Hampshire County Council Buildings, Land and Contracts Panel Item 12 27 January 2004 Sprinkler Systems Report by the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services

Contact: Andrew Smith Ext: 7826 e-mail: [email protected]

With concurrence of the Leader under Section 100 (B) (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, this matter is included on the agenda to review the County Council's policy in relation to fire precautions and the installation of sprinkler systems.

How the conclusion in this report fits with the Corporate Strategy This scheme will impact on the delivery of all Corporate Aims, focusing most immediately on: Aim 2 - Stewardship of the environment - protecting, where appropriate, core building/heritage assets. Aim 5 - Improving services: - identifying, through a risk assessed process, those buildings which should include a sprinkler system.

1	Summary
1.1	The purpose of this report is to discuss the County Council's policy in relation to fire precautions in County Council buildings, review that policy in the context of the Corporate Risk Assessment (CRA) for the Built Estate, and to propose a revised policy for the installation of sprinkler systems to be applied to the Built Estate. The recommended revisions are to focus the policy on the highest risk situations, rather than category of building. The risk analysis suggests that 23 installations would be installed.
1.2	The report suggests how the policy on sprinklers might be applied to maximum effect (ie to meet the highest risk situations) and implemented in a way that provides best value for money, recognising the competing demands for resources from activities and risks within the CRA.
1.3	Over the last five years it is estimated that £2.4 million has been committed to upgrade structural fire precautions at over 200 establishments.

2	The Built Estate and Risk Management
2.1	The CRA approved by the Panel on 24 October 2003 recognised fire in County Council buildings as the highest risk category for 2003/4 (see Appendix 1). This emerged from two principal considerations of risk: the nature and age of the buildings, their design and components; and the use to which the buildings are put, their occupants and staffing ratios. A risk based approach has therefore already been established within the corporate risk management process approved by Cabinet on 27 October 2003.
2.2	The County Council through its Strategy for the Built Estate - which the Panel approves each year in terms of budget allocations - has recognised over the past twenty years that improving fire precautions is an integral part of its asset management strategy. This is recognised in the objectives of the strategy which are to: · direct resources to the highest and most significant liabilities in the permanent built estate; · maximise the opportunities for planned maintenance regimes as opposed to reactive `patch and mend'; · ensure that the buildings are accessible and safe to occupy and a robust corporate Health and Safety strategy exists; · maximise the value of particular levels of investment through effective procurement regimes; · establish effective management partnership arrangements with schools and maximise the opportunity for government funding; and · ensure that sustainability is at the heart of property management policies.
2.3	The Panel as part of Policy and Resources provides the only source of funding for improvement in fire management in existing physical assets. All new buildings have been designed to be compliant with the statutory or relevant codes of practice current at the time. There is potentially a paradox, in that new buildings are compliant, can be designed with high standards of structural fire precautions yet may not represent the highest risk from fire. For statutory compliance, the structural fire precautions must be appropriate for the risks to occupants or the local fire management practice that exists - which is often assumed to be adequate. Consideration of the user and the activity within existing buildings could suggest that greater risks exist, than any new building, due to the continual change in the benchmark standards. Irrespective of whether it is a new or existing building, the key issue is to consider the risks involved.
2.4	The foregoing suggests that a more appropriate policy would provide risk-based decisions for implementation of structural fire precautions generally and sprinkler systems in particular. These would be consistent with the Fire Precaution (Workplace) Regulations 1997 methodologies used to establish the CRA and the general direction of national policy from the ODPM office. This is the basis of the local partnership being developed with the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service and the Property, Business and Regulatory Department. The Chief Fire Officer has on secondment to the Director, a senior member of staff to assist with the development of this approach.
3	County Council Policy
3.1	The Executive Member for Policy and Resources on 16 January 2003, and subsequently the County Council on 20 February 2003, agreed:
	`That the policy of installing sprinkler systems in new stand-alone County Council buildings be endorsed and that the decision be considered on approval of design project appraisals in each case; that suitable opportunities be taken to consider sprinkler systems in buildings being refurbished where appropriate; that provision be made within development briefs for sprinkler systems to be included where County Council land is released for residential development; and that District Councils and other public authorities be encouraged to promote the provision of sprinkler systems in their building developments.'
3.2	The policy favoured the installation of sprinklers in new stand-alone buildings; a recognition that during significant refurbishments it may, where appropriate, be beneficial to consider sprinkler systems; and, that the decision be taken on the approval of design project appraisals. Most project appraisals are reviewed in Buildings, Land and Contracts Panel and ultimately approved by the Executive Member for Policy and Resources.
3.3	Members will be aware that in considering sprinklers in the new Early Years Centre at Bereweeke Road, the Executive Member for Education, the Panel and the Executive Member for Policy and Resources did not think it appropriate to approve sprinklers following a risk assessment, shared and agreed with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS). While this approval could be argued to be contrary to the County Council policy, it was based on a robust risk assessment which, as mentioned above, would seem to run counter to the original wording of the County Council policy.
3.4	It is recommended below that the wording of the existing policy be amended to reflect the importance attached to a risk-based approach. The last review of Fire Safety in May of 2003, (a copy of the report is attached at Appendix 2), concluded that the County Council's priority remained the protection of life. The report also set out priorities for further survey work. The County Council does therefore have a funded action plan which it is working on and is only seven months old. That action plan and Policy Statement included in the report at Appendix 2, set out the importance of an evidential risk-based approach, hence the action taken with regard to the new building at Bereweeke Road was consistent with that policy (but not with the specific wording of the Council resolution).
4	Installation of Sprinkler Systems
4.1	Technical solutions which incorporate the installation of appropriate sprinkler systems can be varied to suit the design intent. They may be considered to support or enhance compliant life protection measures, or may principally serve to protect assets, where an incident could impose significant heritage or financial loss, disruption of services or inconvenience to the community. For these reasons, it is essential to establish an evidential basis for a decision making process, including:
	· considering each building on its merits (including the risk of arson and HFRS response)
	· enhanced structural fire precautions where the local management plan is considered non-compliant by the Service Directorate or Regulatory Body
	· the occupants, the age, structure and performance of the building
	· usage where structural compliance cannot be guaranteed to meet all relevant codes of practice
	· where evacuation strategies need to be reinforced or strengthened.
4.2	The circumstances mentioned above (by no means exhaustive) would suggest that a risk-based, evidential approach is more likely to diminish the risks in County Council buildings, because it would apply more widely to the stock of buildings, encapsulate those buildings where the risk is greatest and produce more focused outcomes. It would enable best use of finite resources in targeting the higher-risk areas.
4.3	Members will be aware of the development of projects of a residential nature within the Education and Recreation and Heritage Capital Programmes. Of particular note are Tile Barn Outdoor Development Centre and Minstead Study Centre where new dormitory accommodation for children is proposed to be constructed at both of these sites. It is recommended that the same risk assessment base approach is taken and each situation is dealt with on its particular merits. On this basis the risk assessments would suggest that sprinklers are installed at Minstead, but not at Tile Barn.
4.4	The schedule attached as Appendix 3 indicates where sprinkler systems are likely to be installed. This represents a very significant outcome (most of which is not yet funded) of the policy on sprinklers and provides the opportunity for the County Council to demonstrate its commitment and leadership in this area.
5	Revised Policy
5.1	In the circumstances it would seem appropriate to confirm:
	(1) the Council's commitment to fire safety;
	(2) the recently approved fire precaution survey programme of June 2003;
	(3) the Council's commitment to the installation of sprinklers with a revised format as follows:
	The County Council continue with its policy of installing sprinkler systems where appropriate, based on a risk management methodology. The decision to be made on consideration of the risk assessment. It is suggested that each year there be an annual review of the policy implementation and a regular report to BL&CP on progress throughout the year.

Recommendations
The Panel advises the Executive Member for Policy and Resources that the following be approved:
1	That the development of the sprinkler policy be based on a risk-based evidential approach.
2	That the revised format of the policy wording in section 5.1 be accepted.
3	That the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services report regularly to the Panel on progress throughout the year and produce an annual review of the policy.

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1 Published works

2 Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act

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Appendix 1

Property Services Strategic Risk Register 2003/4

Summary of highest risks WITH controls in priority order also illustrating current performance

Level of risk	Area of risk	Responsible Senior Manager	Position	Traffic light to illustrate performance
High	Fire including arson	M Fitch	1	Amber
High	Failure to manage contractors & supply chain	J Duggan	2	Green
Medium	Condition of building fabric	M Fitch	3	Amber
Medium	Asbestos disturbance	M Fitch	4	Green
Medium	Electrical services failure	K Woodward	5	Green
Medium	Detection of Legionella	K Woodward	6	Green
Medium	Structural collapse and temporary buildings	K Woodward	7	Green
Medium	Discrimination - access to public buildings	P Crompton	8	Green
Medium	Swimming pool plant failure	K Woodward	9	Amber
Low	Access for maintenance to plant or buildings	M Fitch	10	Amber
Low	Lift failure	K Woodward	11	Green
Low	Grounds management including trees and pesticides	M Fitch	12	Green

Summary of performance criteria:

Red - reactive performance. Resources (people time or money) required to significantly improve risk management controls. Urgent action required.

Amber - proactive and reactive performance. Progress is being made but specific improvement required.

Green - Meeting best practice. Issues require little managerial attention until next review.

Appendix 2

Hampshire County Council Buildings, Land and Contracts Panel Item * 20 May 2003 Executive Member, Policy & Resources 12 June 2003 Fire Safety Policy in the Built Estate of Hampshire County Council Report by the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services

Contact: Mike Fitch Ext: 7846

1	Summary
1.1	The Corporate Risk Assessment report, elsewhere on the agenda, identifies fire risks across residential and daytime use premises as jointly the second highest areas of risk. The performance of Property, Business and Regulatory Services in managing fire safety risks is assessed to be amber. Fire safety performance has also to be assessed locally, bearing in mind the site specific responsibilities that unit managers have.
1.2	The recent policy change relating to the installation of sprinkler systems together with proposed changes to legislation highlight the need to undertake a wide ranging review of fire policy for the County Council in the context of its existing policies, local practice and resource base. The purpose of this report is to: · review existing policy in the context of recent changes (eg sprinklers) and proposed legislative reform; · assess the fire risk in County Council buildings; · identify the priorities for future investment and the associated resource implications; and · consider the importance of the role local unit managers have in implementing fire safety policy.
2.	Existing Policy
2.1	Four different pieces of legislation impact upon responsibilities for fire safety in buildings and are reflected in current policy guidelines: · The Fire Precautions Act 1971 - applies only to specific types of buildings requiring a fire certificate. · The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 - imposes a general duty on all employers to ensure the safety of employees and others. · The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 - requirement for risk assessment; fire detection and warnings, means of escape, fire fighting equipment, planning, signs. · The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 - requirements for risk assessments and instruction to employees and contractors in fire safety, fire procedures; appointment of competent persons. In addition to the above, the Building Regulations govern the standards for fire precautions in the majority of new and refurbished buildings. While the Building Regulations set the standard for new buildings there is no legal requirement to apply them retrospectively. However, the above health and safety legislation requires a risk assessed approach to selectively upgrade buildings. The Council's existing policy has for many years favoured work to residential premises and buildings with in-adequate fire escapes. The policy has concentrated on the protection of life as opposed to the asset.
2.2	The County Council's policy and best practice advice is contained in the Fire Safety Manual and Record Book. The Manual was prepared in 1999 in response to the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 which placed significant new responsibilities on unit managers including the requirement to undertake and review local risk assessment. The Manual has been issued to all unit managers (including Headteachers) and contains detailed guidance together with model risk assessment, checklists and record sheets. It is recommended that the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services writes to other Chief Officers reminding them of their local responsibilities.
2.3	Property, Business and Regulatory Services, as landlord's agent, has a number of complementary and specific responsibilities relating to fire precautions which include:
	· Information and Advice: Largely delivered through the publication of a manual as noted above. · Surveys of Structural Fire Precautions: Around 20% of the built estate has been surveyed and the information is used to inform the Landlord's structural fire precautions programmes. Surveys of Older Persons' Residential Homes have commenced enabling prioritised actions to be implemented. · Fire Safety Audits: Audits have been trialled at three secondary schools as part of the Property Services, Service Level Agreement with schools. A two year programme for supporting all schools with a fire safety audit will be launched in September this year. · Upgrading Work: Fire precautions work formed part of the recent reinvestment strategy in Older Persons' Homes. Further surveys are ongoing and the balance of the reinvestment strategy (approx £450,000) is earmarked for further fire precautions work at Older Persons' Homes. The New Deal for Schools Condition funding is being used to improve fire precautions at secondary schools following the surveys mentioned above.
3.3	Over the last five years around £2.4m has been committed to upgrading structural fire precautions at 214 establishments. In addition about £250,000 has been invested at 4 older persons' homes as part of the recent reinvestment strategy. Following the latest round of NDS condition investment, reported to the last meeting of the Panel, 72% (40) community secondary schools will have modernised fire alarm systems with automatic fire detection. All primary schools have an electric break glass fire alarm system and 82 primary schools now have automatic fire detection systems.
4	Review of Fire Safety Policy
4.1	The County Council's existing policy and practice is being revised by the County Personnel and Training Officer to incorporate the use of sprinkler systems, evacuation lifts and proposed reform legislation from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The impact of these issues on current policy is considered below. The County Council, because of the scale of its estate and its public services provision, has to consider the development of any new policy to recognise that much of its existing asset base will probably not meet emerging standards and that only its new building(s) (by far the smallest proportion) will. New buildings can be dealt with during their design. The County Council is therefore left in a position where it needs to assess the relevant risk in its existing asset base and plan programmes of improvement up to the level of the resources available. A draft of the revised corporate fire safety policy is appended to this report.
4.2	Sprinklers The County Council at its meeting on 20 February 2003 endorsed a new policy associated with the installation of sprinklers. This policy confirms that sprinkler systems will be considered for installation in the following circumstances:
	· new stand-alone County Council buildings; · extended or refurbished buildings, where appropriate; · provision to be included within development briefs where County Council land is being released for residential development; and District Councils and other public authorities to be encouraged to promote the provision of sprinkler systems in their building developments. ·

4.3	Lifts Under Disability Discrimination Legislation, it is recognised best practice to install "Evacuation" type lifts. The specification for lift installations has been amended and now includes, for example, the provision of an independent back-up electrical supply and the location of fire protected refuge areas to provide a means of escape to vulnerable building users.
4.4	Proposed new Fire Reform Legislation As already noted the principal legislation affecting the control of fire precautions in buildings is based on the Fire Precautions Act (1971) and the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (1997). The main impact of the proposed new Regulations, expected to be implemented in 2004, is to: · add a responsibility on the local unit manager for the safety of others in the premises, eg fire fighters and passers-by; · add a requirement to mitigate the effects of fire should it occur e.g. associated with storage or the use of dangerous substances, measures to prevent fires occurring and to prevent them from spreading, reducing the impact of fire on the environment, and to reduce property damage; · better define the roles and responsibilities of those charged with bringing into effect the requirements of the Regulations.
4.5	In order to reflect the high priority of fire precautions, the revised Policy Statement will incorporate information for unit managers and building users regarding risk management together with an understanding of the Landlord's initiatives and local unit managers' responsibilities to reduce the risks associated with fire.
4.6	Increasingly the local unit manager (including Headteachers) has a fundamental role in all aspects of health and safety management including fire safety. The policy will be strengthened to reflect this and further clarify the respective roles of the Landlord, County Council Departments and local unit managers.
4.7	As already noted much of the existing asset base does not meet current standards and the policy will need to recognise this position.
4.8	To summarise the policy is being amended to incorporate the following: · Information about the use of sprinklers to reflect the County Council's recent new policy outlined in paragraph 4.2 above · A strategy to provide evacuation lifts in compliance with Disability Discrimination legislation and best practice. · A strengthening of the guidance in order to provide further clarification on Roles and responsibilities · Further guidance on effective management systems including monitoring and review.
5	Fire Risk in County Council Buildings
5.1 5.2	Fire risk assessment required by Health and Safety legislation, and the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations is concerned with the safety of building occupiers. The risk assessment must consider how the risk of fire can be minimised together with the identification of means of escape and how the spread of fire can be limited. It is the responsibility of unit managers to undertake and record risk assessments. The corporate risk assessment identifies a high risk to building users from fire and a corporate requirement to introduce additional risk control measures. This will be achieved through training programmes and revised guidance to unit managers in order to develop competence and improve the local management of fire risk. Local hazards, including management of combustible materials, maintaining means of escape and testing alarms fall to the unit managers whereas structural fire precautions requires Landlord input to upgrade buildings in line with the availability of resources as described in the next section of the report.
5.3	Historical data The cost of school fires nationally, has been consistent throughout the past decade, at around £45 million per annum. Seventy percent of school fires are due to arson attacks. In 2000 this figure rose to £65 million, a rise of 44%, with a further rise of 43% to £93 million in 2001. There has also been an upward trend in the number of fires at the County Council's schools and the associated reinstatement costs since 2000. In 2000/01 the reinstatement costs following school fires was £0.55m, rising to £1.69m in 2001/02 and likely to be confirmed at £6m for 2002/03. Analysis of arson related fires at schools points to many of them starting in refuse bins stored against buildings. A more robust management of refuse storage at a local level would help to significantly reduce the affects from most arson attacks and it is proposed to undertake further research in this area covering: · opportunities to review refuse storage as part of the fire safety audits · identification of high risk areas (previous arson attacks) · data relating to particular building types e.g. where enclosures are adjacent to school buildings · opportunities to review refuse facilities in conjunction with corporate contracts providing for recycling · The Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service initiative targeting geographical areas with a high risk of arson Changes to policy, such as the installation of sprinkler systems and improvements associated with the Landlord's fire precautions programmes, should over time reduce the spread of fire and help to minimise reinstatement costs.

6	Programmes/Resources Strategy to Implement the New Fire Safety Policy
6.1	Although much work has already been done to manage the issue of fire precautions, turning the performance of this particular risk from amber to green is not likely to happen before 2006, given the scale and resources available to undertake fire precautions surveys of the entire built estate. Target dates for surveying the whole of the built estate are given below:
	· Residential Properties: Inspected by the end of April 2005. · Secondary Schools: Existing surveys reviewed/resurveyed by end of April 2005. · All other schools and non residential properties: Inspected by the end of April 2008.
6.2	To upgrade all buildings to current fire standards, it is estimated that around £16m of capital investment would be required over 5 years. It is now proposed to develop a risk management strategy to selectively upgrade fire precautions in occupied buildings. The proposed survey work, noted above, will inform the risk management strategy in the future. In practice this requires the Landlord focusing investment in the following areas to reduce the spread of fire: · Improved fire stopping between building compartments. · Upgrading ceiling, floor and walls. · Installation of modern fire detection and alarm systems. · Installation of sprinkler systems as part of capital projects. It is proposed in 2003/04, to invest £1.5m of NDS Condition funding in schools and £880k Social Services residential premises (including the £450k residual balance from the Reinvestment Strategy) addressing the highest risk. Once investment programmes are underway, performance will change from amber to green which is estimated to take place in 2006. This would require a planned cycle of fire surveys over the next 3 years and annual investment to meet the output of the surveys at the level proposed for 2003/04. These levels of annual investment would be required over the next five years in order to maintain performance at green.
6.3	A fundamental requirement is to engage unit managers with survey outputs so they can take them into account in local risk assessments and management actions. Those risks that cannot be managed by local managers will help to inform future programmes of physical fire precautions improvements.
7	Conclusion
7.1	The County Council has had a fire safety strategy in place for a number of years. Best practice is constantly evolving, imposing stricter standards on the Council requiring additional resources to be allocated year on year. Despite a low perceived risk of fire among building users, the evidence demonstrates significant expenditure associated with arson attacks, requiring substantial investment to ensure the safety of building users and protect the County Council's assets. The County Council's priority remains the protection of life as opposed to the protection of its built estate.

Recommendation(s)
That the Buildings, Land and Contracts Panel advise the Executive Member for Policy and Resources that:
1	The progress with implementing the fire safety policy since 1999 be noted.
2	The proposed changes and improvements, recommended by the County Personnel and Training Officer, to the Fire Safety Policy Statement be endorsed.
3	The planned programmes of fire precaution surveys be agreed.
4	The priorities for future landlord investment in structural fire precautions be agreed.

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1 Published works

2 Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act

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Hampshire County Council Appendix

Revised Fire Safety Policy Statement

Fire is a significant hazard to the safety of both buildings and their occupants. Hampshire County Council acknowledges and accepts its responsibilities under current fire legislation and will address these by the provision of suitable, sufficient and risk appropriate fire precautions and management systems to enable the safe evacuation of employees and others from County Council buildings and to minimise fire damage should a fire occur.

Policy Standards

In order to meet this policy the following standards will apply regarding:

Fire Precautions

· Suitable and appropriate means for giving warning in case of fire provided.

· Suitable and appropriate routes, exits and means of protection provided to enable occupants of buildings to evacuate quickly and safety in the event of fire.

· Sufficient and suitable emergency lighting provided where necessary

· Suitable fire signage provided.

· Sufficient and suitable fire fighting equipment available.

· Structural fire precautions for capital schemes to meet with best practice e.g. sprinklers and evacuation lifts.

Management system

· A fire safety management plan produced for each building

· A risk assessment completed for each workplace or other premises and information of significant risks bought to the attention of employees and others at risk.

· An emergency evacuation plan produced for each workplace or other premises.

· Monitored fire drills to be undertaken, evaluated and issues addressed where necessary with records maintained of relevant details and remedial actions

· A fire safety training programme produced for all employees covering routine fire safety arrangements and relevant issues identified from the fire risk assessment and evacuation plan. Records maintained of who gave the training, what it covered and duration of training.

· Fire safety equipment maintained and tested by competent people with suitable and sufficient records kept of relevant details.

Monitoring and Review

· A monitoring and review system established with a two way reporting, monitoring and reviewing process operating throughout the management chain of responsible people.

· The Corporate Management Team and Elected Members receiving reports on the findings of monitoring and recommended actions.

Fire Safety Policy - Procedural Guidance

Definitions

Landlord	Where Hampshire County Council has adopted a Landlord and Tenant model, the Landlord is the Property, Business and Regulatory Department.
Unit Manager /Head Teacher	A unit manager/head teacher is the person in charge of the premises who has the controlling influence.
Fire Safety Coordinator	The person appointed by the Unit manager/Head Teacher to administer, on their behalf, the fire safety management system identified in the Fire Safety Policy Standards
Fire Marshal	The person appointed to be responsible for the safe evacuation of designated areas of the premises and to assist the fire safety coordinator as and when necessary with other fire safety matters.
Workplace	For the purpose of the Fire Safety Policy the workplace can be a single building or group of buildings and includes areas shared with other departments or organisations, where there is a need for co-operation to secure effective fire safety arrangements.

Roles and Responsibilities

Directors / Chief Officers	· Produce departmental guidance for Unit managers/Head Teachers · Monitor Unit managers/Head teachers management of fire safety responsibilities.
Unit managers / Head Teachers	· Bringing into effect and maintaining the management system identified in the Policy Standards. · Appoint a Fire Safety Coordinator for the premises and provide the authority and support for that person to carry out their duties.
Staff	· Adhere to fire safety instructions and procedures and bring defects and matters of concern to the attention of their fire safety coordinator or their line manager, who should ensure the fire safety coordinator or unit manager/head teacher has been advised.
The Landlord	· Assess organisational risk associated with fire through the Corporate Risk Assessment · Provide information and advice to building users. · Carry out structural fire precaution surveys as appropriate · Upgrade fire precautions in existing buildings according to risk.
County Health and Safety Advisor	· Responsible for the Strategic management of health and safety · Publishes Corporate policy documents · Monitors implementation of corporate policies.

Sources of Other Supporting Information

· Departmental procedural guidance

· Fire Safety Manual and Records Book

· Guidance and advice from Property, Business and Regulatory Services

· Guidance and advice from Departmental Health and Safety Advisers

· Home Office (now ODPM) document "Fire Safety - An Employer's Guide". ISBN 0-11-341229-0

· DfEE document "Managing School Facilities -Guide 6, Fire Safety"

Appendix 3

Summary of fire risk assessments with respect to installation of sprinklers

Schedule indicating where sprinkler systems are likely to be installed following a fire safety risk assessment.

Project
Nursing Care New Build	Andover Hospital
	Bickerley Green, Ringwood
	Coldeast Hospital, Park Gate
	Emsworth House
	Fleming House, Eastleigh
	Marlfield, Alton
	Oakridge House, Basingstoke
	Tatchbury Mount Hospital
	Ticehurst, Aldershot
	Westholme, Winchester
Nursing Care Refurbishment	Bickerley Green, Ringwood
	Emsworth House
	Fleming House, Eastleigh
	Marlfield, Alton
	Oakridge House, Basingstoke
	Ticehurst, Aldershot
	Westholme
Older persons homes Structural fire precautions programme	Courtbourn, Farnborough
	Malmesbury Lawn, Havant.
Education new building projects	John Hunt of Everest Secondary school, Basingstoke
	Havant EBD School
	Havant Education Centre
	Minstead Study Centre, New Forest