Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/1401 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 1401
FIRE PRECAUTIONS
The Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations)
Regulations 1989
4thAugust1989
14thAugust1989
18thSeptember1989
regulations 6(3) and 7(1) and (2)regulations 6(3) and 7(1) and (2)
1stJanuary1990
regulations 5(4) and (5) and 6(4), (6) and (8)regulations 5(4) and (5) and 6(4), (6) and (8)
1stJanuary1991
regulation 8(3)regulation 8(3)
1stJanuary1996
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation and commencement.
2. Interpretation.
3. Application of Regulations.
4. Precautions relating to means of escape in case of fire.
5. Means for fighting fire.
6. Means for detecting fire and giving warning in case of fire.
7. Fire-resisting construction in premises.
8. Materials used in internal construction of premises.
9. Instruction and training of persons working in premises.
10. Additional precautions to be taken.
11. Keeping of records of maintenance work, instruction and training.
12. Exemption from requirements.
13. Contravention of requirements.
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 12(1), (3) and (4), 37(2) and (3) and 40(1) of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 ( a) , and having consulted with such persons and bodies of persons as appear to me requisite, I hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989.
(a) 1971 c. 40; section 12(1) was amended by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c.37), section 78(1) and (5).
(2) These Regulations, with the exception of the provisions specified in paragraph (3) below, shall come into force on 18th September 1989.
(3) Regulations 6(3) and 7(1) and (2) shall come into force on 1st January 1990, regulations 5(4) and (5) and 6(4), (6) and (8) shall come into force on 1st January 1991 and regulation 8(3) shall come into force on 1st January 1996.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations-
"fire brigade" means a fire brigade maintained by a fire authority;
"machine room" means a room containing any electricity generator, transformer or switchgear, or in which any machinery for operating an escalator, travolator or lift is installed;
"station manager" means the person employed to work in station premises who is for the time being in charge of the premises;
"station premises" means the premises to which these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 3 below; and
"travolator" includes any mechanically operated moving footway other than an escalator.
Application of Regulations
3.-(1) These Regulations apply to any premises used as a railway station to which members of the public have access (whether on payment or otherwise) and in which any railway platform is an enclosed underground platform.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above a railway platform-
(a) is an enclosed platform if the platform and the permanent way to which it is adjacent (whether with or without one or more other railway platforms) are situated wholly or mainly in a tunnel or wholly or mainly within or under any building; and(b) is an underground platform if the level of the roof or ceiling immediately above the platform and the permanent way to which it is adjacent is below the level of the surface of the ground adjacent to any exit from the railway station providing a means of escape from the station in case of fire,and a railway platform shall be regarded as situated mainly in a tunnel or mainly within or under a building if the platform and the permanent way to which it is adjacent are covered by any part of a tunnel or building for more than half the length of the platform.
(3) In their application to the premises referred to in paragraph (1) above these Regulations apply, subject to regulation 13(4) below, to any part of the premises which is owned or occupied by the Crown.
Precautions relating to means of escape in case of fire
4.-(1) All parts of station premises providing means of escape from the premises in case of fire, including railway platforms, escalators, travolators and lifts, shall be kept free from obstruction at all times when members of the public have access to the premises and shall be so maintained as to secure that they can be safely used as such means of escape at those times.
(2) All parts of station premises shall be kept clear of any accumulation of combustible refuse or other combustible matter, and any combustible refuse stored in the premises pending its disposal shall be stored in an area set aside for that purpose.
(3) At all times when members of the public have access to station premises, and at other times when persons are at work in the premises, the door of, or barrier in, any doorway or exit through which a person might have to pass in order to leave the premises shall not be so locked or fastened that it cannot be easily and immediately opened in case of fire in the premises.
(4) Where a door in station premises is designed to be held open by an electromagnetic or electromechanical device to which this paragraph applies, the door and the means for holding open and closing the door shall be maintained in efficient working order and the door shall not be held open by any device or object other than the electromagnetic or electromechanical device.
(5) Paragraph (4) above applies to an electromagnetic or electromechanical device which allows a door held open by it to be operated manually at all times and to close automatically on each or any of the following occurrences, that is to say-
(a) the operation of a system for giving warning in case of fire;(b) the manual operation of a switch for releasing the device;(c) a failure in the supply of electricity to the device.(6) In any passage or other area affording a means of escape from station premises in case of fire or giving access to such a means of escape, every door of a doorway which does not form part of, or give access to, the means of escape shall be kept locked at all times when the part of the premises to which the doorway gives access is neither in use by any person who is at work in the premises nor available for use by members of the public.
(7) Every doorway or other exit affording a means of escape from the station premises in case of fire or giving access to such a means of escape, including the means of exit in ordinary use by members of the public, shall be distinctively...
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