................................... 10

7.0. Means of Warning in Case of Fire ........................................................................................... 13

8.0. Means of Securing the Means of Escape ................................................................................ 13

9.0. Fire Brigade Access and Facilities .......................................................................................... 13

10.0. Basement Sprinklers ................................................................................................................ 16

11.0. Disability Provision and Facilities ............................................................................................. 19

12.0. Fire Incidents & Departmental Cooperation on Fire Safety Issues .......................................... 19

13.0. Fire Safety Management ......................................................................................................... 20

14.0. Landlord Responsibilities ......................................................................................................... 20

15.0. General Statement ................................................................................................................... 20

A1. General Fire Alarm Cause & Effect Arrangements ................................................................. 22

B1. UCL Building Fire Alarm Aide Memoir to the Fire Alarm System ............................................ 23

FIRE ALARM INFORMATION & DEFINITIONS (To Assist with Annex B) 1. In buildings (other than dwellings) where shouting ‘fire’ or ringing a manual gong would not be heard by all occupants in the

building is required to have fire alarm meeting BS 5839: Part 1. 2. The law requires that there is the following basic provision of fire alarm systems:

• A means for raising the alarm to give warning to occupants (e.g. Manual Call points) • A means of giving warning of fire to all occupants (bells or electronic sounders that can be heard in all parts f the building)

3.. Automatic Fire Detection (smoke detectors etc) are not a legal requirement but help offset certain risk conditions and may provide other protection to valuable or essential property etc

(a). MCP - Manual Call Points (break glass units raising the alarm manually instead of raising the alarm automatically though smoke or heat detection.

(b). AFD - Automatic Fire Detection or smoke, flame or heat detection (c). FAP - Fire Alarm Panel (d). FADE - ‘Fire Alarm Activated Do not Enter’ illuminated warning signs located at building internal / external boundaries (e). Category M - manual systems and, therefore, incorporate no automatic fire detectors. (f). Category L1 - systems installed throughout all areas of the building - the objective of a L1 system is to offer the earliest possible

warning of fire, so as to achieve the longest available time for escape. (g). Category L2 - systems installed only in defined parts of the building - the objective of a L2 system is identical to that of a L3

system, with the additional objective of affording early warning of fire in specified areas of high fire hazard level and/or high fire risk.

(h). Category L3 - systems designed to give a warning of fire at an early enough stage to enable all occupants, other than possibly those in the room of fire origin, to escape safely, before the escape routes are impassable owing to the presence of fire, smoke or toxic gases. To achieve the above objective it will normally be necessary to install detectors in rooms, which open onto an escape.

(i). Category L4 - systems installed within those parts of the escape routes comprising circulation areas and circulation spaces, such as corridors and stairways. The objective of a L4 system is to enhance the safety of occupants by providing warning of smoke within escape routes.



1.0. RECORD OF FIRE BRIGADE EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES:

ITEMS FIRE BRIGADE PROVISION IN THIS BUILDING REMARKS

INTERNAL FIRE HOSE REELS:

None & Not Applicable

DRY RISING / DROPPING FIRE FIGHTING MAINS:

A Dry Rising Main is provided in the Fire Fight Lift Lobby [Core & Stair 1 (Stair A)] accessed by a Fire Brigade

Key.

FOAM INLETS:

4 x Foam inlets are provided for each of the Engine Test Cells

accessed via Malet Place

FIRE FIGHTING LIFT:

A fire lift is provided in [Core & Stair 1 (Stair A)] and part of fire fighting

shaft.

FIRE FIGHTING STAIRS:

A fire stairs is provided in [Core & Stair 1 (Stair A)] and part of fire

fighting shaft.

FIRE SHUTTERS: Internal Dropdown Fire Shutters Provided

Fire Shutters are provided in basement between Roberts Building & MPEB as well as around lift hoists

and engine test cell areas

SPRINKLERS: Basement Only Other Areas

Sprinklers are provided in the basement only to cool smoke sufficiently to be mechanical

extracted. Extraction fans are interlinked with basement sprinkler

activation

GAS SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS Fixed Gas Fire Suppression System Inergen / Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Room Flood System


SPECIFIC BASEMENT MECHANICAL SMOKE EXTRACT MEASURES:

Basement Level - sprinklers interfaced with automatic

mechanical smoke extraction system

SMOKE CONTROL MEASURES ELSEWHERE: Smoke Control and Venting Equipment

Natural smoke venting using window and doors only

FIREMAN’S SWITCHES: Fireman’s Switches to isolate High Voltage Hazards by the Fire Brigade


EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES OR CONDITIONS: Bulk Storage Facility / Other Locations:

These premises are provided with a bulk storage facility & basement

engine test cells fall under DSEAR.

FIRE ENGINEERING DESIGN & SOLUTIONS PROVIDED:

Buro Happold for Nicholas Grimshaw Partnership - Job No 6597

- Rev 5 / Dated: Sep 2003



2.0. GENERAL BUILDING INFORMATION 2.1. General Building Description

Malet Place Engineering Building (MPEB) is a ten storey (including basement and ground floor levels) structure, located off Torrington Place, with the main entrance located on Malet Place. MPEB is connected to the adjacent Roberts Building Engineering Building from first to seventh floors by a series of open link bridges, and via direct links at basement level.

Doors are provided at either end of each bridge link between the two buildings. The bridge links are not considered to introduce any additional risk to either of the buildings, as they are open to the outside atmosphere and are connecting two sterile areas - a protected means of escape stair in the Roberts Building and a circulation corridor in the MPEB. Therefore, the risk of fire spread from one building to the other, via the bridge links, is very low.

The ground floor comprises of an entrance foyer/reception, loading bay, server room for computers, fuel store, and plant room. The remainder of the plant is located at roof level.

The upper floors are predominately used for research by two UCL departments - Medical Physics and Computer Science. The main centrally timetable teaching facilities are located on the first floor, with cellular offices and labs on second to fourth floors, and a combination of open-plan and cellular office accommodation on fifth to eighth floors.

The basement is occupied by the UCL Mechanical Engineering department and used as a workshop with part of the area being used for research as it contains a number of engine test cells, workshops, and experiment rooms.

There are links between the basement of the Roberts Building and MPEB. The MPEB ground floor slab is constructed with a fire resistance rating of 2 hours.

The basement is therefore, in terms of Section 20, separated from the upper floors of the MPEB as well as being separated from the Roberts Buildings by means of two-hour fire shutters.

3.0. LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS 3.1. Building Regulations - any works undertaken in this building is subject to the statutory

requirements of the latest edition of Part B of the Building Regulations 2000. Guidance to satisfying these requirements is provided in the Approved Document B (ADB), 2007 Edition.

3.2. Fire Engineering - there are no fire engineering design or strategies current used in these premises.

3.3. Section 20, London Building Act - the premises are of such a size that they have features and design requirements that are subject to Section 20 of the London Building Acts.

3.4. Heritage Listing and Grading - the premises are not listed by English Heritage.

3.5. Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 - the premises are subject to the provisions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and a Fire Risk Assessment regime required under these regulations. A formal RRO Audit is carried out every three years or after any subsequent change.

3.6. Passive fire protection (Fire Stopping) - has a passive Fire Protection Survey consisting of an examination of fire walls in fire escape corridors and stairwells, service risers and other fire separation components in various areas of the building been undertaken? • Survey undertaken and report submitted Sep 2010 - UCL Estates to undertake

repairs and making good as per their schedule of works the premises have been

3.7. Other Statutory Measures - none identified or applicable.



4.0. RISK PROFILE LEVEL (BS 9999-2008) 4.1. Under BS 9999: Part 6 the following risk profile is given to this building subject to the

information available at the time. This profile should always be checked by fire engineers, consultants and architects prior to its use in supporting any building design, resulting in changes to the premises overall fire strategy:

• Occupancy Characteristics: Level A (Awake and Unfamiliar)

• Estimated Fire Growth Rate: Level 2 Medium

• Risk Profile: A2

• Minimum Management Level: Level 2 Overall o Para 8.3.2 - Planning = Level 2

o Para 8.3.3 - Resources & Authority = Level 2

o Para 8.3.4 - Staffing Levels = Level 3

o Para 8.3.5 - Fire Training = Level 3

o Para 8.3.6 - Work Control = Level 2

o Para 8.3.7 - Communications Procedures: = Level 2

o Para 8.3.8 - Maintenance & Testing = Level 2

o Para 8.3.9 - Liaison with Fire Brigade = Level 2

o Para 8.3.10 - Contingency Planning = Level 3

5.0. CONSTRUCTION AND COMPARTMENTATION 5.1. The MPEB is classed under the purpose group of Assembly and Recreation. Following the

recommendations of the ADB, an unsprinklered building, accommodating this purpose group, below a height of 30m, does not require compartment floors, except that separating the basement and ground floor levels. However, 90 minute floors have been provided to assist with reduction of fire spread to adjoining buildings. The floor area of each level being approximately 910m2, with the basement occupying approximately 1190m2.

5.2. Glazed Curtain Wall - the glazed curtain wall that is at the front of the building (Malet Place façade) is a top hung system using the truss at roof level for suspension. The façade encloses the entrance foyer and passenger lift lobbies on the floors above the entrance. As the truss forms a part of the roof structure it is not protected and therefore has a fire resistance rating not beyond that, which is inherent to the steel. The truss is exposed, at eighth floor level, to the passenger lift lobby on that floor. This area is considered low fire risk, with non-combustible finishes (plasterboard, concrete, steel) and a low fire load. Consequently, a considerable fire will be required, at eighth floor level, to result in failure of the truss and collapse of the glazed curtain wall, by which time all occupants will have been evacuated and moved away from the building. (The Fire Service will, upon arrival, and during operations, carry out a risk assessment to ensure the safety of the fire fighters with respect to operations inside, and within the vicinity of, the building. Assessment of any risk posed by the glazed curtain wall façade should be included in this process).

5.3. Floors - all floors are constructed as 90-minute fire rated compartment floors where services pass through the floors they are contained within risers which will be fire-stopped, and provided with fusible link dampers, at each floor level.

The 90-minute fire rated compartment floors allows a greater percentage of unprotected area in the building facades - approximately 50% per floor (25% unprotected at ground floor level). Each façade of the building forming the envelope has double glazing windows - these comprise the unprotected areas.

The remaining area of the façade is comprised of pre-fabricated fire rated sandwich panel, with insulation and an external rain screen cladding system. This construction is considered to provide adequate protection to be considered as protected area in the façade.



As a result of compartment floors throughout the building, raise a number of important issues that were considered:

• Fire resistance of all floors meets meet the requirements of 90-minutes load-bearing capacity, integrity and insulation,

• All services that pass through a compartment floor must be adequately fire-stopped to ensure the fire rating of the floor is maintained,

• All risers are fire stopped at floor level to maintain fire rating of floors,

Some services pass through the ground floor two-hour slab. These services include fire rated ductwork for the basement smoke extract system, and two flues serving the test cells, which rise through the building in a fire, rated riser. All other ductwork passing through the ground floor slab is provided with two-hour fire rated dampers to maintain compartmentation.

5.4. Basement - to provide access to the basement from the loading bay at ground floor level, for the movement of large equipment and machinery, a mechanical lift has been installed. The void for the lift platform results in a breach of the compartment floor. To overcome this, the loading bay has become an extension of the basement compartment and is separated from the ground floor accommodation by fire rated compartment walls. The fire resistance rating of these walls will be two hours to satisfy Section 20 requirements.

The basement is occupied by the UCL Mechanical Engineering department and is primarily used for research. It is split into three main functional areas - Mech Eng engineering workshop, technology laboratory, and thermodynamics laboratory. The use of each of the laboratories is described as follows:

• Engine Test Cell - primary used for research into combustion engines. Novel optical measurement techniques and gas analysis equipment are used to measure the air-fuel mixture preparation and subsequent combustion performance of engines.

• Fuel System Test Facilities (FSTF) - comprises two test rooms with a central plant room. Primary use for evaluation of the performance of engine sub-assemblies under controlled conditions (without combustion). Vacuum pumps (which are housed in the plant room) arranged to replicate airflow through instrumented engine assemblies, either with or without fuel. Advanced optical measurement techniques can be applied to these flows.

• Experiment Rooms 1, 2 & 3 - primarily used for practical demonstration of the principle of operation of thermodynamic devices (internal combustion engines, gas turbines, compressors, refrigerators, etc). Room B13 is used for teaching and will not contain engines or fuels.



• Experiment Area 4 - primarily used for practical demonstration of the design, assembly and disassembly of engines and their components.

• Test Cells - each test cell is an attenuated compartment with a dedicated control room. To maintain a reasonable level of property protection and to reduce the downtime of the basement operations, in the event of a fire, to a minimum, each test cell will be enclosed in a 90-minute fire rated compartment. Similarly, the two FSTF rooms, and adjoining control and plant rooms, will be enclosed in a 90-minute fire rated compartment, with provisions made for venting of explosions. All doors serving these compartments will be self-closing fire doors, with a fire resistance rating equal to that of the compartment wall.

• The service corridors, located between the engine test cells, are not required for general circulation, or means of escape, of basement occupants. Their purpose is to enable occasional transport of large equipment in and out of the test cells, and to provide a location for connecting services to the cells. These services include bottled gases used for calibration and operation of instruments, and bottled fuel gases, which will be housed in one-hour ventilated cupboards.

• Only gases that are in use should be located in these areas, provisions for the storage of gas bottles is provided at ground floor level. These areas may also contain 30-minute fire-rated storage bins for housing small quantities of fuel not greater than 50 litres.

• The fire risk associated with these service corridors will be the same as the risk associated with the entire basement. The control of this high risk area depends on a good management policy, including the handling of fuels, supervision of students and visitors not familiar with the area, understanding the two-stage alarm associated with the hydrocarbon sensors, and, maintaining lines of compartmentation (especially during the running of experiments).

• At present, most of the engine research conducted by the UCL Mechanical Engineering department involves the use of liquid fuels (usually petroleum). However, it should be recognised that the nature of the research is fuelling and performance of engines for future transportation. Therefore, research involving such fuels as diesel and small quantities of gaseous fuels (such as LPG, CNG and hydrogen) may take place. Therefore, a degree of flexibility has been incorporated into the design, and, the management of the basement.

• Each additional fuel that is introduced to the basement should be handled according to the manufacturers/suppliers guidelines. The management of the basement should ensure that all users are appropriately trained in the handling, and hazards, of these fuels. The fuels are used in small quantities and should be stored outside of the test cells, in the adjacent service corridors. During periods when engines in the test cells are running, the users of the space should ensure that all doors on the perimeter of the test cell compartment are closed - this is to maintain the lines of compartmentation.

5.5. Fuel Store - a petroleum fuel store is located at ground floor level, and is cooled and mechanically ventilated. The store contains a combination of 25 litre drums (stored in racks with a maximum height of two drums) and 200 litre drums. A number of the 200 litre drums (approximately four) will be in used in the feed system to the test cells. The remainder of the 200 litre drums will be for storage. The only means of access to the fuel store is via a door in the external wall.

As the fuel store is constructed within the building, the maximum quantity of petroleum stored should not exceed 5000 litres, under the Petroleum Regulations Act 1928 and 1936. All walls of the store are 60-minute fire rated and to be constructed to allow venting to prevent an explosion. The floor and roof are impervious (concrete or similar inert material) and 60-minute fire rated. The door should is a one-hour self-closing fire door.

The fuel is transported to the basement test cells manually, via the access hatch in the loading bay, or via a direct feed system. The feed system will supply the local tanks in four out of the six test cells.



All fuel pipes are stainless steel and will be fitted with self-closing devices. Hydrocarbon detectors with a two-stage alarm are fitted in each test cell. At the lower level of detection, a local alarm will be sounded to alert the occupant of the test cell. At the higher level of detection, the fuel supply to that cell is automatically shut off. On activation of the fire alarm system, the fuel supply to all test cells should be shut off.

All of the test cells will contain smaller local tanks, with a maximum capacity of 10 litres. These tanks will be manually charged from fuel in the store. The container used to refill the tank should be stored in a 30 minute fire resistant storage bin within the test cell, or in the service corridors, when not required.

There is a requirement to provide storage facilities for gas bottles, for both uses in the building, as well as in other UCL facilities. The gas bottles are stored in cages, at ground floor level, located within the construction of the external façade facing towards the DMS Watson Building - the enclosure are be semi-external, similar to the previous arrangement.

5.6. Fuel Storage and Use of Dangerous Substances - the fuels used during experiments in the test cells will include petroleum, LPG, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and hydrogen. The storage now falls under Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR) but the store was originally designed under Petroleum Licensing. There were no specific conditions attached to the licence, except for a maximum total quantity of petroleum spirit of 2,273 litres (The old licence number was 20089 and the Fire Brigade Reference number 02/011982). DSEAR sets minimum requirements for the protection of workers from fire and explosion risks arising from dangerous substances and potentially explosive atmospheres.

5.7. Fuel Store & test Cell Electrical Fittings - electrical fittings in the fuel store are designed for use in Zone 1 conditions. Certain parts of the FSTF suites at basement level are also designated Zone 1. The plant room of the FSTF suite is entirely Zone 1. In FSTF A and B, a band at floor level is Zone 1, and the fixed electrical equipment is located in the north half of each room. Ventilation in the FSTF suites is arranged north-to-south and high-to-low level. Experiments using fuel should be based in the south part of the room.

Fuel systems will be screened from electrical equipment, as appropriate, and a risk assessment made, by the appropriate UCL department personnel, for a given rig configuration. This strategy was agreed at construction by a meeting between UCL and Camden Building Control.

5.8. Passenger Lifts & Lobbies - two passenger lifts are provided at the front of the building, connecting the ground floor to the eighth floor. The lift shaft acts as a physical link between the ground floor and all of the upper floors. At each level above ground floor level, the lift lobby floor is a pre-cast concrete slab with incorporated glass lenses. The support steel to the pre-cast units is protected with intumescent paint to maintain structural integrity for the concrete flooring. However, the glass lenses (which are relatively small in area) act as a weak point and a breach in the 90-minute horizontal compartmentation. The breach in compartmentation, provided by the lift shaft and lobby floors, is not considered a risk with regard to the spread of fire between floors. It is however, a potential route for smoke spread between floors, via the shaft. The full extent of the route for smoke spread is from ground floor to roof level, and incorporates:

• entrance foyer at ground floor level,

• accommodation stair (Stair D) that connects ground and first floor level,

• shaft two passenger lifts,

• passenger lift lobby floors at every level above ground level,

The means of escape strategy for the building is such that, on all non-fire floors, it will be necessary to maintain tenable conditions in the routes that lead to all means of escape. Figure 3 illustrates the solution to prevent the spread of smoke from the fire floor to the means of escape routes on all non-fire floors.



5.9. Lift Lobby - lift lobby is a sterile area and as such must remain clear of any storage, furniture (other than approved Class 0/1 flame retardant type) or other combustible material. This area should now be clear after moving in of crates and any packaging etc from the move by all departments.

5.9. Typical Floor Layout Lift Landing - all rooms (marked Area A on plan) onto the lift lobby

(except the WCs) have 30 minute fire doors fitted with self closing devices, which must not be removed or wedged open. Only an approved device, which releases on activation of the fire alarm, may be used to hold the door open - see UCL Fire Technical Note TN 016 & 017 from UCL Fire - Safety Web Site: www.ucl.ac.uk/fire/documents

To explain how the solution should prevent the spread of fire between floors via the lift shaft and lobbies, two scenarios are examined:

• Scenario A - a fire in Area A could result in internal fire spread between floors due to the proximity of the rooms to the non-fire rated lift lobby floors. Therefore, on every floor, Area A will be enclosed in 60- minute fire rated construction and thus preventing the spread of smoke and fire into the lift lobbies.

• Scenario B - a fire in Area B (see Figure 3) could result in the spread of smoke into the lift lobby on the fire floor and up to the non-fire floors above. However, the provision of two FD20S fire doors and smoke retarding construction should prevent smoke spread beyond the lift lobbies on the non-fire floors.

o Thus maintaining tenable conditions in the means of escape routes to Core & Stair 1 (Stair A) on non-fire floors. Furthermore, it is not anticipated that a fire in adjacent to access to Stair B would cause spread of fire to upper floors through the lift lobby, due to the fire rated lift doors and the distance from Area B to the façade.

• Toilets are not considered areas of fire risk and hence do not need to be separated from the lift lobbies by fire rated construction.



6.0. MEANS OF ESCAPE (MoE) 6.1. Time of Evacuation - time of evacuation is dependent on the building construction and

occupancy. The construction of buildings is divided into three basic types:

• Class A - complete non-combustible construction, i.e. elements of structure, floors, and walls with supporting structure of brick or concrete,

• Class B - traditional construction, i.e. non-combustible walls with combustible floors,

• Class C - combustible construction, i.e. timber floors and walls,

6.2. Based on these classes, arbitrary evacuation times were decided upon and the times that are

generally accepted as:

• Class 'B' construction - 2.5 minutes

Note: This is not a hard and fast time, and can be extended or reduced according to the particular circumstances.

6.3. The Means of Escape (MoE) strategy for this building is based on simultaneous evacuation of

all occupants using all available exits and stair enclosures, and is summarised as follows:

• General - the general philosophy for means of escape is that the occupants of a building should be able to turn their back on a fire and escape via the nearest exit without additional assistance from other occupants or fire fighters. This is achieved by providing alternative escape routes and stairs, which depending upon the use of the building will have specified periods of fire resistance.

• Evacuation Strategy - the evacuation strategy proposed for the MPEB is simultaneous evacuation, whereby, upon activation of the fire alarm system, all the building occupants evacuate via protected escape stairs and/or exits direct to the outside. The Means of Escape will be either by vertical evacuation, via protected escape stairs (Stairs A, B or C), or by progressive horizontal evacuation (evacuating into a separate compartment, i.e. the Roberts Building). The MPEB basement area is separated from the existing basement of the Roberts Building by protected lobbies, or shutters on fusible links, and will be evacuated simultaneously with the occupants of the upper levels of MPEB. Therefore, in the event of a fire anywhere in the MPEB, all of the occupants will be evacuated. ‘Fire Alarm Activated Do Not Enter’ signs are activated at all connection points between the two buildings, so that occupants of the Roberts Building will not attempt to access MPEB when in fire alert.

• The occupants of the MPEB, at all levels above ground floor, have (depending on the floor) at least two means of escape routes available to them. The means of escape will comprise Stair A (designed to serve as a fire fighting shaft) and Stair B; additionally, there are direct links into an existing protected escape stair (Stair B Roberts East) via the link bridges 1st to 7th floors.

• Basement Level - Stair A and Stair C (which serves only the basement) both lead directly to the outside and serve as means of escape from the basement. Stair A and Stair C (which serves only the basement) as an alternative escape leads and directly to the outside though the base of Stair B. There is also a link at the south side of the basement leading directly into Roberts Stairs A & B for escape purposes.

• Ground Floor - the ground floor comprises of an entrance foyer [with open accommodation stair (Stair D) leading to first floor], reception area with a small number of computer rooms, loading bay, and plant room. There is no direct link to the Roberts Building at this level. Areas at the front of the building will exit via the main entrance, or through the Stair A, onto Malet Place. Where single direction of travel distances are exceeded in larger rooms, alternative exits have been provided leading direct to the outside.



• First Floor - has a higher occupancy capacity due to seminar rooms and lecture theatres with an estimated capacity of 390 persons. The fire strategy is designed to use the link bridge across to the Roberts Building and use Roberts Stair B (East) as an additional escape route with a door width of 850mm providing an additional exit of 120 persons. The accommodation stair from first floor to main entrance Stair D could be used for escape with a capacity of 50 persons due to the width of 900mm.

• As the link bridges to the adjacent building are in close proximity to the entrance to Stair A, it has been (assumed as general initial design assumption of floors 1 to 7) that they will act to reduce the numbers of persons entering Stair A. Therefore, on a non-fire floor, it has been assumed that approximately half of the floor occupants will evacuate via Stair B and the second half will evacuate via Stair A and the link bridge.

Floor Approximate Net Usable Area (m2)

Original Design

Capacity 2003

General Occupancy Numbers (February 2012)*

Basement 850 50 50 (no significant change to numbers)

Ground 200 10 15 (no significant change to numbers)

First 550 295 **390 (166 - 2 x L/Theatres / 50 - 2 x CS Comp Labs / 90 - 3 x Seminar Rms / 80 - 3 x MP Study Rms) (95 increase on original Design Numbers)

Second 520 110 90 (no significant change to numbers)

Third 530 110 80 (no significant change to numbers)

Fourth 550 162 80 76 (including 8 in meeting room and 20 student lab

Fifth 650 110 80 (including visitors waiting at reception and occupants in the Staff Common Room)

Sixth 650 142 82 (40 in offices, and up to 42 in Meeting Rooms)

Seventh 650 142 100 (Open Plan Offices)

Eighth 650 142 80 (25 in the UCLIC area that was originally MS&I)

Totals = 1273 1200 *Based on Department Occupancy Figures at Feb 2012

**Unlikely event that every room will be in use at full capacity at once 6.4. Stair Capacity - Design Fire Strategy @ 2003 & Actual Widths @ 2012

• Core/Stair 1 (Stair A) - Main and fire fighting Stair Capacity (ADB Building Regulations - Table 7):

Width = 1100 mm

No of Floors Served = 8 (+ Basement)

Total Persons Capacity = 430

• Stair B - North Stair Capacity: Width = 1400 mm

No of Floors Served = 8

Total Persons Capacity = 720

• Stair C - (Basement to Ground) - adequate provision for numbers using basement,



• Stair D - (First Floor to Ground) - accommodation stair with a capacity of 50 persons due to width of 900mm that could be used for escape as it discharges at ground entrance level in the same fire compartment as the lift lobby on the first floor,

• Stair capacity above first floor Stair A & B = 1250 persons both stairs are protected so that both stairs available for escape and not discounted (unviable for escape due to fire).

• General (Main Stair Enclosures) - escape from all upper floors is via stair enclosures at each end of the building that discharge to final exits to street level,

• Roof Plant Room (Level 9) - single escape condition in to protected Stair B only 6.5. Stair Occupancy Considerations:

Fire Strategy Stair

Calculations Escape

Stair Widths:

Maximum Stair

Capacity:

Link Bridge into Roberts Bldg (1st to 7th floors only):

Door Widths Leading

from Floors to

Stairs:

Maximum Floor

Occupancy Capacity Based on

Doors Widths to Stairs:

BUILDING CAPACITY 2012

(Escape based on the

following logic): MPEB

Escape Stairs :

Core 1 Firefighting

Stair (Stair A) *1100 mm 500 people N/A 1050 mm 200 people

Fire on first floor and Stair A / Roberts link

bridge escape unavailable therefore 1st Floor of 390 + half

the occupancy (595÷2 = 297) above first floor evacuate

down Stair B (297+390 = 690)

maximum capacity of this stair is 720

persons

Warning - MPEB escape capacity near maximum

Core 2 Escape Stair

(Stair B) *1500 mm 720 people N/A 1050 mm 200 people

First Floor (Note 2)

Stair D = 900 mm (50 people)

850 mm = 120 people 1050 mm 200 people

Totals: N/A 1270 people + 120 people N/A N/A

• Note 1 - first floor has 1 x door of 1050mm leading into Stair A and 1 x 850 mm exit route into Roberts Building (Stair B East) and in addition 2 x 1050 mm doors leading into Stair B. Accommodation Stair D width 900 mm with a capacity 50 persons also available to ground floor entrance from first floor.

• Note 2 - very unlikely that due to differences to academic / support staff hours and teaching seminar room use that numbers of occupants on floors would reach maximum capacity.

• Note 3 - whilst the building floors above first floor have spare capacity for department occupancy - due to the considerable increase in first floor occupancy loading, which necessitates that upper floors occupancy loading is limited to present levels so not to exceed Stair B capacity. To improve upper level department occupancy levels then the existing seating in lecture and seminar rooms on the first must be reduced to more manageable levels.



7.0. MEANS OF WARNING IN CASE OF FIRE • This building is equipped with a single stage addressable fire alarm system which when

activated, emits a continuous alarm throughout the building.

• Automatic Fire Detection (AFD) - heat & smoke detecting devices are provided to Life Risk 2 (L2) Standard,

• There are interfaces with the sprinkler system and sprinkler flow switches,

• Fire alarm ‘manual call points’ are found in routes leading from the building (including corridors, landings, staircases & final exits),

• The fire alarm system is monitored on 24-hour basis by UCL Security Control Room,

• The fire alarm system is being maintained and tested in accordance with: BS 5839: Part 1 through the Director of Estates and the UCL Chief Engineer,

8.0. MEANS OF SECURING THE MEANS OF ESCAPE 8.1 Emergency lighting is provided in accordance with current standards and conventions and is

in working condition. 8.2. The emergency lighting is being maintained in accordance with BS 5266: Part 1, through the

UCL Director of Estates and the Head of Engineering & Maintenance.

9.0. FIRE BRIGADE ACCESS AND FACILITIES 9.1. The Fire Brigade have vehicular / other access to MPEB via the main entrance (Malet Place)

and from Torrington Place, 9.2. Dry Riser - dry rising valves are provided on the fire fighting lift landings off Core & Stair 1

(Stair A) at 1st to 8th floor levels. The connection is located by the front entrance (Malet Place). The system is maintained in accordance with BS 5603: Part 1.

9.3. Foam Inlets - foam inlets are generally required for compartments with high risk contents,

such as oil-fired boiler rooms and oil storage tank chambers. Therefore, the engine test cells, have been supplied with foam inlets for property protection purposes to prevent the spread of fire beyond a single test cell and reduce the basement downtime to an acceptable minimum. The foam inlets will be located along the external wall of the building at ground floor level. The Fire Service can connect their hoses to the inlets and inject fire fighting foam into the fire compartment. The foam inlets have been designed, installed and maintained in accordance with BS 5603: Part 1.

9.4. Fire Fighting Lift - firefighting lift is provided in Core & Stair 1 (Stair A) iaw BS 9999. 9.6. Smoke Ventilation Provision (General) - mechanical smoke extraction fans are provided for

the basement. Basement smoke control fans are automatic, but other fans are controlled manually via controls at the fire brigade control point. All other areas are vented naturally via windows and other openings.

• Core & Stair 1 (Stair A) - Bilco smoke vent provided at head with manual reset,

• Core & Stair 2 (Stair B) - door at head of stair (leading to roof plant) provides smoke vent for this stair,

• Firefighting lobbies - see Para 9.15 below,

9.7. Fire Hose Reels - fire hose reels are not provided in the premises.



9.8. Sprinklers - basement is provided with sprinklers to Ordinary Hazard 3 (OH3). The Main Stop Valve is housed in Roberts Plant Room (LB11) accessed from front light well (off Torrington Place) and from within the Roberts LB 11 and the water supply is fed from Local Authority Water Mains on Torrington Place. The system is maintained in accordance with BS 5306: Part 2.

9.9. Gas Fire Suppression Systems - a gas system is not provided on the premises. 9.10 Fire Extinguishers - fire-extinguishing equipment is provided and maintained in accordance

with BS 5306: Parts 3 and 8, throughout the building for the use of the staff and fire brigade. 9.11. Fire fighters' Switches for Luminous Tube Signs etc - none provided in the premises. 9.12. Fire Brigade Contingency Plans - the fire brigade contingency plans are provided for this

building in information boxes adjacent to the master fire alarm panel, in accordance with BS 9999: 2008: Annex M.

9.13. Maintenance - maintenance of fire brigade equipment and facilities is the responsibility of the

UCL Director of Estates and the Head of Engineering & Maintenance. 9.14. Fire Fighting Shaft - the height of the uppermost floor, above Fire Service access level,

exceeds 18m. Therefore, the building is provided with a fire fighting shaft (Core & Stair 1 Stair A). The shaft contains a fire fighting stair and lobby, dual power supply fire fighting lift and a dry rising main with an outlet in each fire fighting lobby.

9.15. The location of fire fighting stair (Core & Stair 1 Stair A) allows for all points within the floor

plan of the building to be reached within a direct distance of 40m from the dry riser outlet on each floor. The fire fighting shaft is naturally ventilated. Both the fire fighting stair and the lobbies are ventilated by means of openable vents into separate smoke shafts. The smoke shafts are constructed as follows:

• The shaft serving the stair has a minimum internal area of 15% of the stair enclosure area (stair area 12.37m2, shaft area 2.12m2) with a minimum internal dimension of 1.0m,

• Each openable vent from the stair enclosure into the shaft has a minimum free area equal to 15% of the stair enclosure area,

• The shaft serving the lobbies has a minimum internal area of 25% of the lobby floor area (lobby area 8.74m2, shaft area 2.62m2) with a minimum internal dimension of 1.0m,

• Each openable vent from a lobby into the shaft has a minimum free area equal to 25% of the horizontal cross sectional area of the lobby floor area,

• Each smoke shaft opens to external air at the top and bottom by means of louvers,

• Openings into the shaft are guarded and at a height of not less than 1.1m,

• The stair is supplied with a manually operated (Bilco) horizontal openable vent, not less than 5% of the horizontal cross sectional area of the stair, at the top of the stair enclosure,

• The dry riser fire main will be located adjacent to the lobby smoke shaft and has been designed to BS 5306: Part 14. The inlet for the dry riser will be located at ground floor level, in a position that is visible and accessible to the Fire Service. Fire Service vehicle access is provided to within 18m of the dry riser inlet point,

• The stair is steel open tread construction, allowing for the ventilation of smoke that could enter the stair enclosure at basement level,



9.16. Fire Brigade Additional Smoke Control & Venting Basement

Malet Place Engineering Building

Supplementary Fire Safety Information

Basement Smoke Venting Procedures

Foam Inlet Access (FB No 1 Key) & Basement Lift Hoist Smoke Control

Lift / Hoist Override - Fireman’s Switch

GOODS LIFT - in addition to the Smoke Extraction Fans provide in the basement, which are controlled from the ‘Fire Control Point’ at Ground Level of Fire Fighting Stair A (Core & Stair 1); a secondary method may be used to vent the basement. This entails lowering the large good hoist lift between the loading bay and the engine test cells.

1. To lower the Large Good Hoist between the loading bay and the engine test cells - bypassing the interlocks and safety systems; then operate Fireman’s Override Switch situated on the external wall above the Foam Inlets.

2. The goods lift may be loaded when operating the override, but all items must be within the yellow indication band running around the hoist platform.

3. The safety roller shutters at the base of the hoist will open automatically.

SAFETY FIRST

Warning: 1. The lift / hoist platform will descend on the Fireman’s Switch without the Safety Barrier Interlocks being in place at the Loading Bay Level.

Smoke Control Information



10.0. BASEMENT SPRINKLERS 10.1. The basement is ventilated by mechanical means. The extraction system provides ten air

changes per hour and capable of handling gas temperatures of 300°C for not less than one hour. The basement is also fitted with a sprinkler system, designed in accordance with BS 5306: Part 25. The smoke extraction system comes into operation automatically on activation of the sprinkler system or the fire alarm system. The MPEB (including Roberts Bldg) has been upgraded over the last 10 years and share a common basement area with both buildings having an independent zoned fire alarm and smoke extract system, but have a common sprinkler system.

10.2. The sprinkler system installed is of the ‘wet’ type and designed to British Standard BS 5306

Part 2: 1990. This standard has subsequently been superseded with LPC Rules for Automatic Sprinklers incorporating BS EN 12845. The sprinkler system has been installed to Ordinary Hazard Group III - property protection classification, which is suitable for the risks involved.

10.3. The sprinkler system is fed directly from a town’s main supply from Torrington Place, with a

general standing pressure of 3.5 bars. The single site (site means both Roberts & MPEB buildings) installation control valve is a 100mm Viking Model J wet alarm valve, and directly above the alarm valve is flow switch (No 1). This flow switch is linked into the site fire alarm systems and provides a signal to the Roberts & MPEB fire alarm panels. Should a water discharge occur in the MPEB basement flow switches feeding MPEB basement only activates a warning signal at the Roberts fire alarm panel and an alarm signal (referenced as Zone 12) on the MPEB fire alarm panel sending a fire signal to the UCL Security Control Room. MPEB evacuates only - Roberts Bldg does not evacuate at this point.

10.4. The MPEB fire alarm panel together with the fire-fighter’s panel, which controls the smoke

extract systems, is located within the Core & Stair 1 (Stair A) Fire Control Point at ground level by final exit.

• In each instance, the sprinkler zone interface is via a flow switch and monitoring unit to the building fire alarm system. The result of such a signal is to initiate the smoke ventilation system within the same zone(s).

• Under a water flow condition, the fire alarm system control panels will initiate the smoke ventilation systems, via the smoke ventilation control panels, and all supply air plant will be deactivated.

• Normally, voltage free contacts within the fire alarm panels will action the control signal to the ventilation plant, and also all electrical smoke extract fans are supported from an alternative incoming electrical supply, to enable operation under a mains power failure scenario.

10.5. The sprinkler system is equipped with a number of flow switches such that in the event of water flow through the main valve set initiates the 'first switch'. Water will then flow through sprinkler pipe to work a sprinkler head, which is discharging water due to either local combustion or physical damage. The zone branches are fitted with a secondary flow switch, which can identify the zone to which water is flowing.

SPRINKLER

ZONE LOCATION OF FLOW

SWITCHES SMOKE & SPRINKLER ZONES COVERED COLOUR CODE

Zone 1 Roberts Bldg - Plant Room LB11 Zone 1 - Malet Place Eng Bldg (Basement) Yellow

10.6. The fire brigade have the ability to override the automatic control of fan extract through the Fireman’s control switch, which is located at the fire brigade access points.



10.7. Engine Test Cells - sprinklers are not fitted in the four engine test cells. The combination of active and passive fire protection measures that have been provided for the engine test cells is considered to control sufficiently the fire load so as not to inhibit fire fighting operations. These measures include:

• Mechanical extraction to each cell - each cell has shared supply and individual extract 90-minute compartmentation with self-closing fire doors,

• Management policy indicating that all doors to test cell be closed during the running of experiments in that cell – for example, basement rooms B11 and B12 will not be occupied at the same time while experiments using fuel are being carried out in B11,

• Self-closers on feed lines from fuel store - controlled by hydrocarbon sensors,

• Small quantities of fuel in each cell,

• Foam inlet for Fire Service to inject fire fighting foam into each cell,

10.8. Supplementary Sprinkler Information:

IMPORTANT NOTE: The basement Sprinkler Stop Valve for Malet Place Engineering Building is located in the Roberts Building Basement SB11 - access to the ’C’ Valve (Sprinkler Stop) is via Torrington Place in front of Roberts / Front Engineering Building (opposite the Entrance to Waterston's Bookshop). A sign indicating the ‘Sprinkler Stop valve is provided on the Window reveal on the Front Engineering Bldg window to street. Stop Valve is location via Access hatch in pavement.

See pictures below:

Foster Court

ROBERTS & NEW FRONT ENGINEERING BUILDING

DMS Watson

Torrington Place

MALET PLACE ENGINEERING BUILDING

Fire Brigade Control Point - You Are Here @ (Stair A

- Core & Stair 1)

GO

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STR

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Malet Place Engineering & Roberts Building’s - SPRINKLER

STOP VALVE

Medical Sciences Building

Ramp

Torrington Place

Book Shop



10.9. Supplementary Sprinkler Information (Cont):

Access to Sprinkler Stop Valve for both Roberts & MPEB Buildings

ACCESS TO SPRINKLER VALVE ON TORRINGTON PLACE

On lifting Access grating a Temporary Safety Barrier is provided to protect pedestrians falling down the grating Access Hatch

Once in the lightwell below small double white doors provide Sprinkler Stop Valve

Access padlock fitted it UCL Estates Plant - keys held by 'UCL Security Staff' or 'UCL On Call Maintenance Staff'



11.0. DISABILITY PROVISION AND FACILITIES 11.1. Disabled Refuges - disabled refuges are provided in Stair Core 1 & 2 (Stairs A & B) all

floors except ground.

11.2. The disabled refuges are provided with equipped with an addressable intercom connection with the communicator installed below the fire panel in Fire Brigade Control Stair A ground Floor.

11.3. Malet Place Engineering Bldg (MPEB) is interconnected to Roberts Bldg at the Basement Level, and at upper levels by pedestrian walkways 1st & 7th floors. The Roberts Bldg is for fire purposes, a separate building from MPEB, thus allowing horizontal evacuation at these floors and at basement level into Roberts Building.

11.4. First floor level disable egress across bridge into Roberts Building (separate building in terms of fire) where lifts can then be used normally or use refuge location within lobbies onto rear Stair B.

12.0. FIRE INCIDENTS & DEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION ON FIRE SAFETY ISSUES 12.1. General - Heads of Departments occupying the premises are required to liaise and cooperate

when dealing with a fire incident with all other Departments, the Landlord if different to UCL Estates and should have suitable arrangements in place as set out in the UCL fire safety standards at www.ucl.ac.uk/estates/maintenance/fire/documents/UCLFire_MI_01-Rev4-Apr11.pdf

12.2. Fire Alarm Activation - on activation of the fire alarm system, (either manually or by

automatic fire detection) the following arrangements are in place:

• The fire alarm system automatically sends a ‘fire’ signal to the UCL Security Control Room who then dial ‘999’ and call the fire brigade, directing them to the most appropriate building entrance depending on the location of the system (24/7 coverage),

• Additionally, an emergency phone call to be made on an internal Ext: 222 (or a 999 call on an internal phone extension) which is monitored by the UCL Security Control Room who dial then ‘999’ and call the emergency services as appropriate (24/7 coverage),

• The UCL Security Control Room will contact the UCL Security to attend with appropriate master keys (24/7 coverage),

• The UCL Security Control Room will contact the UCL Estates ‘Electrical Staff’ during normal working hours; and the ‘on call Duty Maintenance staff’ of out of hours activation to request they attend to reset systems, call out specialist contractors or provided assistance to the Fire Brigade, Security or Departmental Staff as appropriate (24/7 coverage),

• Departmental Senior Fire Evacuation Marshals (SFEM) should liaise with each other and provided any assistance necessary to the Fire Brigade, Security and Duty Maintenance Staff etc on their arrival. In addition, they should provide specialist information to the fire brigade and the Local Authorities on the specific hazards related to the premises, laboratories and processes,

• Note: Departmental staff will need to be self-reliant when dealing with a fire incident at the premises and will need to deal with the fire brigade until the incident is terminated,



13.0. FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT 13.1. Fire Safety Management Policy:

Statement of Fire Safety Management Policy, which reflects the importance University College London attaches to fire safety and is authorised by the Provost & President in his capacity as the ‘Responsible Person’, under the Fire Safety Order 2005 is provided. The statement and specific details for training provision can be viewed at the UCL Fire Safety Web Site: www.ucl.ac.uk/fire.

13.2. Fire Evacuation Marshals (FEMs) and Staff Training:

• Fire Evacuation Marshals - Heads of Departments shall designate sufficient staff to act as Fire Evacuation Marshals (FEMs), who are to be provided on a ratio of approximately three FEMs per floor or area occupied, during the Departments published opening or normal working hours. FEMs are necessary, as it is not practical to have a meaningful register of occupants.

• Formal Induction Safety Training (Staff and Postgraduate Research Students) - Heads of Departments shall ensure that all new members of staff and full-time postgraduate research students must attend the Health and Safety Induction Course run by UCL Safety Services, which includes an element of fire safety training and information.

• Local Fire Induction Familiarisation (Staff and Contractors Employed by the Department) - Heads of Departments shall provide Local Fire Safety Induction familiarisation as part of their local safety arrangements for permanent new and temporary staff. Whether or not directly employed by UCL, but working in their department, to comply with the Fire Safety Order 2005 and Health & Safety requirements.

• Local Fire Annual Familiarisation (Staff and Contractors Employed by the Department) - Heads of Departments shall provide Local Annual Fire Safety Familiarisation as part of their local safety arrangements for permanent and temporary staff. Whether or not directly employed by UCL, but working in their department, to comply with the Fire Safety Order 2005 and Health & Safety requirements.

• Fire Evacuation Drills - a formal Annual Fire Evacuation Drill is carried out at the start of the Autumn Term (October) of each year by the UCL Fire Officer. Any unwanted alarm activations throughout the year should only be treated as supplementary evacuation drills to the annual supervised fire exercise. Heads of Departments, whose premises are not part of the fire drill schedule undertaken by the UCL Fire Officer, must carry out and record at least one annual fire drill.

• The route for making reasonable adjustment and formulating an Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) is a form called 'Assessment for Emergency Evacuation Planning of People with Restricted Mobility or Sensory Disabilities from UCL Premises' and is available from the fire safety web site (www.ucl.ac.uk/fire) under Disabilities.

14.0. LANDLORD RESPONSIBILITIES 14.1. UCL is the freeholder and the UCL Director of Estates acts as the Landlord’s representative.

15.0. GENERAL STATEMENT 15.1. The Fire Risk Assessment and Audit is to provide an assessment of the ‘risk to life’ from fire in

building, and, where appropriate, to make recommendations to ensure compliance with fire safety legislation. It focuses primarily on the building structural condition and the physical adequacy of the building’s fire safety and fire brigade provision and responsibility for the maintenance of fire equipment and will generally be undertaken approximately every 3 years.



This audit will look at general departmental fire safety management and training requirements, but may not be departmental specific or in sufficient depth for occupying Departments within buildings to satisfy the Enforcing Authority. Therefore, it will be necessary for additional simple local Fire Risk Assessments to be undertaken by the Head of Department for their areas of responsibility. See Technical Note TN077 at www.ucl.ac.uk/fire.

15.2. A generic Emergency Evacuation Plan for the premises is also provided as part of the Fire

Risk Assessment with a general statement on the current disability egress provision.



Annex A A1. GENERAL FIRE ALARM CAUSE & EFFECT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PREMISES WITHOUT MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL INTERFACE:

FIRE DETECTED

Fire Alarm Raise

FIRE OUT!

PEOPLE OUT!

Professional Fire Fighting

Intervention

Professional Fire Fighters Aid

Rescue

FB FB

Fire Brigade Met at Bldg

Use of Fire Extinguishers

Escape Routes Clear of smoke or

Fire

FEMs Assist Evacuation

Fire Alarm Sounds

Throughout Building

Signal to UCL Security Control

Room Occupants Alerted &

Evacuation Initiated

Disable Occupants

Assisted from Premises or into Disabled

Refuges

999 Call To Fire Brigade



Annex B B1. UCL BUILDING FIRE ALARM AIDE MEMOIR TO THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM:

Bldg No: 350 MALLET PLACE ENGINEERING BUILDING

Fire Alarm Design

Manual Call Points (MCP) with Automatic Fire Detection to Life 2 (L2)

Fire Panel Locations

Master Fire Alarm Panel: At fire Brigade Control point base of Stair Core 1 (Stair A) Panel Access Enable: 4 Digit Code Secondary Panels: N/A

Interconnected to Other

Buildings

Is the system interfaced with any other fire alarm panels?

Yes / No

Bldg Name:

• N/A

Do Not Enter Signs

Are FADE signs provided?

Yes / No

‘Fire Alarm Activated - Do Not Enter’ Signs (FADE)

• At basement link with Roberts Building,

• At bridge links (floors 1st - 7th) between Roberts & MPEB

Inergen Gas System

Is there a gas suppression

system connected?

Yes / No

Location:

• None

Deaf Pager

Is there an Impaired Hearing Pager transmitter

connected?

Yes / No

Impaired Hearing Pager System:

• Pager unit is interfaced with fire alarm system and should be tested weekly using a pager provided to maintenance staff

Fire Signal Monitored

Is the fire signal monitored?

Yes / No

Fire signal monitored by the UCL Security Control Room 24/7

Other Information:

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