BSI releases IWFM-informed ‘BS 8644-1 - Digital management of fire safety information’

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  • Building safety

10 August 2022

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Following a recommendation in Dame Judith Hackitt’s ‘Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety’, BSI has published ‘BS 8644-1 - Digital management of fire safety information’ – a new national standard that aims to facilitate a common industry approach to digital asset information management in the built environment, particularly fire safety information.

IWFM’s Life Safety Working Group fed into the public consultation for the standard, which BSI claims will enable all parties sharing responsibilities for fire safety in the built environment to obtain relevant, accurate and accessible fire safety information when they need it. This is intended to result in:

  • clear identification of fire safety hazards; persons, assets, and environments at risk; and measures put in place to mitigate those risks
  • clear identification of tasks and trigger events throughout the asset lifecycle
  • allocation of responsibility for fire safety throughout the asset lifecycle
  • consistent naming conventions and information production so that all parties ‘speak the same language’
  • better dissemination of fire safety knowledge, experience, and lessons learnt
  • better risk management.

‘BS 8644-1 - Digital management of fire safety information’ is available to purchase now on the BSI website.