About Smoke Ventilation

Why is Smoke Control and Ventilation Used?

1. To ensure that Means of Escape (MoE) routes for occupants of a building during a fire are as clear of smoke as possible.
   
   
2. To ensure that entry routes into a building for firefighters during a fire are as clear of smoke as possible.
   
   
3. To clear smoke from a building after a fire.
   
   
4. To protect the structure of a building from the smoke and heat of a fire.
   
   
5. To protect the contents of a building from the smoke and heat of a fire.
   
   

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Where is Smoke Control and Ventilation Used?

1. Large factories, warehouses and other storage buildings.
   
   
2. Large shops, stores and covered markets
   
   
3. Covered shopping centres
   
   
4. Where there is an atrium in a building
   
   
5. Apartment buildings
   
   
6. Covered car parks
   
   
7. Theatres and places of public assembly
   
   
8. Prisons

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What standards apply for Smoke Control and Ventilation?

1. Approved Document B of the UK Building Regulations: Fire Safety
   
   
2. British Standard 5588: Fire Precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings
   
   
3. British Standard 7346: Components for smoke and heat control systems
   
   
4. British Standard EN12101: Smoke and heat control systems