Fire Risk Assessments for West Dunbartonshire Council’s Multi Storey High Rise Housing

In accordance with The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, the Chief Officer, Housing and Employability, on behalf of West Dunbartonshire Council, seeks fire risk assessments for nineteen blocks of multi-storey housing at six localities in West Dunbartonshire, following methodologies set out on PAS 79-2:2020 Fire risk assessment –Part 2: Housing – Code of practice and PAS 9980:2022 Fire risk appraisal of external wall construction and cladding of existing blocks of flats – Code of practice, with respect to extents outlined paragraph 51 of the Scottish Government’s February 2022 edition of Fire safety - existing high rise domestic buildings: practical guidance, namely: 1. The common escape routes and other fire safety measures. 2. An examination of a sample of flat entrance doors. 3. The separating construction between the flats and the common area, so far as reasonably practicable. 4. The potential for spread of fire on the external envelope of the building. Additionally, full height balcony replacement screens located at Dalmuir, Kilbowie and North Drumry are required to be assessed in further technical detail, given recent changes in legislation, namely 2.7.1 External wall cladding systems of Building standards technical handbook 2022: domestic, which brings spandrel panels into pertinent consideration. Given their installation pre-dates fire testing and certification requirements, consideration under clause 14 of PAS 9980:2022 will be required.