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HTM 86: Fire risk assessment in hospitals (Firecode)
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Document type:Health technical memorandum
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Author:NHS Estates
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Published date:1 January 1994
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Product number:ISBN: 011321734
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Gateway reference:1994
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Pages:69
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Copyright holder:Crown
This document provides a fire engineering approach to risk assessment based on the balancing of life risk, fire hazards and existing fire precautions. Using such an approach it is possible to determine what, if any, additional fire safety precautions are necessary on the basis of fire safety equivalency.
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