Fire Risk Assessment

The Building (Scotland) Act 2003 gives Scottish Ministers the power to make
Building Regulations to:

• secure the health, safety, welfare and convenience of persons in or about
buildings and of others who may be affected by buildings or matters
connected with buildings,
• further the conservation of fuel and power, and
• further the achievement of sustainable development.

This document gives guidance on how to comply with these regulations.
This is one of two Technical Handbooks, one covering domestic buildings
and the other non-domestic buildings. These Technical Handbooks have
been issued by Scottish Ministers for the purpose of providing practical
guidance with respect to the requirements of the provisions of the building
regulations under a notice given in accordance with Section 4(2) of the
Building (Scotland) Act 2003. Each handbook has seven sections.
Section 0, this section, is identical in both handbooks. It covers general
issues and sets out how and when the regulations apply to buildings and
works.

Both handbooks are published in three forms, as printed loose leaf sheets
with an A4 binder, on a single CD-rom, and on the Scottish Building
Standards Agency web-site. It is quite acceptable to download and print off
individual parts or sections of the handbooks and all future amendments and
updates will be included on the web-site.

Sections 1 to 6 give guidance on how to achieve the standards set by the
regulations, and there are different sets for domestic buildings and nondomestic
buildings. The six sections each cover a number of related
standards, they are:

Section 1 Structure
Section 2 Fire
Section 3 Environment
Section 4 Safety
Section 5 Noise
Section 6 Energy

Each of the six sections consists of an introduction and then guidance on the
standards within the section. In the printed version the standard and some
introductory information is given on a yellow page, while the guidance on
how comply with the standard is given in the succeeding white pages.