BU606 Residential fire safety (2017)
Product Description
This bulletin outlines for building designers a number of easily incorporated design tools that can increase occupants' safety within a building. Minimum statutory fire safety requirements are given in New Zealand Building Code clauses C1 to C6.
This bulletin updates and replaces Bulletin 420 Designing for fire safety.
This bulletin includes:
- New Zealand Building Code
- characteristics of residential building fires
- risk to occupants
- when a fire occurs
- fire development
- fire detection/suppression
- fire-safe building design.