Schools: Fire Extinguishers

(asked on 6th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) the Minister in the Home Office responsible for the Fire Service, (b) the Minister in the Department for Communities and Local Government responsible for building regulations and (c) the Government's Chief Fire and Rescue advisor before the publication of the Government's revised guidance on fire sprinklers in schools.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 14th March 2017

The Department’s guidance on fire safety in schools is Building Bulletin (BB) 100. This was published in 2007 and is currently being updated. BB 100 includes advice on the use of fire sprinklers in schools as a property protection measure, but not as separate guidance.

Officials are working to update BB100, and have involved officials from the Home Office, the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser’s Unit and the Department for Communities and Local Government as part of this work. The Government will publish its response to the consultation alongside revised guidance in due course.

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