Fire Safety

The Barbour EHS Information Service provides information on technical and training requirements for fire service professionals and safety trainers as well as all aspects of fire risk management, safety engineering and incident response.

The Barbour EHS service covers the full extent of topics required by fire response and risk management professionals and include:

• Consequences of fire in a building and how it is modified by the enclosure
• Fire duration, spread, and growth
• Behaviour of smoke within buildings and complexes
• Fire risk assessment
• Strategies for safety, passive protection, active protection
• Fire safety engineering
• Minimising risk of personal injury, physical loss and adverse environmental impact
• First response to biological, chemical and terrorist incidents
• Legislative framework, including building regulations, powers and duties of fire brigade officers.

Our services contain relevant documents from key publishers including:

• National and EU legislatures
• Government departments
• Royal Courts of Justice (ie, case law)
• FPA - Fire Protection Association
• BSI - British Standards Institution
• HSE - Health and Safety Executive
• BRE - Building Research Establishment
• Association for Specialist Fire Protection
• British Fire Protection Systems Association
• Energy Institute
• Trades unions (eg TUC, FBU, etc).